The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

LIBELLULIDAE

Libellula semifasciata Burmeister

Painted Skimmer


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Distribution Citations

[1922 Kennedy]
[1929 Needham & Heywood]

[1954 Needham & Westfall]

1978 Donnelly

[1989 Dunkle]

 

1995? Lassewll et al.
1997 Abbott Stewart Moulton
[1997 Arnett]
[1998 Abbott & Stewart]
1999 Orr Honig Behrstock

[2000 ACDT 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 marshy forest seepages, ponds and slow streams (Abbott 2005); at grassy edges of ponds and marshes (Orr, Honig & Behrstock 1999)

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                          2010

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