The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

LIBELLULIDAE

Libellula subornata (Hagen)

Desert Whitetail


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Synonyms:  Plathemis subornata (Hagen)
                                           (Abbott 2005; Huggins 1978; Muttkowski 1910; NatureServe 2008; Needham & Heywood 1929;
                                             Needham & Westfall 1954; Tinkham 1934)

 
Distribution Citations

[1910 Muttkowski]

[1922 Kennedy]
[1929 Needham & Heywood]

1934 Tinkham

[1954 Needham & Westfall]

1978 Huggins

 

[1998 Abbott & Stewart]

[2000 ACDT web]
2005 Abbott
[2008 NatureServe]

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

notes:

-nymphs in semidesert alkaline ponds (Kennedy 1922); in desert pools, ponds and slow streams with thick emergent vegetation and mud bottoms (Abbott 2005)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010

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