Biology:Gomphus (dragonfly)

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Short description: Genus of dragonflies

Gomphus
Gomphus vulgatissimus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Gomphidae
Genus: Gomphus
Leach, 1815
Gomphus flavipes
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:


Male Female Scientific name Common name Distribution
Gomphus davidi Selys, 1887[2] Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey.
Gomphus epophtalmus Selys, 1872 Russia
Gomphus flavipes (Charpentier, 1825) yellow-legged clubtail, river clubtail[3] France to eastern Siberia.
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.
120px Gomphus pulchellus Selys, 1840 western clubtail[3] Western Europe
Gomphus schneiderii Selys, 1850 Turkish clubtail[3] Europe
Gomphus simillimus Selys, 1840 yellow clubtail[3] western Europe and the Mahgreb
120px Gomphus vulgatissimus (Linnaeus, 1758) common clubtail, club-tailed dragonfly[3][4][5] Europe


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


References

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q2700657 entry