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Gomphus (Phanogomphus) westfalli spec. nov. from the Gulf Coast of Florida (Anisoptera: Gomphidae)
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Carle, Frank Louis May, Mandy Le |
| Copyright Year | 1987 |
| Abstract | The genus Gomphus Leach 1815 is represented throughout the northern hemisphere and reaches its greatest diversity in southern China and in the southeastern United States. Phanogomphus Carle & Cook is the dominant subgenus of American Gomphus with the following species reported from the southeast: G. minutus Rambur, G. lividus Selys, G. exilis Selys, G. quadricolor Walsh, G. descriptus Banks (as G. mortimer Needham), G. australis Needham, G. cavillaris Needham, G. brimleyi Muttkowski, G. oklahomensis Pritchard, G. flavocaudatus Walker, G. hodgesi Needham, G. diminutus Needham, and G. sandrius Tennessen. Gomphus mortimerwas synonymized with G. descriptus by WESTFALL (1945), but an inability to rediscover it at the type locality and its nonconforming habitat preference suggest a mislabeling, in which case G. descriptus is incorrectly reported from the southeaster MJ. Westfall, Jr, pers. |
| Starting Page | 67 |
| Ending Page | 75 |
| Page Count | 9 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 16 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/download?docid=591772&type=document |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |