The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

LIBELLULIDAE

Dythemis nigrescens Calvert

Black Setwing


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Distribution Citations

1975 Bayer
1975 Longley
1979 Young & Bayer

1992 Bayer et al.
[1998 Abbott & Stewart]

 

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 creeks, streams and rivers with moderate current (Abbott 2005); in both lotic & lentic habitats usually associated with vegetation , on mud, sand or rocky substrates (Bayer 1975)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010


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