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Gomphurus
Blackwater clubtail, Gomphurus dilatatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Gomphidae
Genus:	Gomphurus 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:

• 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)

References

1. ^ "Gomphurus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
2. ^ Ware, Jessica L.; Pilgrim, Erik; May, Michael L.; Donnelly, Thomas W.; et al. (2017). "Phylogenetic relationships of North American Gomphidae and their close relatives". Systematic Entomology. 42 (2): 347–358. Bibcode:2017SysEn..42..347W. doi:10.1111/syen.12218. PMC 6104399. PMID 30147221.
3. ^ "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2018-08-18.
4. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 2018-08-18.

Further reading

• Abbott, John C. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691113647.
• Ball-Damerow, J.E.; Oboyski, P.T.; Resh, V.H. (2015). "California dragonfly and damselfly (Odonata) database: temporal and spatial distribution of species records collected over the past century". ZooKeys (482): 67–89. Bibcode:2015ZooK..482...67B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.482.8453. PMC 4337221. PMID 25709531.
• Dunkle, Sidney W. (2000). Dragonflies Through Binoculars: A Field Guide to Dragonflies of North America. Oxford Press. ISBN 978-0195112689.
• Needham, James G.; Westfall Jr., Minter J. Jr.; May, Michael L. (2000). Dragonflies of North America. Scientific Publishers. ISBN 0-945417-94-2.
• Nikula, Blair; Loose, Jennifer L.; Burne, Matthew R. (2003). Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife.
• Silsby, Jill (2001). Dragonflies of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press. ISBN 978-1560989592.
• Steinmann, Henrik (1997). Wermuth, Heinz; Fischer, Maximilian (eds.). World Catalogue of Odonata, Volume II: Anisoptera. Das Tierreich. Vol. 111. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3-11-014934-6.

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