The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

CALOPTERYGIDAE

Calopteryx maculata (Beauvois)

Ebony Jewelwing


 Photogallery: 

 

 

Synonyms: Agrion maculatum Beauvois
                                        (Ferguson 1938; Harwell 1951; Needham & Heywood 1929; RET Inc. 1974)

Also Reported As:
                  Caloperyx maculatum

 

Distribution Citations

1908 Tucker

[1929 Needham & Heywood]

1938 Ferguson

1951 Harwood

1962b Johnson

1974 RET Inc.
1978 Donnelly
[1978 Huggins]

 

1990 Dunkle
1996 Jasper
[1996 Westfall & May]
[1998 Abbott & Stewart]
1999 Orr Honig Behrstock

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>

-nymphs in sandy, fast moving streams clinging to plant roots (Ferguson 1938); in small, slow moving canopy covered streams and occasionally in exposed streams and rivulets (Abbott 2005)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010


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