Gomphus lividus

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Gomphus sordidus Hagen in Selys • Gomphus umbratus Needham

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 04-Aug-2008

Similar Species

Difficult to distinguish from Lancet Clubtail (Gomphus exilis), Ashys tend to be larger, duller, and they lack dorsal yellow on the last long abdominal segment (S9).

Members of the genus Gomphus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 42 species and subspecies in this genus:

G. abbreviatus (Spine-Crowned Clubtail) · G. adelphus (Mustached Clubtail) · G. apomyius (Banner Clubtail) · G. australis (Clearlake Clubtail) · G. borealis (Beaverpond Clubtail) · G. cavillaris (Sandhill Clubtail) · G. consanguis (Cherokee Clubtail) · G. crassus (Handsome Clubtail) · G. davidi (Levant Clubtail) · G. descriptus (Harpoon Clubtail) · G. dilatatus (Blackwater Clubtail) · G. diminutus (Diminutive Clubtail) · G. exilis (Lancet Clubtail) · G. externus (Plains Clubtail) · G. fraternus (Midland Clubtail) · G. geminatus (Twin-Striped Clubtail) · G. gonzalezi (Tamaulipan Clubtail) · G. graslinellus (Pronghorn Clubtail) · G. graslinii (Pronged Clubtail) · G. hodgesi (Hodges' Clubtail) · G. hybridus (Cocoa Clubtail) · G. kurilis (Pacific Clubtail) · G. lineatifrons (Splendid Clubtail) · G. lividus (Ashy Clubtail) · G. lynnae (Columbia Clubtail) · G. militaris (Sulphur-Tipped Clubtail) · G. minutus (Cypress Clubtail) · G. modestus (Gulf Coast Clubtail) · G. oklahomensis (Oklahoma Clubtail) · G. ozarkensis (Ozark Clubtail) · G. parvidens (Piedmont Clubtail) · G. parvidens parvidens (Piedmont Clubtail) · G. pulchellus (Western Clubtail) · G. quadricolor (Rapids Clubtail) · G. rogersi (Sable Clubtail) · G. sandrius (Tennessee Clubtail) · G. septima (Septima's Clubtail) · G. spicatus (Dusky Clubtail) · G. vastus (Cobra Clubtail) · G. ventricosus (Skillet Clubtail) · G. viridifrons (Green-Faced Clubtail) · G. westfalli (Westfall's Clubtail)

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Further Reading

• A handbook of the dragonflies of North America, by James G. Needham and Hortense Butler Heywood, assisted by specialists in certain groups. Sringfield, Ill., Baltimore, Md., C.C. Thomas, 1929. url p. 104, p. 107.
• Annual report / Entomological Society of Ontario. Toronto, The Society. url p. 111.
• Annual report of the Ohio State Academy of Science. Columbus: The Academy, 1893-1930. url p. 47, p. 66.
• Annual report of the Regents / Albany: J.B. Lyon, State Printer, 1890-1903. url p. 454.
• Bulletin - New York State Museum. Albany: New York State Education Dept. url p. 454.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: The Museum, 1950-1977. url p. 295.
• Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. Brooklyn, N.Y.: The Society, url p. 147, p. 30.
• Contributions to Canadian biology. Toronto, Biological Board of Canada. url , p. 56, p. 58, p. 61, p. 70, p. 71, p. 72, p. 94.
• Entomological news, and proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia[Entomological Rooms of the Academy of Natural Sciences] url p. 254, p. 324.
• Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- url p. 122, p. 184, p. 201, p. 51, p. 60, p. 98.
• Guide to the insects of Connecticut, prepared under the direction of Wilton Everett Britton. .. Hartford, Printed for The State Geological and Natural History Survey, 1911-27. url p. 142, p. 148, p. 154, p. 310.
• Journal of the New York Entomological Society. Lawrence, Kan.: Allen Press [etc.] url p. 20, p. 226, p. 246.
• Lake Maxinkuckee. A physical and biological survey by Barton Warren Evermann and Howard Walton Clark. [Indianapolis]Dept. of Conservation, State of Indiana [Wm. B. Burford, printer]1920. url p. 25.
• Lake Maxinkuckee. a physical and biological survey by Barton Warren Evermann and Howard Walton Clark. [Indianapolis, Wm. B. Burford, printer]1920. url p. 25.
• Lake Maxinkuckee: a physical and biological survey / by Barton Warren Evermann and Howard Walton Clark. Indianapolis: Dept. of Conservation, 1920. url p. 25.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 201.
• Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 236, p. 381, p. 384, p. 385, p. 387, p. 388, p. 7.
• Reports on aquatic insects. Albany, New York, Univ. of the State of N.Y., 1901-1905. url p. 454.
• Second larval instars of Florida Anisoptera (Odonata) / by Sidney Warren Dunkle. 1980. url p. 40.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 4 1862 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 106.
• Special papers / Ohio Academy of Sciences. Columbus, Ohio: The Academy, 1899-1929. url p. 66.
• Synopsis of the described Lepidoptera of North America. Part I--Diurnal and crepuscular Lepidoptera. Comp. for the Smithsonian institution, Washington, Smithsonian institution, 1862. url p. 106.
• The Ohio journal of science. Columbus, Ohio, The Ohio State University and the Ohio Academy of Science url p. 13, p. 95.
• The affinities of the North American species of Gomphus as revealed by the genitalia (Odonata, Gomphidae) / Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1957. url p. 12, p. 16, p. 19, p. 7, p. 8, p. 9.
• Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science. [Lexington, Ky.]Kentucky Academy of Science, 1923-1997. url p. 38.
• Tulane studies in zoology. 5 1957 New Orleans: Tulane University, 1953-1968. url p. 120, p. 82.

Notes

Contributors

• Behnke Nurseries, Beltsville, MD USA
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Odonata: Catalogue of the Odonata of the World. Release date: August 1, 2008
• Pippen, Jeffrey S. Jeff's Nature Page. Accessed December 5, 2007.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2633652
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Odo-3903
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 101685
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IIODO08340
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 15388

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