The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

CORDULEGASTRIDAE

Cordulegaster maculata Selys

Twin Spotted Spiketail


 Photogallery: 

 

 

Synonyms: 

Also Reported As:
                   Cordulegaster maculatus
                   Cordulegaster maculata poss. ssp"A"
                                            (Louton 1982)

 

Distribution Citations

1951 Harwell

1978 Donnelly

1982 Louton
[1989 Dunkle]

1997 Abbott Stewart Moulton
[1997 Arnett]
[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 for genus and species reported by Harwell (1951)

-nymphs in small, rapidly flowing springfed forest streams and seepages with sandy or muck bottoms (Abbott 2005)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010


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