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 <small>(Hagen in Selys, 1878)</small> (handsome clubtail)
- Gomphurus dilatatus <small>(Rambur, 1842)</small> (blackwater clubtail)
- Gomphurus externus <small>(Hagen in Selys, 1858)</small> (plains clubtail)
- Gomphurus fraternus <small>(Say, 1840)</small> (midland clubtail)
- Gomphurus gonzalezi <small>(Dunkle, 1992)</small> (Tamaulipan clubtail)
- Gomphurus hybridus <small>(Williamson, 1902)</small> (cocoa clubtail)
- Gomphurus lineatifrons <small>(Calvert, 1921)</small> (splendid clubtail)
- Gomphurus lynnae <small>(Paulson, 1983)</small> (Columbia clubtail)
- Gomphurus modestus <small>(Needham, 1942)</small> (gulf coast clubtail)
- Gomphurus ozarkensis <small>(Westfall, 1975)</small> (Ozark clubtail)
- Gomphurus septima <small>(Westfall, 1956)</small> (Septima's clubtail)
- Gomphurus vastus <small>(Walsh, 1862)</small> (cobra clubtail)
- Gomphurus ventricosus <small>(Walsh, 1863)</small> (skillet clubtail)
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