Black-tailed Ringtail

Order: Odonata
- Suborder: Anisoptera (Dragonfly)
- - Family: Clubtails (Gomphidae)
- - - Genus: Erpetogomphus
- - - - Species: molossus

The species is currently known in the USA from a single record: a male found by Doug Danforth, Dennis Paulson, and Netta Smith on 30 August 2018 in Bear Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise, AZ.

Identification Tips

Black-tailed Ringtail, Male, Yecora, Sonora, Mexico, 6 August 2018
Black-tailed Ringtail, Male, Yecora, Sonora, Mexico, 6 August 2018

Species to compare (enter common name)

  • Black-tailed Ringtail
    Black-tailed Ringtail, Male, Yecora, Sonora, Mexico, 6 August 2022
  • Black-tailed Ringtail
    Black-tailed Ringtail, Male, Yecora, Sonora, Mexico, 6 August 2022
  • Black-tailed Ringtail
    Black-tailed Ringtail, Male, Yecora, Sonora, Mexico, 8 August 2018
  • Black-tailed Ringtail
    Black-tailed Ringtail, Male, Yecora, Sonora, Mexico, 6 August 2018
  • Black-tailed Ringtail
    Black-tailed Ringtail, Male, Yecora, Sonora, Mexico, 6 August 2022
  • Black-tailed Ringtail
    Black-tailed Ringtail, Male, Yecora, Sonora, Mexico, 8 August 2018
  • Black-tailed Ringtail
    Black-tailed Ringtail, Male appendages (lateral view), Yecora, Sonora, Mexico, 8 August 2018