The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

GOMPHIDAE

Progomphus obscurus (Rambur)

Common Sanddragon


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Distribution Citations

1921 Kennedy

1934 Tinkham
1938 Ferguson

1951 Harwell
[1954 Needham & Westfall]

1967 Roback & Westfall

1974 RET Inc.
1975 Bayer
1978 Donnelly
1978 Huggins
1979 Bass
1979 Young & Bayer

1981 Bass & Harrel
1982 Louton
1982 Williams
1983 Barclay
[1984 Dunkle]
1985 Barclay & Harrel

 

1992 Bayer et al.
1996 Jasper
1997 Abbott Stewart Moulton
1997 Phillips
[1998 Abbott & Stewart]
1999 Orr Honig Behrstock

[2000 ACDT web]
2001 Phillips
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 shallow streams, rivers on sand or sand & gravel (Huggins 1978; Dunkle 1989); in shallow streams and lakes with sandy bottom (Abbott 2005); burrows in clean shifting sand in streams and rivers (Louton 1982)

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                          2010

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