Gomphurus

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]

Gomphurus
Blackwater clubtail, Gomphurus dilatatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Gomphidae
Genus:	Gomphurus Needham, 1901

Gomphus vastus, cobra clubtail

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)