Ophiogomphus genus of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae. The species mostly have beautifully marked green club-shaped abdomens , more noticeable in the males.
The genus contains the following species:
Ophiogomphus acuminatus Carle, 1981 – acuminate snaketailOphiogomphus anomalus Harvey, 1898 – extra-striped snaketailOphiogomphus arizonicus Kennedy, 1917 – Arizona snaketailOphiogomphus aspersus Morse, 1895 – brook snaketailOphiogomphus australis Carle, 1992 – southern snaketailOphiogomphus bellicosus Voronocovsky, 1909 Ophiogomphus bison Selys, 1873 – bison snaketailOphiogomphus carolus Needham, 1897 – riffle snaketailOphiogomphus caudoforcipus Yousuf & Yunus, 1977 Ophiogomphus cecilia (Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785) – green snaketail, green gomphidOphiogomphus cerastis Selys, 1854 Ophiogomphus colubrinus Selys, 1854 – boreal snaketailOphiogomphus edmundo Needham, 1951 – Edmund's snaketailOphiogomphus howei Bromley, 1924 – pygmy snaketailOphiogomphus incurvatus Carle, 1982 – Appalachian snaketailOphiogomphus mainensis Packard, 1863 – Maine snaketailOphiogomphus morrisoni Selys, 1879 – Great Basin snaketailOphiogomphus obscurus Bartenev, 1909 Ophiogomphus occidentis (Hagen, 1885) – Sinuous snaketailOphiogomphus purepecha González & Villeda-Callejas, 2000 Ophiogomphus reductus Calvert, 1898 Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis (Walsh, 1862) – rusty snaketailOphiogomphus severus Hagen, 1874 – pale snaketailOphiogomphus sinicus (Chao, 1954) Ophiogomphus smithi Tennessen & Vogt, 2004 – Sioux snaketailOphiogomphus spinicornis Selys, 1878 Ophiogomphus susbehcha Vogt & Smith, 1993 – St. Croix snaketailOphiogomphus westfalli Cook & Daigle, 1985 – Westfall's snaketail
