The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

LIBELLULIDAE

Pantala flavescens (Fabricius)

Wandering Glider


 Photogallery: 

 

 

Synonyms: 

 

 

 
Distribution Citations

1914 Williamson

1951 Harwell
[1954 Needham & Westfall]

1975 Bayer
1978 Donnelly
1979 Young & Bayer

1980 Lind & Bane
1981 Merickel & Wangberg
1982 Williams

 

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]
2008 Peabody Mus. Nat.
         Hist.

[ ] 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 and pools including brackish waters (Abbott 2005);  in temperate ponds and puddles in open or near bare shores, including brackish waters (Dunkle 1989); in temporary or wamr shallow ponds (Orr, Honig & Behrstock 1999)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010

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