Ophiogomphus

Ophiogomphus
Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis
Scientific classification
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

1. Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN   978-0-691-12281-6.
2. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
3. "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
4. "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
5. Malikova, E. (2009). "Ophiogomphus cecilia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009 e.T15364A4525058. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T15364A4525058.en .