The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

LIBELLULIDAE

Libellula auripennis Burmeister

Golden-Winged Skimmer


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Synonyms:  Libellula costalis

 

 

 
Distribution Citations

[1910 Muttkowski]
1914 Williamson

[1929 Needham & Heywood]

[1954 Needham & Westfall]

1978 Donnelly

[1989 Dunkle]

 

1997 Abbott Stewart Moulton
[1998 Abbott & Stewart]
1999 Orr Honig Behrstock

[2000 ACTD 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 ponds, pools, ditches and lakes, occasionally in slow flowing streams (Abbott 2005); usually in grassy ponds or lakes, also ditches and slow streams (Dunkle 1989)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010

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