Argia apicalis (Say), 1839 -- Blue-fronted Dancer

Odonata: Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae

A Web Page by Roy J. Beckemeyer

Last Updated 4 February 2004

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MAPS:  Distribution by county in KS, OK, MO, NE

Recorded Distribution in KS, OK, MO, NE:

KANSAS:  Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Barber, Barton, Bourbon, Brown, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Comanche, Cowley, Crawford, Doniphen, Douglas, Edwards, Elk, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney, Ford, Franklin, Geary, Gove, Gray, Greenwood, Hamilton, Harvey, Jackson, Jefferson, Jewell, Johnson, Kearny, Kingman, Kiowa, Labette, Leavenworth, Lincoln, Linn, Lyon, Marion, Marshall, McPherson, Meade, Miami, Montgomery, Morris, Nemaha, Ness, Norton, Osage, Osborne, Pawnee, Phillips, Pottawatomie, Pratt, Rawlins, Reno, Republic, Rice, Riley, Rooks, Rush, Russell, Saline, Scott, Sedgwick, Seward, Shawnee, Sherman, SMith, Stafford, Sumner, Trego, Wabaunsee, Washington, Wilson, Woodson

MISSOURI: Adair, Andrew, Audrain, Bates, Boon, Buchanan, Butler, Caldwell, Callaway, Cape Girardeau, Carroll, Carter, Chariton,  Clay, Clinton, Cole, Cooper, Crawford, Dade, Dallas, Daviess, DeKalb, Dunklin, Franklin, Gasconade, Gentry, Grundy, Henry, Holt, Howard, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Laclede, Lafayette, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Linn, Madison, Marion, McDonald, Miller, Mississippi, Moniteau, Monroe, Montgomery, New, Madrid, Nodaway, Pemiscot, Perry, Platte, Polk, Pulaski, Ralls, Randolph, Ray, Reynolds, Ripley, Saint, Charles, Saint Francois, Saint Louis, Sainte Genevieve, Saline, Scotland, Scott, Shannon, Shelby, Stoddard, Sullivan, Taney, Vernon, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Worth

NEBRASKA: Antelope, Brown, Buffalo, Butler, Cass, Cherry, Dodge, Furnas, Gage, Holt, Lancaster, Lincoln, Madison, Otoe, Red Willow, Richardson, Thomas

OKLAHOMA: Adair, Alfalfa, Atoka, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Choctaw, Cimarron, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche, Cotton, Craig, Creek, Custer, Delaware, Ellis, Garfield, Garvin, Grant, Greer, Harmon, Harper, Haskell, Jefferson, Johnston, Kay, Kiowa, Latimer, LeFlore, Lincoln, Logan, Love, Major, Marshall, Mayes, McClain, McCurtain, Murray, Muskogee, Nowata, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, Osage, Ottawa, Pittsburg, Pottawatomie, Pushmataha, Rogers, Seminole, Sequoyah, Stephens, Tillman, Tulsa, Wagoner, Woodward 

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SELECTED REFERENCES:

• Bick, G.H., 1963, Reproductive behavior in Enallagma civile and Argia apicalis, Proc. N. C. Br., Ent. Soc. Am., XVIII:110-111
• Bick, G.H., & J.C. Bick, 1965, Color variation and significance of color in reproduction in the damselfly, Argia apicalis (Say) (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae), Can. Ent., 97:32-41
• Bick, G.H., & J.C. Bick, 1965, Demography and behavior of the damselfly, Argia apicalis (Say) (Odonata: Coenagriidae), Ecology, 46(4):461-472
• Johnson, C., 1972, An analysis of geographical variation in the damselfly, Argia apicalis (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae), Can. Ent., 104:1515-1527
• Westfall, M.J., Jr., & M.L. May, 1996, Damselflies of North America, Scientific Publishers, 1996

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