Lestes congener Hagen, 1861 - Spotted Spreadwing
Odonata: Zygoptera: Lestidae
A Web Page by Roy J. Beckemeyer
Last Updated 16 January 2004
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IMAGES: Comparisons
of male specimens of L. congener, L. dryas, L. disjunctus disjunctus, and
L. unguiculatus by Dennis Paulson / Photo
of female L. congener by Blair Nikula /
MAPS: Distribution by county in KS, OK, MO, NE
Recorded Distribution in KS, OK, MO, NE:
KANSAS: No
records
MISSOURI: Iron, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pulaski,
Shannon, Taney, Wayne
NEBRASKA: Box
Butte, Buffalo, Cherry, Dawes, Grant, Lincoln, Logan, Sheridan
OKLAHOMA: Creek
NOTES:
SELECTED REFERENCES:
- Cannings, R.A., S.G. Cannings, & R.J. Cannings,
1980, The distribution of the genus Lestes in a saline lake series in
central British Columbia, Canada (Zygoptera: Lestidae), Odonatologica,
9(1):19-28 [L. congener, L. disjunctus, L. dryas]
- Hagen, H.A., 1861, Synopsis of the Neuroptera of North
America, with a list of South American species, Smithsonian Miscellaneous
Collections, 4:1-347
- Sawchyn, W.W., & C. Gillott, 1974, The life history
of Lestes congener (Odonata: Zygoptera) on the Canadian Prairies,
Can. Ent., 106:367-376
- Westfall, M.J., Jr., & M.L. May, 1996, Damselflies
of North America, Scientific Publishers, 1996
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