The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

GOMPHIDAE

Dromogomphus spinosus Selys

Black-Shouldered Spinyleg


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Synonyms: 

 

 

 
Distribution Citations

[1929 Needham & Heywood]

1938 Ferguson

[1954 Needham & Westfall]

1975 Bayer
1978 Darville
1978 Donnelly
1979 Bass
1979 Young & Bayer

1980 Commander
1980 Darville & Harrel
1981 Bass & Harrel
1982 Louton
[1989 Dunkle]

 

1992 Bayer et al.
1996 Jasper
1997 Abbott Stewart Moulton
[1998 Abbott & Stewart]
1999 Orr Honig Behrstock

[2000 ACDT web]
2000 Dunkle
2004 Gallucci
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 rivers and streams, somewhat tolerant to pollution (Dunkle 1989); in small streams and oxbows with slow to rapid flow, on sandy or muddy bottoms (Abbott 2005)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010

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