Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

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1951 Harwell

1978 Donnelly

[1990 Dunkle]
[1996 Westfall & Mays]
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>

-First Texas Record reported by Harwell (1951)

-nymphs in heavily shaded, acidic waters such as bogs, lakes, swamps, oxbows and slow streams (Abbott 2005, Dunkle 1990)