The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

GOMPHIDAE

Stylurus laurae (Williamson)

Laura's Clubtail


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Synonyms:  Gomphus laurae Williamson
                                           (ANSP 1963 in Roback & Westfall 1967; Donnelly 1966, 1978; Roback & Westfall 1967; Young &
                                             Bayer 1979)

 
Distribution Citations

1963 ANSP in Roback &
         Westfall 1967
1966 Donnelly

1967 Roback & Westfall

1978 Donnelly
1979 Young & Bayer

1982 Louton

 

1997 Abbott Stewart Moulton
[1998 Abbott & Stewart]
1999 Orr Honig Behrstock

[2000 ACDT web]
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 rivers and large streams (Orr, Honig & Behrstock 1999); in shallow well shaded rivers and streams with cobble, sand or mud substrate (Abbott 2005)

-reported from the Guadalupe River below Sequin and below Victoria (Roback & Westfall 1967)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010

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