The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

COENAGRIONIDAE

Ischnura posita (Hagen)

Fragile Forktail


 Photogallery: 

 

 

Synonyms: 

As Subspecies:
                    Ischnura posita posita (Hagen)
                                              (Abbott & Stewart 1998; Abbott, Stewart & Moulton 1997; Orr, Honig Behrstock 1999)

 
Distribution Citations

1914 Williamson

1938 Ferguson

1951 Harwell

1964 Donnelly

1974 RET Inc.
1976 Browning & Rudy
1978 Donnelly
[1978 Huggins]

 

1982 Williams
1984 Robinson

[1990 Dunkle]
[1996 Westfall & May]
1997 Abbott Stewart Moulton
[1998 Abbott & Stewart
1999 Orr Honig Behrstock

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 heavily vegetated ponds, marshes and slow moving waters (Abbott 2005); nymphs abundant in silt or trash (Ferguson 1938); nymphs in a variety of stillwater habitats (Orr, Honig & Behrstock 1999)

-nymphs sometimes heavily parasitized by Hydrachna (Robinson 1984)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010

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