The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

LIBELLULIDAE

Orthemis ferruginea (Fabricius)

Roseate Skimmer


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Distribution Citations

[1904 Needham]
1908 Tucker

[1910 Muttkdowski]
1914 Williamson

[1929 Needham & Heywood]

1934 Tinkham
1938 Ferguson

1949 ANSP in Bayer 1975

1951 Harwell
[1954 Needham & Westfall]

1975 Bayer
1975 Longley
1978 Donnelly
1979 Young & Bayer

1981 Merickel & Wangberg
1982 Williams
1983 Barclay
1985 Barclay & Harrel

1992 Bayer et al.
1995? Lasswell et al.
1996 Jasper
1997 Abbott Stewart Moulton
1997 Lasswell & Mitchell
[1998 Abbott & Stewart]
1999 BFL
1999 Orr Honig Behrstock

[2000 ACDT web]
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, ditches and slow streams (Abbott 2005); can breed in brackish or temporary muddy ponds (Dunkle 1989)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010


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