Erpetogomphus Hagen 1858 (clubtail dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Gomphidae

Parent taxon: Gomphidae according to D. R. Zheng et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Aeschna perampla, Auroradraco, Austrogomphinae, Diastatomma, Gomphidae, Gomphinae, Gomphoides occulta, Huaxiagomphus, Ilerdaegomphus, Jibeigomphus, Lanthus wuluogongensis, Libellula valga, Lindeniinae, Liogomphus, Lithogomphus, Octogomphinae, Pheugothemis, Sieboldius

Subtaxa: Erpetogomphus shii

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Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Mexican amber ( Rongxin Amber Museum coll) (Miocene of Mexico)

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