The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

LIBELLULIDAE

Libellula lydia Drury

Common Whitetail


 Photogallery: 

 

 

Synonyms:  Plathemis lydia Drury
                                          (Abbott 2005; Arnett 1997; Bayer 1975; Ferguson 1938; Gallucci 2004; Harwell 1951; Jasper 1996;
                                            Lasswell et al. 1995?; Longley 1975; Merickel & Wangberg 1981; NatureServe 2008; Needham &
                                            Westfall 1954; RET Inc. 1974; Tinkham 1934; Tucker 1908; Williams 1982; Williamson 1914;
                                             Young & Bayer 1979)

 

Distribution Citations

1908 Tucker

1914 Williamson

1934 Tinkham
1938 Ferguson

1951 Harwell
[1954 Needham & Westfall]

1974 RET Inc.
1975 Bayer
1975 Longley
1978 Donnelly
1979 Young & Bayer

1981 Merickel & Wangberg
1982 Williams

 

1995? Lasswell et al.
1996 Jasper
1997 Abbott Stewart Moulton
[1997 Arnett]
1997 Lasswell & Mitchell
[1998 Abbott & Stewart]
1999 BFL
1999 Orr Honig Behrstock

[2000 ACDT web]
2004 Gallucci
2005 Abbott
2006b USGSNPWRC
[2008 NatureServe]

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

notes:

-nymphs in any still water or on margins of slow moving streams, fairly tolerant of organic pollution (Dunkle 1989); nymphs in heavily vegetated seeps, in trash, roots and decaying vegetation in shallow still water (Ferguson 1938); in heavily vegetated ponds (Bayer 1975)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010


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