The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

GOMPHIDAE

Gomphus externus Hagen

Plains Clubtail


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Synonyms:  Gomphus consobrinus
                   Gomphurus externus Hagen
                                           (Louton 1982)

 

 

 
Distribution Citations

[1901 Calvert]

[1910 Muttkowski]
1914 Williams

[1929 Needham & Heywood]

1938 Ferguson

1949 ANSP in Bayer 1975

[1954 Needham & Westfall]

1967 Roback & Westfall

1974 RET Inc.
1975 Bayer
1976 Browning & Rudy
1978 Donnelly
1979 Young & Bayer

 

1980 Davis SCD-PR
1980 Davis SCD-RG
1982 Louton
1982 Williams

1992 Bayer et al.
1997 Abbott Stewart Moulton
[1998 Abbott & Stewart]
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 in large muddy-bottomed reivers and streams with moderate flow (Abbott 2005); nymphs found burrowing in sandy loam, sand & mud (Bayer 1975)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010

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