Ophiogomphus
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Ophiogomphus, the snaketails, is a genus of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae. The species mostly have beautifully marked green club-shaped abdomens, more noticeable in the males.[1]
The genus contains the following species:[2][3]
- Ophiogomphus acuminatus Carle, 1981 – acuminate snaketail
- Ophiogomphus anomalus Harvey, 1898 – extra-striped snaketail
- Ophiogomphus arizonicus Kennedy, 1917 – Arizona snaketail
- Ophiogomphus aspersus Morse, 1895 – brook snaketail
- Ophiogomphus australis Carle, 1992 – southern snaketail
- Voronocovsky, 1909
- Ophiogomphus bison Selys, 1873 – bison snaketail
- Ophiogomphus carolus Needham, 1897 – riffle snaketail
- Yousuf & Yunus, 1977
- Ophiogomphus cecilia (Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785) – green snaketail,[4] green gomphid[5]
- Selys, 1854
- Ophiogomphus colubrinus Selys, 1854 – boreal snaketail
- Ophiogomphus edmundo Needham, 1951 – Edmund's snaketail
- Ophiogomphus howei Bromley, 1924 – pygmy snaketail
- Ophiogomphus incurvatus Carle, 1982 – Appalachian snaketail
- Ophiogomphus mainensis Packard, 1863 – Maine snaketail
- Ophiogomphus morrisoni Selys, 1879 – Great Basin snaketail
- Bartenev, 1909
- Ophiogomphus occidentis (Hagen, 1885) – Sinuous snaketail
- González & Villeda-Callejas, 2000
- Calvert, 1898
- Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis (Walsh, 1862) – rusty snaketail
- Ophiogomphus severus Hagen, 1874 – pale snaketail
- (Chao, 1954)
- Ophiogomphus smithi Tennessen & Vogt, 2004 – Sioux snaketail
- Selys, 1878
- Ophiogomphus susbehcha Vogt & Smith, 1993 – St. Croix snaketail
- Ophiogomphus westfalli Cook & Daigle, 1985 – Westfall's snaketail
References[]
- ^ Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-12281-6.
- ^ Dennis Paulson; Martin Schorr; Cyrille Deliry. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ Malikova, E. (2009). "Ophiogomphus cecilia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T15364A4525058. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T15364A4525058.en.
Categories:
- Ophiogomphus
- Gomphidae
- Anisoptera genera
- Taxa named by Edmond de Sélys Longchamps
- Gomphidae stubs