Lestes unguiculatus Hagen, 1861 - Lyre-tipped Spreadwing

Odonata: Zygoptera: Lestidae

A Web Page by Roy J. Beckemeyer

Last Updated 16 January 2004

Right: Photo of tandem pair of Lestes unguiculatus ovipositing.

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IMAGES:  Photos by Ann Johnson at Iowa Odes web site: male and pair of Lestes unguiculatus / Scans of male and female L. unguiculatus by Dennis Paulson 

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

Recorded Distribution in KS, OK, MO, NE:

KANSAS: Brown, Cheyenne, Doniphan, Douglas, Ellsworth, Ford, Geary, Harvey, Jefferson, Jewell, Linn, Montgomery, Phillips, Riley, Saline, Scott, Sedgwick, Shawnee, Stafford, Sumner, Woodson

MISSOURI: Boone, Franklin, Holt, Livingston, Nodaway, Oregon, Saline, Shannon

NEBRASKA: Antelope, Brown, Cherry, Cheyenne, Cuming, Custer, Dawes, Dawson, Dixon, Douglas, Grant, Holt, Hooker, Keith, Keya Paha, Kimball, Knox, Lancaster, Lincoln, Logan, Merrick, Platte, Rock. Scotts Bluff, Sheridan, Sioux, Thomas

OKLAHOMA: Lincoln, McClain

NOTES:

SELECTED REFERENCES:

• Bick, G.H., & L.E. Hornuff, 1965, Behavior of the damselfly, Lestes unguiculatus Hagen (Odonata: Lestidae), Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci., 75:110-115
• Hagen, H.A., 1861, Synopsis of the Neuroptera of North America, with a list of South American species, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 4:1-347
• Westfall, M.J., Jr., & M.L. May, 1996, Damselflies of North America, Scientific Publishers, 1996

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