Erpetogomphus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Cladus: Odonatoptera
Cladus: Holodonata
Ordo: Odonata
Subordo: Epiprocta
Infraordo: Anisoptera
Superfamilia: Aeshnoidea

Familia: Gomphidae
Subfamilia: Gomphinae
Tribus: Gomphini
Genus: Erpetogomphus
Species: E. agkistrodon – E. boa – E. bothrops – E. compositus – E. constrictor – E. cophias – E. crotalinus – E. designatus – E. elaphe – E. elaps – E. erici – E. eutainia – E. heterodon – E. lampropeltis – E. leptophis – E. liopeltis – E. ophibolus – E. oxybelis – E. sabaleticus – E. schausi – E. sipedon – E. tristani – E. viperinus
Name

Erpetogomphus Selys, 1858
References

Template:Selys, 1858

Bailowitz, R.; Danforth, D.; Upson, S. 2013: Erpetogomphus molossus, a new species from Sonora, Mexico (Odonata: Anisoptera: Gomphidae). Zootaxa 3734(5): 559–570. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.5.5 Reference page.
Garrison, R.W., 1994: A revision of the New World genus Erpetogomphus Hagen in Selys (Odonata: Gomphidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 137 (2): 173–269.
Novelo-Gutiérrez, R. & R.W. Garrison, 1999: Erpetogomphus erici spec. nov. from Mexico, and a description of the male of E. agkistrodon Garrison (Anisoptera: Gomphidae). Odonatologica 28(2): 171–179.
Ortega-Salas, H. 2018. Erpetogomphus oxybelis sp. nov. from Veracruz, Mexico (Odonata: Gomphidae). Zootaxa 4378(4): 589–594. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4378.4.10 Reference page.

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.[1] A fossil species is known from the Miocene Mexican amber[2]

The genus contains the following species:[3]

Erpetogomphus agkistrodon Garrison, 1994
Erpetogomphus boa Selys, 1859
Erpetogomphus bothrops Garrison, 1994 – one-striped ringtail[4]
Erpetogomphus compositus Hagen in Selys, 1858 – white-belted ringtail[5]
Erpetogomphus constrictor Ris, 1918 – knob-tipped ringtail[6]
Erpetogomphus cophias Selys, 1858
Erpetogomphus crotalinus (Hagen in Selys, 1854) – yellow-legged ringtail[5]
Erpetogomphus designatus Hagen in Selys, 1858 – eastern ringtail[5]
Erpetogomphus elaphe Garrison, 1994
Erpetogomphus elaps Selys, 1858 – straight-tipped ringtail[5]
Erpetogomphus erici Novelo & Garrison, 1999
Erpetogomphus eutainia Calvert, 1905 – blue-faced ringtail[5]
Erpetogomphus heterodon Garrison, 1994 – dashed ringtail[5]
Erpetogomphus lampropeltis Kennedy, 1918 – serpent ringtail[5]
Erpetogomphus leptophis Garrison, 1994 – dark-shouldered ringtail[7]
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

References

Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-12281-4.
Zheng, Daran; Nel, André; Jarzembowski, Edmund A.; Chang, Su-Chin; Zhang, Haichun; Wang, Bo (2019-01-02). "Exceptionally well-preserved dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) in Mexican amber". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 43 (1): 157–164. doi:10.1080/03115518.2018.1456562. ISSN 0311-5518.
Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
Paulson, D. R. (2009). "Erpetogomphus bothrops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T165051A5975649. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T165051A5975649.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
"North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
Paulson, D. R. (2009). "Erpetogomphus constrictor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T164984A5952895. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T164984A5952895.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
Paulson, D. R. (2009). "Erpetogomphus liopeltis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T165021A5965113. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T165021A5965113.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.