Ophiogomphus
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]
| Ophiogomphus | |
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| Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Odonata | 
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera | 
| Family: | Gomphidae | 
| Genus: | Ophiogomphus Selys, 1854  | 
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
    
- 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.
 
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