Eastern Ringtail
Erpetogomphus designatus Hagen, 1858
Eastern Ringtail: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/640
Synonyms
Tags
S2 (State rare)

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70 Records

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Status

Eastern Ringtail (Erpetogomphus designatus) is our only representative of a genus of colorful, mostly neotropical clubtails. This attractive species occurs on streams to rivers with sand or gravel substrates. In Maryland, it is known primarily from the middle or lower Potomac, the Patuxent River in Howard Co., and Blairs Valley Lake, in Washington Co. (Richard Orr's The Dragonflies and Damselflies of Maryland and the District of Columbia). This species is considered to be S2 (state rare).

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Erpetogomphus designatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Gomphidae
Genus: Erpetogomphus
Species:
E. designatus
Binomial name
Erpetogomphus designatus
Hagen in Selys, 1858

Erpetogomphus designatus, the eastern ringtail, is a species of clubtail in the dragonfly family Gomphidae. It is found in Central America and North America.[2][3][1][4]

The IUCN conservation status of Erpetogomphus designatus is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2017.[1][5][6]

Eastern ringtail, Erpetogomphus designatus
Eastern ringtail, Erpetogomphus designatus

References

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  1. ^ a b c Paulson, D.R. (2017). "Erpetogomphus designatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T51178684A80680362. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T51178684A80680362.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Erpetogomphus designatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ "Erpetogomphus designatus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  4. ^ "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  5. ^ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

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  • Kalkman, V. J. (2013). Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae (PhD). Leiden University. hdl:1887/22953.
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