The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

CALOPTERYGIDAE

Hetaerina americana (Fabricius)

American Rubyspot


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Synonyms: 

 

 

 
Distribution Citations

1914 Williamson

19/34 Tinkham
1938 Ferguson

1951 Harwell

1961 Johnson C
1962a Johnson
1963b Johnson

1974 RET Inc.
1978 Donnelly

1982 Williams

1990 Dunkle

 

1996 Jasper
[1996 Westfall & May]
1997 Abbott Stewart Moulton
1997 Croyle
[1998 Abbott & Stewart]
1999 Orr Honig Behrstock

2002 Moring
2004 Gallucci
2005 Abbott
[2008 NatureServe]
2008 Peabody Mus. Nat.
         Hist.

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

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

-nymphs in rivers and sunny, wide streams (Dunkle 1990; Abbott 2005)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010

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