The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

AESHNIDAE

Basiaeschna janata (Say)

Springtime Darner


 Photogallery: 

 

 

Synonyms: 

Also Reported As:
                   Nasiaeschna janata
                                            (Jasper 1996)

 

Distribution Citations

1938 Ferguson

[1954 Needham & Westfall]

1975 Bayer
1975 Longley
1978 Donnelly
[1978 Huggins]
1979 Morris
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]

[ ] 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 Ferguson (1938)

-nymphs in small forest lakes and streams, and rivers with slow current (Abbott 2005)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010


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