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Gomphus
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Gomphus

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.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species

Common Clubtail

speciesGomphus vulgatissimus

Western Clubtail

speciesGomphus pulchellus

Yellow Clubtail

speciesGomphus simillimus

Levant Clubtail

speciesGomphus davidi

Turkish Clubtail

speciesGomphus schneiderii

Pronged Clubtail

speciesGomphus graslinii

Algerian Clubtail

speciesGomphus lucasii

Gomphus kinzelbachi

speciesGomphus kinzelbachi

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Gomphus in Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 3–4

Illustrations of Fungi which Grow in Bavaria and the Palatinate around Ratisbon, Vols 3–4

Jacob Christian Schaeffer; C.H. Persoon (ed.) · 1800 · p.193

Gomphus in Illustrations and Descriptions of Lesser Known Fungi

Illustrations and Descriptions of Lesser Known Fungi

Christiaan Hendrik Persoon · 1798 · p.100

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51129.