Odonata records for Kansas in 1998 - See Argia 10(4):26, 1998, "Some Kansas State and County records for 1998" by Roy Beckemeyer

Last updated 28 September 2001

I borrowed a number of specimens, identified and unidentified, from Nancy Adams and Oliver Flint of the United States National Museum as part of my ongoing effort to build a database of Great Plains Odonata records. Among the identified material were two species new to Kansas.

• Argia immunda - A voucher specimen collected by Gary F. Hevel from Cherokee County (Riverton) on 27 April, 1963 was in the collection. (Male, determined by M. Davis, 1975)
• Erythrodiplax umbrata - A male specimen, also collected by Gary Hevel, from Labette County (Oswego) on 11 July 1964. (Determined by R.W. Garrison, 1986) This is a teneral male, with only a pale wash of yellow where the black bar on the wing will develop.

• Arigomphus submedianus, collected by Gary Hevel, 31 May, 1963, in Labette County (Oswego). Male specimen.

Also collected in 1998 were:

• Argia plana Cowley County, Rainbow Bend Spring 7 mi S, 1 mi E Oxford, KS by Roy Beckemeyer & Gene Young, 2 June 1998
• Argia tibialis Sumner Co., Slate Cr., Slate Cr. Wetlands, Roy Beckemeyer & Gene Young, 2 June 1998
• Stylurus plagiatus Sedgwick Co., Cowskin Cr., Roy Beckemeyer, 7 Sept. 1998
• Sympetrum ambiguum Sumner Co., Slate Cr. Wetlands, Roy Beckemeyer & Gene Young, teneral male and female, 2 June 1998
• Tramea lacerata Sumner Co., Slate Cr. Wetlands, Roy Beckemeyer & Gene Young, 2 June 1998

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