Ophiogomphus Explained

Ophiogomphus, commonly known as snaketails, is a genus of dragonflies in the family Gomphidae. Most of the species in the genus Ophiogomphus have beautifully marked green club-shaped abdomens, which are more noticeable in the males.^[1]

The genus contains the following species:^[2]

• Ophiogomphus acuminatus – acuminate snaketail
• Ophiogomphus anomalus – extra-striped snaketail
• Ophiogomphus arizonicus – Arizona snaketail
• Ophiogomphus aspersus – brook snaketail
• Ophiogomphus australis – southern snaketail
• Ophiogomphus bellicosus
• Ophiogomphus bison – bison snaketail
• Ophiogomphus carolus – riffle snaketail
• Ophiogomphus caudoforcipus
• Ophiogomphus cecilia – green snaketail,^[3] green gomphid^[4]
• Ophiogomphus cerastis
• Ophiogomphus colubrinus – boreal snaketail
• Ophiogomphus edmundo – Edmund's snaketail
• Ophiogomphus howei – pygmy snaketail
• Ophiogomphus incurvatus – Appalachian snaketail
• Ophiogomphus mainensis – Maine snaketail
• Ophiogomphus morrisoni – Great Basin snaketail
• Ophiogomphus obscurus
• Ophiogomphus occidentis – Sinuous snaketail
• Ophiogomphus purepecha
• Ophiogomphus reductus
• Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis – rusty snaketail
• Ophiogomphus severus – pale snaketail
• Ophiogomphus sinicus
• Ophiogomphus smithi – Sioux snaketail
• Ophiogomphus spinicornis
• Ophiogomphus susbehcha – St. Croix snaketail
• Ophiogomphus westfalli – Westfall's snaketail

Notes and References

1. Book: Paulson, Dennis R.. Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. 2009. Princeton University Press. 978-0-691-12281-6.
2. Web site: North American Odonata. University of Puget Sound. 5 August 2010. 2009.
3. Web site: Checklist, English common names. DragonflyPix.com. 5 August 2010. dead. https://archive.today/20121204160258/http://www.dragonflypix.com/checklist.html. 4 December 2012. dmy-all.
4. Malikova, E. . Ophiogomphus cecilia . 2009 . e.T15364A4525058 . 2009 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T15364A4525058.en .