Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

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Synonyms:  Gomphus plagiatus (Selys)
                                           (Bayer 1975; Bayer et al. 1992; Hyggins 1978; Kennedy 1921; Muttkowski 1910; Needham &
                                            Westfall 1954; Sublette 1953, 1955; Williams 1982; Williamson 1914; Young & Bayer 1979)

{1910 Muttkowski]
1914 Williamson

1921 Kennedy

1953 Sublette
1955 Sublette

1975 Bayer
[1978 Huggins]
1979 Young & Bayer

1982 Louton
1982 Williams

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

[2000 ACDT web]
2004 Gallucci
2005 Abbott
[2008 NatureServe]

notes:
<this species has been vetted and accepted as a valid Texas species>

-nymphs in small to large rivers in slackwater areas of sand and silt (Huggins 1978); in weedy rivers, streams and lakes with little to moderate current (Abbott 2005)