Gomphurus
Genus of dragonflies
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Gomphurus is a genus of clubtails in the family of dragonflies known as Gomphidae. There are about 13 described species in Gomphurus.[1][2][3]
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| Gomphurus | |
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| Blackwater clubtail, Gomphurus dilatatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Gomphidae |
| Genus: | Gomphurus Needham, 1901 |
Gomphurus was formerly considered a subgenus of Gomphus, but has recently been promoted to genus rank along with Phanogomphus, Stenogomphurus and Hylogomphus.[2]
Species
These 13 species belong to the genus Gomphurus:[1][4][3]
- Gomphurus crassus (Hagen in Selys, 1878) (handsome clubtail)
- Gomphurus dilatatus (Rambur, 1842) (blackwater clubtail)
- Gomphurus externus (Hagen in Selys, 1858) (plains clubtail)
- Gomphurus fraternus (Say, 1840) (midland clubtail)
- Gomphurus gonzalezi (Dunkle, 1992) (Tamaulipan clubtail)
- Gomphurus hybridus (Williamson, 1902) (cocoa clubtail)
- Gomphurus lineatifrons (Calvert, 1921) (splendid clubtail)
- Gomphurus lynnae (Paulson, 1983) (Columbia clubtail)
- Gomphurus modestus (Needham, 1942) (gulf coast clubtail)
- Gomphurus ozarkensis (Westfall, 1975) (Ozark clubtail)
- Gomphurus septima (Westfall, 1956) (Septima's clubtail)
- Gomphurus vastus (Walsh, 1862) (cobra clubtail)
- Gomphurus ventricosus (Walsh, 1863) (skillet clubtail)