Lestes forcipatus Rambur, 1842 - Sweetflag Spreadwing

Odonata: Zygoptera: Lestidae

A Web Page by Roy J. Beckemeyer

Last Updated 16 January 2004

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IMAGES:  Photo of male L. forcipatus by Jim Bangma at Iowa Odes web site / Scans of female L. forcipatus by Dennis Paulson /

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

Recorded Distribution in KS, OK, MO, NE:

KANSAS: No records

MISSOURI: Johnson, Ripley, Shannon

NEBRASKA: Brown, Cherry, Dawes, Lancaster

OKLAHOMA: No records

NOTES:

SELECTED REFERENCES:

• Walker, E.M., 1952, The Lestes disjunctus and forcipatus complex (Odonata: Lestidae), Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., LXXVIII:59-74
• Westfall, M.J., Jr., & M.L. May, 1996, Damselflies of North America, Scientific Publishers, 1996

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