Onychogomphus

Onychogomphus
Onychogomphus forcipatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Gomphidae
Genus:	Onychogomphus Selys, 1854

Onychogomphus is a genus of dragonflies in the family Gomphidae. They are commonly known as pincertails.

Species

The genus contains the following species: ^[1]

• Onychogomphus acinaces Laidlaw, 1922
• Onychogomphus aequistylus Selys, 1892
• Onychogomphus annularis Selys, 1894
• Onychogomphus assimilis Schneider, 1845 – Dark Pincertail ^[2]
• Onychogomphus banteng Lieftinck, 1929
• Onychogomphus boudoti Ferreira, Velo-Anton., Brochard, Vieira, Celio Alves, Thompson, Watts & Brito 2014 ^[3]
• Onychogomphus bwambae Pinhey, 1961
• Onychogomphus cacharicus Martin, 1904
• Onychogomphus castor Lieftinck, 1941
• Onychogomphus cazuma 2020 ^[4]
• Onychogomphus choui (Chao & Liu, 1989)
• Onychogomphus costae Selys, 1885 – Faded Pincertail ^[5]
• Onychogomphus dingavani Fraser, 1924
• Onychogomphus emiliae Legrand, 1992
• Onychogomphus flavifrons Selys, 1894
• Onychogomphus flexuosus (Schneider, 1845)
• Onychogomphus forcipatus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Small Pincertail ^[5]
• Onychogomphus grammicus (Rambur, 1842)
• Onychogomphus kerri Fraser, 1933
• Onychogomphus kitchingmani Pinhey, 1961
• Onychogomphus lefebvrii (Rambur, 1842) – Pale Pincertail ^[6]
• Onychogomphus maclachlani Selys, 1894
• Onychogomphus macrodon Selys, 1887 – Levant Pincertail ^[7]
• Onychogomphus maculivertex (Selys, 1891)
• Onychogomphus malabarensis (Fraser, 1924)
• Onychogomphus meghalayanus Lahiri, 1987
• Onychogomphus nigrescens Pinhey, 1952
• Onychogomphus nilgiriensis Fraser, 1922
• Onychogomphus perplexus Lieftinck, 1935
• Onychogomphus pilosus (Martin, 1911)
• Onychogomphus pollux Lieftinck, 1941
• Onychogomphus rappardi Lieftinck, 1937
• Onychogomphus ridens Needham, 1930
• Onychogomphus risi (Fraser, 1922)
• Onychogomphus rossi Pinhey, 1966
• Onychogomphus saundersii Selys, 1854
• Onychogomphus schmidti Fraser, 1937
• Onychogomphus serrulatus Baumann, 1898
• Onychogomphus seydeli (Schouteden, 1934)
• Onychogomphus styx Pinhey, 1961
• Onychogomphus supinus Selys, 1854 – Gorge Claspertail ^[8]
• Onychogomphus thienemanni Schmidt, 1934
• Onychogomphus treadawayi Müller & Hämäläinen, 1993
• Onychogomphus uncatus (Charpentier, 1840) – Large Pincertail ^[5]
• Onychogomphus vadoni Paulian, 1961
• Onychogomphus viridicostus (Oguma, 1926)

References

1. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
2. Boudot, J.-P. (2006). "Onychogomphus assimilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2006 e.T15335A4514646. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T15335A4514646.en .
3. Ferreira S., Velo-Anton G., Brochard C., Vieira C., Celio Alves P., Thompson D.J., Watts P.C. & Brito J.C. 2014 – A Critically Endangered new dragonfly species from Morocco: Onychogomphus boudoti sp. nov. (Odonata: Gomphidae). – Zootaxa, 3856 (3) : 349–365.
4. López Estrada et al. 2020. Onychogomphus cazuma sp. nov. from Spain: Molecular and morphological evidence supports the discovery of a new European dragonfly species (Odonata: Gomphidae). Odonatologica 49(1/2) 2020: 125-154
5. "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
6. Clausnitzer, V. (2009). "Onychogomphus lefebvrii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009 e.T158708A5270316. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158708A5270316.en .
7. Kalkman, V.J. (2006). "Onychogomphus macrodon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2006 e.T15336A4514812. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T15336A4514812.en .
8. Clausnitzer, V.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B. & Suhling, F. (2010). "Onychogomphus supinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T59946A12176231. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T59946A12176231.en .

External links

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   Media related to Onychogomphus at Wikimedia Commons
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   Data related to Onychogomphus at Wikispecies
• Richard Gabb – Onychogomphus assimilis – European Dragonfly Photos and information