Phyllocycla breviphylla, the ringed forceptail, is a species of clubtails in the family Gomphidae. It is found in Central America and South America.

The IUCN conservation status of Phyllocycla breviphylla is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival.Ware, Jessica L., Pilgrim, Erik, May, Michael L., Donnelly, Thomas W., & Tennessen, Kenneth (2017). "Phylogenetic relationships of North American Gomphidae and their close relatives". Systematic Entomology vol. 42, no. 2, 347-358.Ball-Damerow JE, Oboyski PT, Resh VH (2015). "California dragonfly and damselfly (Odonata) database: temporal and spatial distribution of species records collected over the past century". ZooKeys 482: 67-89.

References

Steinmann, Henrik / Wermuth, Heinz, and Maximilian Fischer, eds. (1997). "World Catalogue of Odonata, Volume II: Anisoptera". Das Tierreich, vol. 111, part, xiv + 636.

Further reading

Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.