Ophiogomphus
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| Ophiogomphus | |
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| Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Gomphidae |
| Genus: | Ophiogomphus Selys, 1854 |
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][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
- Ophiogomphus bellicosus Voronocovsky, 1909
- Ophiogomphus bison Selys, 1873 – bison snaketail
- Ophiogomphus carolus Needham, 1897 – riffle snaketail
- Ophiogomphus caudoforcipus Yousuf & Yunus, 1977
- Ophiogomphus cecilia (Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785) – green snaketail,[4] green gomphid[5]
- Ophiogomphus cerastis 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
- Ophiogomphus obscurus Bartenev, 1909
- Ophiogomphus occidentis (Hagen, 1885) – Sinuous snaketail
- Ophiogomphus purepecha González & Villeda-Callejas, 2000
- Ophiogomphus reductus Calvert, 1898
- Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis (Walsh, 1862) – rusty snaketail
- Ophiogomphus severus Hagen, 1874 – pale snaketail
- Ophiogomphus sinicus (Chao, 1954)
- Ophiogomphus smithi Tennessen & Vogt, 2004 – Sioux snaketail
- Ophiogomphus spinicornis Selys, 1878
- Ophiogomphus susbehcha Vogt & Smith, 1993 – St. Croix snaketail
- Ophiogomphus westfalli Cook & Daigle, 1985 – Westfall's snaketail
References[edit]
- ^ Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-12281-6.
- ^ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2023). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
- ^ "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.