Erpetogomphus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Odonata
- Family
- Gomphidae
- Genus
- Erpetogomphus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Erpetogomphus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Erpetogomphus
Erpetogomphus is a genus of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae. They are commonly known as ringtails. Most of the species are predominantly green coloured and the males have a moderately clubbed tail.
The genus contains the following species:
- Erpetogomphus agkistrodon Garrison, 1994
- Erpetogomphus boa Selys, 1859
- Erpetogomphus bothrops Garrison, 1994 – one-striped ringtail
- Erpetogomphus compositus Hagen in Selys, 1858 – white-belted ringtail
- Erpetogomphus constrictor Ris, 1918 – knob-tipped ringtail
- Erpetogomphus cophias Selys, 1858
- Erpetogomphus crotalinus (Hagen in Selys, 1854) – yellow-legged ringtail
- Erpetogomphus designatus Hagen in Selys, 1858 – eastern ringtail
- Erpetogomphus elaphe Garrison, 1994
- Erpetogomphus elaps Selys, 1858 – straight-tipped ringtail
- Erpetogomphus erici Novelo & Garrison, 1999
- Erpetogomphus eutainia Calvert, 1905 – blue-faced ringtail
- Erpetogomphus heterodon Garrison, 1994 – dashed ringtail
- Erpetogomphus lampropeltis Kennedy, 1918 – serpent ringtail
- Erpetogomphus leptophis Garrison, 1994 – dark-shouldered ringtail
- Erpetogomphus liopeltis Garrison, 1994
- Erpetogomphus ophibolus Calvert, 1905
- Erpetogomphus sabaleticus Williamson, 1918
- Erpetogomphus schausi Calvert, 1919
- Erpetogomphus sipedon Calvert, 1905
- Erpetogomphus tristani Calvert, 1912
- Erpetogomphus viperinus Selys, 1868
A single fossil species, †Erpetogomphus shii Zheng et al., 2018 known from the Early Miocene-aged Mexican amber
...Erpetogomphus in languages:
- English
- Ringtails
- English
- American Ringtail Dragonflies
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Acrogomphus
- Agriogomphus
- Amphigomphus
- Anisogomphus
- Anomalophlebia
- Anormogomphus
- Antipodogomphus
- Aphylla
- Archaeogomphus
- Arigomphus
- Armagomphus
- Asahinagomphus
- Asiagomphus
- Austroepigomphus
- Austrogomphus
- Borneogomphus
- Brasiliogomphus
- Burmagomphus
- Cacoides
- Ceratogomphus
- Cornigomphus
- Crenigomphus
- Cyanogomphus
- Cyclogomphus
- Davidioides
- Davidius
- Desmogomphus
- Diaphlebia
- Diastatomma
- Dromogomphus
- Dubitogomphus
- Ebegomphus
- Eogomphus
- Epigomphus
- Erpetogomphus
- Euthygomphus
- Fukienogomphus
- Gastrogomphus
- Gomphidia
- Gomphidictinus
- Gomphoides
- Gomphurus
- Gomphus
- Hagenius
- Heliogomphus
- Hemigomphus
- Hylogomphus
- Ictinogomphus
- Idiogomphoides
- Isomma
- Labrogomphus
- Lamelligomphus
- Lanthus
- Leptogomphus
- Lestinogomphus
- Libyogomphus
- Lindenia
- Macrogomphus
- Malgassogomphus
- Mastigogomphus
- Mattigomphus
- Megalogomphus
- Melanocacus
- Melligomphus
- Merogomphus
- Microgomphus
- Neogomphus
- Nepogomphoides
- Nepogomphus
- Neurogomphus
- Nihonogomphus
- Notogomphus
- Nychogomphus
- Octogomphus
- Odontogomphus
- Onychogomphus
- Ophiogomphus
- Orientogomphus
- Paragomphus
- Perigomphus
- Perissogomphus
- Peruviogomphus
- Phaenandrogomphus
- Phanogomphus
- Phyllocycla
- Phyllogomphoides
- Phyllogomphus
- Platygomphus
- Praeviogomphus
- Progomphus
- Scalmogomphus
- Shaogomphus
- Sieboldius
- Sinictinogomphus
- Sinogomphus
- Stenogomphurus
- Stylogomphus
- Stylurus
- Tibiagomphus
- Tragogomphus
- Trigomphus
- Zephyrogomphus
- Zonophora
Child Taxa
- Erpetogomphus agkistrodon
- Erpetogomphus boa
- Erpetogomphus bothrops
- Erpetogomphus compositus
- Erpetogomphus constrictor
- Erpetogomphus cophias
- Erpetogomphus crotalinus
- Erpetogomphus designatus
- Erpetogomphus elaphe
- Erpetogomphus elaps
- Erpetogomphus erici
- Erpetogomphus eutainia
- Erpetogomphus heterodon
- Erpetogomphus lampropeltis
- Erpetogomphus leptophis
- Erpetogomphus liopeltis
- Erpetogomphus molossus
- Erpetogomphus ophibolus
- Erpetogomphus oxybelis
- Erpetogomphus sabaleticus
- Erpetogomphus schausi
- Erpetogomphus sipedon
- Erpetogomphus tristani
- Erpetogomphus viperinus































































































































































