The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Odonata

(dragonflies & damselflies)

 

 calopteryx

CALOPTERYGIDAE

Calopteryx sp.

syn: Agrion sp.

 

Species reported
          from Texas:

 

 


Calopteryx aequable

Calopteryx dimidiata

Calopteryx maculata
Distribution Citations*

1977 Kost
1977 Taylor
1978 Beaty

1982 McCullough &
         McCullough
1986 McCullough


 

1992 Bayer et al
1992 Miles
1996 Jasper
[1998 Drees & Jackman]
1998 Moring Rosendale
         Ansley Brown

[2000 Abbott]
2003 Moring

notes:

*5 species in North America; among the largest damselflies (Westfall & May 1996)

*adults have large metallic green bodies and skipping flight (Dunkle 1990)

*refs are for reports of genus only; species refs not included here; [ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated
copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser 
                          2010

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