Gomphurus
{{Short description|Genus of dragonflies}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Blackwater Clubtail. Gomphus dilatatus (33858486614).jpg
| image_caption = Blackwater clubtail, Gomphurus dilatatus
| taxon = Gomphurus
| authority = Needham, 1901
}}
Gomphurus is a genus of clubtails in the family of dragonflies known as Gomphidae. There are about 13 described species in Gomphurus.
Gomphurus was formerly considered a subgenus of Gomphus, but has recently been promoted to genus rank along with Phanogomphus, Stenogomphurus and Hylogomphus.
Species
These 13 species belong to the genus Gomphurus:
{{Div col|colwidth=29em}}
- 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)
{{Div col end}}
References
{{Reflist|refs=
{{Cite web| title=Gomphurus Genus Information
| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/1410924
| website=BugGuide.net
| accessdate=2018-08-18
}}
{{Cite journal
| last1 = Ware | first1 = Jessica L.
| last2 = Pilgrim | first2 = Erik
| last3 = May | first3 = Michael L.
| last4 = Donnelly | first4 = Thomas W.
| last5 = Tennessen | first5 = Kenneth
| display-authors = 4
| date = 2017
| title = Phylogenetic relationships of North American Gomphidae and their close relatives
| journal = Systematic Entomology
| volume = 42
| issue = 2
| doi = 10.1111/syen.12218
| pmc = 6104399 | pmid = 30147221 | pages = 347–358
| bibcode = 2017SysEn..42..347W
}}
{{Cite web
| accessdate = 2018-08-18
| title = Odonata Central
| url = https://www.odonatacentral.org/
}}
{{Cite web| title=World Odonata List
| url=https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list/
| website=Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound
| accessdate=2018-08-18
}}
}}
Further reading
{{refbegin}}
- {{Cite book
| last1 = Abbott | first1 = John C.
| date = 2005
| title = Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States
| publisher = Princeton University Press
| isbn = 978-0691113647
}}
- {{Cite journal
| last1 = Ball-Damerow | first1 = J.E.
| last2 = Oboyski | first2 = P.T.
| last3 = Resh | first3 = V.H.
| date = 2015
| title = California dragonfly and damselfly (Odonata) database: temporal and spatial distribution of species records collected over the past century
| journal = ZooKeys
| issue = 482
| doi = 10.3897/zookeys.482.8453
| doi-access = free
| pmid = 25709531
| pmc = 4337221
| pages = 67–89
| bibcode = 2015ZooK..482...67B
}}
- {{Cite book
| last1 = Dunkle | first1 = Sidney W.
| date = 2000
| title = Dragonflies Through Binoculars: A Field Guide to Dragonflies of North America
| publisher = Oxford Press
| isbn = 978-0195112689
}}
- {{Cite book
| last1 = Needham | first1 = James G.
| last2 = Westfall Jr. | first2 = Minter J. Jr.
| last3 = May | first3 = Michael L.
| date = 2000
| title = Dragonflies of North America
| publisher = Scientific Publishers
| isbn = 0-945417-94-2
}}
- {{Cite book
| last1 = Nikula | first1 = Blair
| last2 = Loose | first2 = Jennifer L.
| last3 = Burne | first3 = Matthew R.
| date = 2003
| title = Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Massachusetts
| publisher = Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife
}}
- {{Cite book
| last1 = Silsby
| first1 = Jill
| date = 2001
| title = Dragonflies of the World
| publisher = Smithsonian Institution Press
| isbn = 978-1560989592
| url-access = registration
| url = https://archive.org/details/dragonfliesofwor0000sils
}}
- {{Cite book
| last1 = Steinmann | first1 = Henrik
| editor-last1 = Wermuth | editor-first1 = Heinz
| editor-last2 = Fischer | editor-first2 = Maximilian
| date = 1997
| title = World Catalogue of Odonata, Volume II: Anisoptera
| series = Das Tierreich
| publisher = Walter de Gruyter
| volume = 111
| isbn = 3-11-014934-6
}}
{{refend}}
{{clear}}
{{Taxonbar|from=Q10507153}}
{{Gomphidae-stub}}