The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

LIBELLULIDAE

Cannaphila insularis Kirby

Gray-Waisted Skimmer


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Synonyms: 

As Subspecies:
                    Canaphila insularis funerea (Carpenter)
                                              (Abbott & Stewart 1998)
                        syn:  Cannaphila funerea Carpenter
                                                                      (Needham & Westfall 1954)

 
Distribution Citations

1954 Needham & Westfall

1998 Abbott & Stewart

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 marshy ponds, lakes and streams (Abbott 2005)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010

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