Somatochlora
ensigera Martin, 1906 - Plains Emerald
Odonata: Anisoptera: Corduliidae: Corduliinae
A Web Page by Roy J. Beckemeyer
Last Updated 12 January 2004
Photo right: Somatochlora ensigera male.
Photographed in Nebraska. Photo by Roy Beckemeyer.
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IMAGES: Dorsal view of female
- color drawing from original type description / Lateral
view of female abdominal terminalia - drawing from original type description
MAPS: Distribution by county in KS, OK, MO, NE
Recorded Distribution in KS, OK, MO, NE:
KANSAS: No
records
MISSOURI: No records
NEBRASKA: Cherry,
Sioux
OKLAHOMA: No records
NOTES:
Somatochlora ensigera is found in the north-central part
of the US into south central Canada. The type locality is Montana, and
known states and provinces of occurrence are CO, IN, IA, MN, MT, NE, ND, OH, SD,
WI, WY, MB, ON, SK.
SELECTED REFERENCES:
- Beckemeyer, Roy J., 1998, "A brief history of the
Plains Emerald - Somatochlora ensigera", ARGIA: The newsletter
of the Dragonfly Society of the Americas, 10(1):17-20
- Daigle, J.J., 1987, New county records for Somatochlora
ensigera Martin from North Dakota, United States (Anisoptera:
Corduliidae), Notulae odonatologicae, 2(1):165
- Huggins, D.G., 1983, The nymph of Somatochlora ensigera
(Odonata: Corduliidae), Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society,
56(3):415-419
- Martin, R., 1906, Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edm.
de Selys Longchamps, Fasc. XVII, Cordulines, Brussels, pp. 29-30 + plate 1
- Walker, E.M., 1925, The North American dragonflies of
the genus Somatochlora, University of Toronto Studies, Biological
Series 26, 202 pp.
Somatochlora
ensigera Martin, 1906 - Plains Emerald
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