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Erpetogomphus

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Description

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.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erpetogomphus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1426610	https://www.gbif.org/species/1426610
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	382216	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=382216

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Gomphidae : Erpetogomphus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
infraclass	Hydropalaeoptera	Rohdendorf 1969
-	Euhydropalaeoptera	Sroka et al. 2014
-	Odonatoptera	Martynov 1932
-	Palaeodonatoptera	Petrulevicius and Gutiérrez 2016
-	Plesiodonatoptera	Petrulevicius and Gutiérrez 2016
-	Apodonatoptera	Petrulevicius and Gutiérrez 2016
-	Paneodonatoptera	Nel et al. 2019
-	Neodonatoptera	Bechly 1996
-	Euodonatoptera	Bechly et al. 2001
-	Odonatoclada	Bechly 1999
-	Nodialata	Bechly 1996
-	Discoidalia	Bechly 1996
-	Stigmoptera	Bechly 1996
-	Panodonata	Bechly 1996
order	Odonata	Fabricius 1793
-	Epiproctophora	Bechly 1996
-	Euepiproctophora	Bechly 1998
-	Anisopteromorpha	Bechly 1996
-	Trigonoptera	Bechly 1996
-	Pananisoptera	Bechly 1996
-	Neoanisoptera	Bechly 1998
suborder	Anisoptera	Selys-Longchamps and Hagen 1854
-	Euanisoptera	Bechly 1996
-	Exophytica	Bechly 1996
-	Gomphides	Bechly et al. 1998
-	Desmoproctida	Bechly 1996
-	Oligophlebiata	Bechly 2003
-	Brevicubitalia	Bechly 2003
-	Gomphida	Bechly 1996
family	Gomphidae	Rambur 1842
genus	Erpetogomphus	Selys 1858

Scientific Name

Erpetogomphus Selys, 1858

Name Published In

Mém. Soc. Liége, 11, table 274

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Erpetogomphus	genus	belongs to Gomphidae	stated with evidence	Zheng et al., 2018

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene

Environment

freshwater,terrestrial (based on Odonata)

Motility

fast-moving (based on Odonata)

Vision

well-developed (based on Odonata)

Diet

carnivore, insectivore (based on Odonata)

Reproduction

dispersal=water (based on Odonata)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Odonata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

D. R. Zheng, A. Nel, and E. A. Jarzembowski, S. C. Chang, H. C. Zhang, B. Wang. 2018. Exceptionally well-preserved dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) in Mexican amber. Alcheringa 43:157-164

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erpetogomphus

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Erpetogomphus agkistrodon species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erpetogomphus boa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erpetogomphus bothrops species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erpetogomphus compositus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erpetogomphus constrictor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erpetogomphus cophias species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erpetogomphus crotalinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erpetogomphus designatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erpetogomphus elaphe species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erpetogomphus elaps species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erpetogomphus erici species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erpetogomphus eutainia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erpetogomphus heterodon species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erpetogomphus lampropeltis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erpetogomphus leptophis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erpetogomphus liopeltis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erpetogomphus menetriesii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erpetogomphus molossus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erpetogomphus ophibolus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erpetogomphus oxybelis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erpetogomphus sabaleticus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erpetogomphus schausi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erpetogomphus shii ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Erpetogomphus sipedon species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erpetogomphus tristani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erpetogomphus viperinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Herpetogomphus Walsh, 1862	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Gomphidae : *Herpetogomphus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1858	Erpetogomphus Hagen
2018	Erpetogomphus Zheng et al. p. 158

References

Zheng D. R., Nel A., et al (2018) Exceptionally well-preserved dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) in Mexican amber, Alcheringa 43, 157-164

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Mém. Soc. Liége, 11, table 274 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Pinhey, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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