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title: "Small Pincertail"
description: "Onychogomphus forcipatus — Insetti e ragni. Onychogomphus forcipatus, the small pincertail, green-eyed hooktail, or green-eyed hook-tailed dragonfly, is a species of dragonfly belonging to the family Gomphidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/small-pincertail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Small Pincertail

> Onychogomphus forcipatus — Insetti e ragni. Onychogomphus forcipatus, the small pincertail, green-eyed hooktail, or green-eyed hook-tailed dragonfly, is a species of dragonfly belonging to the family Gomphidae.

- Scientific name: *Onychogomphus forcipatus*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 11856
- Wikidata: [Q1746557](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1746557)
- iNaturalist taxon: [132663](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/132663)

## Names

- en: Small Pincertail
- de: Kleine Zangenlibelle
- es: Candil de gancho
- fr: Onychogomphe à pinces
- nl: Kleine tanglibel
- pl: Smaglec mniejszy

## Countries with the most observations

FR (2988), IT (2711), DE (771), RU (758), ES (615), AT (518), GR (276), PT (266), HR (228), CH (172), TR (165), BG (163)

## Summary

Onychogomphus forcipatus, the small pincertail, green-eyed hooktail, or green-eyed hook-tailed dragonfly, is a species of dragonfly belonging to the family Gomphidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onychogomphus_forcipatus

## Photo

![Small Pincertail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/small-pincertail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Алексей Ябс · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/305229650

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/small-pincertail?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).