Erpetogomphus crotalinus (Hagen, 1854) is a animal in the Gomphidae family, order Odonata, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Erpetogomphus crotalinus (Hagen, 1854)

Erpetogomphus crotalinus (Hagen, 1854)

Erpetogomphus crotalinus, the yellow-legged ringtail, is a least-concern dragonfly found across the Americas.

Family
Genus
Erpetogomphus
Order
Odonata
Class
Insecta

About Erpetogomphus crotalinus (Hagen, 1854)

Erpetogomphus crotalinus, commonly called the yellow-legged ringtail, is a clubtail dragonfly species that belongs to the dragonfly family Gomphidae. This species can be found in Central America, North America, and South America. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed Erpetogomphus crotalinus as a species of least concern, or "LC", meaning there are no immediate threats to this species' survival.

Photo: (c) Cameron Eckert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Cameron Eckert · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Odonata Gomphidae Erpetogomphus

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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