Argia fumipennis

Argia fumipennis (Burmeister), 1839 -- Variable Dancer

Odonata: Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae

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Last Updated 13 February 2004

Right: Argia fumipennis violacea male photographed in June in Butler County, Kansas.

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IMAGES: Photos at Digital Dragonflies web site / Scanned image by Dennis Paulson of SD Argia fumipennis violacea male / Photo and distribution map at John Abbott's web site /

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

Recorded Distribution in KS, OK, MO, NE:

KANSAS: Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Barber, Bourbon, Brown, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Clark, Clay, Coffey, Comanche, Cowley, Crawford, Decatur, Douglas, Elk, Ellsworth, Ford, Geary, Gove, Greenwood, Harvey, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Kingman, Kiowa, Labette, Lyon, Marshall, McPherson, Miami, Montgomery, Morris, Morton, Nemaha, Mess, Rawlins, Reno, Saline, Scott, Shawnee, Stafford, SUmner, Trego, Wabaunsee, Washington, Woodson

MISSOURI: Adair, Bollinger, Boone, Butler, Camden, Carter, Christian, Crawford, Dallas, Douglas, Franklin, Gasconade, Henry, Howell, Iron, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Laclede, Macon, Madison, Montgomery, Oregon, Perry, Polk, Pulaski, Reynolds, Ripley, Schuyler, Scotland, Shannon, St. Charles, St. Francois, St. Louis, Ste. Genevieve, Stoddard, Taney, Texas, Warren, Washington, Worth, Wright

NEBRASKA: Brown, Cherry, Cheyenne, Dawes, Holt, Lincoln, Logan, Otoe, Scotts Bluff, Sioux, Thomas

OKLAHOMA: Adair, Alfalfa, Atoka, Beaver, Beckham, Choctaw, Cimarron, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche, Craig, Custer, Delaware, Ellis, Garvin, Greer, Harmon, Haskell, Jefferson, Johnston, Latimer, LeFlore, Logan, Love, Marshall, Mayes, McClain, McCurtain, Murray, Muskogee, Nowata, Oklahoma, Ottawa, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pushmataha, Rogers, Sequoyah, Wagoner, Washita, Woods, Woodward

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SELECTED REFERENCES:

Abbott, J.C., 1999, Biodiversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) of the south-central Nearctic and adjacent Neotropical biotic provinces, PhD Thesis, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, xxxvi + 911 pp.
Bick, G.H., & J.C. Bick, 1982, Behavior of adults of dark-winged and clear-winged subspecies of Argia fumipennis (Burmeister) (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae), Odonatologica, 11(20:99-107
Gloyd, L.K., 1968, The union of Argia fumipennis (Burmeister, 1839) with Argia violacea (Hagen, 1861), and the recognition of three subspecies (Odonata), Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool., Univ. Mich., No.658, 6 pp. [description of A.f. atra (new subsp.), definition of A.f.f. and A.f. violacea]
Westfall, M.J., Jr., & M.L. May, 1996, Damselflies of North America, Scientific Publishers