The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

GOMPHIDAE

Erpetogomphus designatus Hagen

Eastern Ringtail


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Distribution Citations

1908 Tucker

[1910 Muttkowski]
1914 Williamson

[1929 Needham & Heywood]

1934 Tinkham
1938 Ferguson

[1954 Needham & Westfall]

1967 Roback & Westfall

1975 Bayer
1978 Donnelly

1982 Louton
1982 Williams

1997 Abbott Stewart Moulton
[1998 Abbott & Stewart]
1999 Orr Honig Behrstock

[2000 ACDT web]
2004 Gallucci
2005 Abbott
[2008 NatureServe]

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:
<this species has been vetted and accepted as a valid Texas species>

-nymphs in medium sized rivers with moderate to slow current, abloe to tolerate turbid waters, elevated temperatures and slity substrate (Louton 1982); nymphs burrow in sand (Ferguson 1938)

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                          2010

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