Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

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Synonyms:  Cannacria gravida Calvert
                                           (Donnelly 1978; Ferguson 1938; Needham & Heywood 1929; Needham & Westfall 1954; RET Inc.
                                            1974)
                   Lepthemis gravida Calvert
                                            (Calvert 1890)

1890 Calvert

[1910 Muttkowski]
1914 Williamson

[1929 Needham & Heywood]

1938 Ferguson

[1954 Needham & Westfall]

1974 RET Inc.
1975 Bayer
1978 Donnelly
1979 Young & Bayer

[1989 Dunkle]

1997 Abbott Stewart Moulton
1997 Lasswell & Mitchell
[1998 Abbott & Stewart]
1999 Orr Honig Behrstock

[2000 ACDT web]
2004 Gallucci
2005 Abbott
2006b USGSNPWRC
[2008 NatureServe]

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

-New Species as Lepthemis gravida (Calvert 1890)

-nymphs in ponds, lakes and roadside ditches and in brackish waters (Abbott 2005); nymphs seem to prefer brackish or fertilized, quiet waters; ponds, lakes & ditches (Dunkle 1989)