Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

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Synonyms:  Erythemis simplicicollis verbenata (Hagen)
                                           (Muttkowski 1910)
                   Erythemis verbenata (Hagen)
                                           (Williamson 1914)
                   Mesothemis plebeja Burmeister
                                           (Needham & Heywood 1929)

[1910 Muttkowski]
1914 Williamson

[1929 Needham & Heywood]

[1954 Needham & Westfall]

1975 Bayer
1979 Young & Bayer

[1989 Dunkle]

[1998 Abbott & Stewart]
1999 Orr Honig Behrstock

2004 Gallucci
2005 Abbott
[2008 NatureServe]

notes:
<this species has been vetted and accepted as a valid Texas species>

-nymphs in quiet waters such as ponds, lakes, canals and slow rivers (Dunkle 1989); in ponds, lakes, ditches and slow reaches of rivers and streams (Abbott 2005)