The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

GOMPHIDAE

Phyllogomphoides albrighti (Needham)

Five-Striped Leaftail


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Synonyms:  Gomphoides albrighti Needham
                                            (Bayer 1975; Needham 1950; Needham & Westfall 1954; Williams 1982)

 

 
Distribution Citations

1950 Needham
[1954 Needham & Westfall]

1975 Bayer
1979 Young & Bayer

1980 Davis & Buzan
1982 Williams

 

[1998 Abbott & Stewart]

2000 Dunkle
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>

-new species as Gomphoides albrighti (Needham 1950)

-nymphs in streams and rivers with swift current and cobble or muddy bottoms with vegetation along margins (Abbott 2005); nymphs on mud, silt or sand substrates (Bayer 1975)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010

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