The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

LIBELLULIDAE

Epitheca petechialis (Muttkowski)

Dot-Winged Baskettail


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Synonyms:  Tetragoneuria petechialis Muttkowski
                                           (Bayer 1975; BFL 1999; Longley 1975; Lasswell & Mitchell 1997; Needham & Westfall 1954;
                                             Williams 1982; Young & Bayer 1979)

 
Distribution Citations

[1954 Needham & Westfall]

1975 Bayer
1975 Longley
[1978 Huggins]
1979 Young & Bayer

1982 Williams
1983 Dunkle

 

1997 Lasswell & Mitchell
[1998 Abbott & Stewart]
1999 BFL
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>

-nymphs occur in small ponds, marshes and impoundments (Hugins 1978); in slow moving streams and rivers (Orr, Honig & Behrstock 1999); in lakes, ponds and slow reaches of streams and rivers (Abbott 2005)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010

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