The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

LIBELLULIDAE

Libellula comanche Calvert

Comanche Skimmer


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Distribution Citations

[1910 Muttkowski]

[1922 Kennedy]
[1929 Needham & Heywood]

1938 Ferguson

[1954 Needham & Westfall]

1975 Bayer
1979 Young & Bayer

1982 Williams

 

[1998 Abbott & Stewart]
1999 BFL

[2000 ACDT web]
2000 Dunkle
2004 Gallucci
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, lakes and sluggish streams (Abbott 2005); in swampy streams (Kennedy 1922)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010

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