The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

GOMPHIDAE

Aphylla williamsoni (Gloyd)

Two-Striped Forceptail


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Distribution Citations

1998 Abbott & Stewart
1999 Orr Honig Behrstock

[2000 ACDT web]
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>

-First Texas Record reported by Abbott & Stewart (1998)

-nymphs found in lakes, ponds, borrow pits and sluggish streams (Abbott 2005)

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                          2010

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