Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

 Photogallery: 

Synonyms: Gomphus lentulus Needham
                                         (Bayer 1975; Bayer et al. 1992; Donnelly 1978; Harwell 1951; Kennedy 1921 in Bayer 1975;
                                           Needham & Westfall 1954; Williams 1982; Williamson 1914; Young & Bayer 1979)
                  Gomphus subapicalis Williamson
                                          (Needham & Heywood 1929; Williamson 1914)

1914 Williamson

1921 Kennedy in Bayer 1975
1929 Needham & Heywood

1951 Harwell
[1954 Needham & Westfall]

1975 Bayer
1978 Donnelly
1979 Young & Bayer

1982 Williams

1992 Bayer et al.
1996 Jasper
1997 Abbott Stewart Moulton
1997 Lasswell & Mitchell
[1998 Abbott & Stewart]
1999 Orr Honig Behrstock

[2000 ACDT web]
2005 Abbott
[2008 NatureServe]

notes:
<this species has been vetted and accepted as a valid Texas species>

-nymphs occur in semipermanent ponds, lakes and slow areas of streams on muddy bottoms (Abbott 2005)