The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

COENAGRIONIDAE

Telebasis byersi Westfall

Duckweed Firetail


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Distribution Citations

[1990 Dunkle]
[1996 Westfall & May]
1997 Abbott Stewart Moulton
[1998 Abbott & Stewart]
1999 Orr Honig Behrstock

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 floating mats of plants in still, semishaded waters (Dunkle 1990); in swampy, partially shaded areas with abundant foating duckweed (Abbott 2005)

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                          2010

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