Gomphus (dragonfly)

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Gomphus flavipes
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a fossil of a G. tuberculatus of Brazil in the Naturhistorisches Museum (Vienna)

Gomphus is a genus of clubtail dragonflies in the family Gomphidae.

As a result of phylogenetic studies, Gomphus subgenera Gomphurus, Hylogomphus, Phanogomphus, and Stenogomphurus were elevated in rank to genus in 2017. With the removal of their member species, Gomphus ended up with 11 of its previous 54 species, none of which are found in the Western Hemisphere.[1]

Species

These 11 species belong to the genus Gomphus:

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Male Female Scientific name Common name Distribution
Gomphus davidi Selys, 1887[2] Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey.
Gomphus epophtalmus Selys, 1872 Russia
File:GomphusFlavipes1.jpg Gomphus flavipes (Charpentier, 1825) yellow-legged clubtail, river clubtail[3] France to eastern Siberia.
File:Gomphus graslinii (Rambur, 1842).JPG Gomphus graslinii Rambur, 1842 pronged clubtail[3] France, Portugal, and Spain
Gomphus kinzelbachi Schneider, 1984 Iran and Iraq.
Gomphus lucasii Lucas, 1849 Algeria and Tunisia.
File:Western Clubtail. Gomphus pulchellus mature male . - Flickr - gailhampshire.jpg File:Western Clubtail. Gomphus pulchellus. Mature Female . - Flickr - gailhampshire.jpg Gomphus pulchellus Selys, 1840 western clubtail[3] Western Europe
File:Gomphus schneiderii.jpg Gomphus schneiderii Selys, 1850 Turkish clubtail[3] Europe
File:Yellow Clubtail. Gomphus simillimus - Flickr - gailhampshire.jpg Gomphus simillimus Selys, 1840 yellow clubtail[3] western Europe and the Maghreb
File:Common clubtail (Gomphus vulgatissimus) male.jpg File:GomphusVulgatissimusFemale.jpg Gomphus vulgatissimus (Linnaeus, 1758) common clubtail, club-tailed dragonfly[3][4][5] Europe

These species formerly belonged to the genus Gomphus:[6][7][8]

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References

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Further reading

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External links

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