Ophiogomphus
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.
The genus contains the following species:
- Ophiogomphus acuminatus – acuminate snaketail
- Ophiogomphus anomalus – extra-striped snaketail
- Ophiogomphus arizonicus – Arizona snaketail
- Ophiogomphus aspersus – brook snaketail
- Ophiogomphus australis – southern snaketail
- Ophiogomphus bellicosus
- Ophiogomphus bison – bison snaketail
- Ophiogomphus carolus – riffle snaketail
- Ophiogomphus caudoforcipus
- Ophiogomphus cecilia – green snaketail, green gomphid
- Ophiogomphus cerastis
- Ophiogomphus colubrinus – boreal snaketail
- Ophiogomphus edmundo – Edmund's snaketail
- Ophiogomphus howei – pygmy snaketail
- Ophiogomphus incurvatus – Appalachian snaketail
- Ophiogomphus mainensis – Maine snaketail
- Ophiogomphus morrisoni – Great Basin snaketail
- Ophiogomphus obscurus
- Ophiogomphus occidentis – Sinuous snaketail
- Ophiogomphus purepecha
- Ophiogomphus reductus
- Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis – rusty snaketail
- Ophiogomphus severus – pale snaketail
- Ophiogomphus sinicus
- Ophiogomphus smithi – Sioux snaketail
- Ophiogomphus spinicornis
- Ophiogomphus susbehcha – St. Croix snaketail
- Ophiogomphus westfalli – Westfall's snaketail