Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

 Photogallery: 

Synonyms: Mesothemis simplicicollis Say
                                         (Ferguson 1938)
                  Lepthemis simplicicollis (Say)
                                          (Donnelly 1978)

As Subspecies:
                  Erythemis simplicicollis simplicicollis
                                          (Abbott 2007)

Also Reported As:
                   Erythemis simplicalis
                                             (Browning & Rudy 1976)

1914 Williamson

1938 Ferguson

1951 Harwell
[1954 Needham & Westfall]

1974 RET Inc.
1975 Bayer
1975 Longley
1976 Browning & Rudy
1978 Donnelly
[1978 Huggins]
1979 Young & Bayer

1982 Williams[1989 Dunkle]

1996 Jasper
1997 Abbott Stewart Moulton
1997 Lasswell & Mitchell
[1998 Abbott & Stewart]
1999 BFL
1999 Orr Honig Burmeister

[2000 ACDT web]
2000 Dunkle
2002 Hogan
2004 Gallucci
2005 Abbott
2007 Abbott
[2008 NatureServe]
2008 Peabody Mus. Nat.
         Hist.

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

-nymphs in ponds, lakes, ditches and slow moving creeks, streams and rivers (Abbott 2005); usually associated with algal mats, duckweed, water lilies or other floating plants on water's surface (Dunkle 1989); nymphs nearly always found in "blanket algae" mats (Ferguson 1935)