Calopteryx maculata (Beauvois) 1805 - Ebony Jewelwing

Odonata: Zygoptera: Calopterygidae

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Last Updated 16 January 2004

Right: Calopteryx maculata  pair mating.  Digital photo by Jim Mason of  The Great Plains Nature Center, Wichita.  Used with permission.  Taken along the bank of Rock Creek at "The Creek", Bill Watson family property in Butler County, Kansas.

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IMAGES:  Photo of male displaying by partially opening wings, Butler Co. KS. / Scanned image of live male - lateral view / Scanned image of live female - lateral view

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

KEY: TO LARVAE BY ETHAN BRIGHT & Mark O'Brien (U. of Michigan Museum of Zoology)

Recorded Distribution in KS, OK, MO, NE:

KANSAS: Atchison, Barber, Bourbon, Brown, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Clark, Clay, Coffey, Comanche, Cowley, Crawford, Dickinson, Doniphan, Douglas, Elk, Ellis, Ellsworth, Franklin, Geary, Graham, Gray, Harvey, Jackson, Jefferson, Jewell, Johnson, Kearny, Kingman, Kiowa, Labette, Leavenworth, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Marshall, McPherson, Meade, Miami, Morris, Nemaha, Neosho, Norton, Osage, Ottawa, Phillips, Pottawatomie, Pratt, Rawlins, Reno, Rice, Riley, Rooks, Rush, Russell, Saline, Scott, Sedgwick, Shawnee, Sumner, Trego, Wabaunsee, Washington, Wilson, Woodson, Wyandotte

MISSOURI: Adair, Audrain, Barry, Bates, Boone, Buchanan, Caldwell, Callaway, Camden, Carter, Cedar, Christian, Clark, Crawford, Dade, Dallas, DeKalb, Dent, Douglas, Franklin, Gasconade, Greene, Henry, Hickory, Holt, Howell, Iron, Jefferson, Johnson, Laclede, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Linn, Macon, Marion, McDonald, Miller, Montgomery, Newton, Oregon, Ozark, Perry, Phelps, Pulaski, Putnam, Ray, Reynolds, Ripley, Saline, Schuyler, Scotland, Shannon, St Charles, St Clair, St Francois, St Louis, Ste Genevieve, Stoddard, Stone, Taney, Texas, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Wright

NEBRASKA: Box Butte, Brown, Cass, Cherry, Cuming, Custer, Dawes, Douglas, Dundy, Holt, Keith, Keya Paha, Lancaster, Lincoln, Otoe, Saunders, Sioux

OKLAHOMA: Adair,  Alfalfa,  Blaine,  Bryan,  Caddo,  Choctaw,  Cleveland,  Comanche,  Craig,  Delaware,  Ellis,  Garfield,  Harmon,  Harper,  Johnston,  Kay,  Latimer,  Le Flore,  Love,  Marshall,  McCurtain,  Murray,  Muskogee,  Nowata,  Oklahoma,  Osage,  Ottawa,  Pawnee,  Payne,  Pittsburg,  Pontotoc,  Pushmataha,  Rogers,  Sequoyah,  Washita,  Woods,  Woodward

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SELECTED REFERENCES:

• Alcock, J., 1983, Mate guarding and the acquisition of new mates in Calopteryx maculata (P. de Beauvois) (Zygoptera: Calopterygidae), Odonatologica, 12(2):153-159
• Alcock, J., 1987, The effects of experimental manipulation of resources on the behaviour of two calopterygid damselflies that exhibit resource-defense polygyny, Can. J. Zool., 65:2475-2482 [Hetaerina vulnerata, Calopteryx maculata]
• Erickson, C.J., & M.E. Reid, 1989, Wing clapping behavior in Calopteryx maculata (P. de Beauvois) (Zygoptera: Calopterygidae), Odonatologica, 18(4):379-383
• Jensen, I.D., & P.D. Taylor, 2000, Fine-scale movement behaviors of calopterygid damselflies are influenced by landscape structure: an experimental manipulation, Oikos, 88:553-562 [C. maculata, C. aequabilis]
• Forsyth, A., & R.D. Montgomerie, 1987, Alternative reproductive tactics in the territorial damselfly Calopteryx maculata: sneaking by older males, Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., 21:73-81
• Johnson, C., 1962, Breeding behavior and oviposition in Calopteryx maculata (Beauvais) (Odonata: Calopterygidae), Am. Midl. Nat., 68(1):242-247
• Johnson, C., 1974, Taxonomic keys and distributional patterns for Nearctic species of Calopteryx damselflies, Fl. Entomol., 57(3):231-248
• Jonsen, I.D., and P.D. Taylor, 2000, Fine-scale movement behaviors of calopterygid damselflies are influenced by landscape struvture: an experimental manipulation, Oikos, 88:553-562 [Calopteryx aequabilis, C. maculata]
• Kirkton, S.D., and T.D. Schultz, 2001, Age-specific behavior and habitat selection of adult male damselflies, Calopteryx maculata (Odonata: Calopterygidae), J. Insect Behavior, 14(4):545-556
• Marden, J.H., & R.A. Rollins, 1994, Assessment of energy reserves by damselflies engaged in aerial contests for mating territories, Anim. Behav., 48:1023-1030 [Calopteryx maculata]
• Martin, R.D.C., 1939, Life histories of Agrion aequabile and Agrion maculatum, Ann. Ent. Soc. Am., XXXII:601-619
• Pither, J., & P.D. Taylor, 1998, An experimental assessment of landscape connectivity, Oikos, 83:166-174 [C. maculata, C. aequabilis]
• Pither, J., & P.D. Taylor, 2000, Directional and fluctuating asymmetry in the black-winged damselfly Calopteryx maculata (Beauvois) (Odonata: Calopterygidae), Can. J. Zool., 78:1720-1728
• Taylor, P.D., 2000, Landscape connectivity: Linking fine-scale movements and large-scale patterns of distributions of damselflies, Chapter 7, pp. 109-122 In B. Ekbom, M. Irwin, & Y. Robert (eds), Interchanges of Insects, Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands [Calopteryx maculata]
• Taylor, P.D., & G. Merriam, 1995, Wing morphology of a forest damselfly is related to landscape structure, Oikos, 73:43-48   [C. maculata]
• Waage, J.K., 1972, Longevity and mobility of adult Calopteryx maculata (Beauvois, 1805) (Zygoptera: Calopterygidae), Odonatologica, 1(3):155-162
• Waage, J., 1973, Reproductive bahavior and its relation to territoriality in Calopteryx maculata (Beauvois) (Odonata: Calopterygidae), Behaviour, 47:240-256
• Waage, J.K., 1975, Reproductive isolation and the potential for character displacement in the damselflies, Calopteryx maculata and C. aequabilis (Odonata: Calopterygidae), Systematic Zoology, 24:24-36 
• Waage, J.K., 1978, Oviposition duration and egg deposition rates in Calopteryx maculata (P. de Beauvois) (Zygoptera: Calopterygidae), Odonatologica, 7(1):77-88
• Waage, J.K., 1979, Adaptive significance of postcopulatory guarding of mates and nonmates by Calopteryx maculata (Odonata), Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., 6:147-154
• Waage, J.K., 1979, Dual function of the damselfly penis: sperm removal and transfer, Science, 203:916-917
• Waage, 1980, Adult sex ratio and female reproductive potential in Calopteryx (Zygoptera: Calopterygidae), Odonatologica, 9(3):217-230 [C. maculata, C. dimidiata]
• Waage, J.K., 1983, Sexual selection, ESS theory and insect behavior: some examples from damselflies (Odonata), Florida Entomologist, 66(1):19-31
• Waage, J.K., 1984, Female and male interactions during courtship in Calopteryx maculata and C. dimidiata (Odonata: Calopterygidae): Influence of oviposition behaviour, Anim. Behav., 32:400-404
• Waage, J.K., 1987, Choice and utilization of oviposition sites by female Calopteryx maculata (Odonata: Calopterygidae) 1. Influence of site size and the presence of other females, Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., 20:439-446
• Waage, J.K., 1988, Confusion over residency and the escalation of damselfly teritorial disputes, Anim. Behav., 36:586-595 [Calopteryx maculata]

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