North
American Odonata Literature – Assembled by George Bick, Rosser Garrisson, and
Nick Donnelly. Q – R - S
Posted 6 March 2002
Eventually these references will be added to Roy
Beckemeyer’s Odonata Bibliography
Raff, R.A.,1960,Two species of Odonata not previously recorded
from Pennsylvania,Ent. News,262
Raff, R.A.,Raff, E.C., Beatty, G.H., & Beatty, A.F.,1969,Odonata of the Potomac
River watershed in Pennsylvania,Proc. Penn. Acad. Sci.,43:114-118
Resener, P.L.,1970,An annotated check list of the dragonflies and
damselflies (Odonata) of Kentucky,Trans. Ken. Acad. Sci.,31(1-2):32-44
Restifo, R.A. ,1972,Aeshna tuberculifera Walker, a new Ohio
record. ,Ohio Jour. Sci. ,72(4): 183.
Ricker, W.E. ,Walker, E.M.,1958, Notes on Odonata from the
vicinity of Coltus Lake, B.C. ,Can. Ent.,70:144-151
Rickett, J. D. ,1976,An update of Arkansas Odonata
(Anisoptera,Proc. Ark. Acad. Sci. ,30: 73-74
Ries, M.D.,1963,A neglected early list of Utah Odonata,Proc. N.
Cent. Br. Ent. Soc. Amer. ,18: 144-146
Ries, M.D.,1967,Present state of knowledge of the distribution of
Odonata in Wisconsin,Proc. N. Cent. Br. Ent. Soc. Amer. ,22:113-115
Ries, M.D.,1969,Odonata new to the Wisconsin state list,Mich. Ent.,2(1-2):22-27
Ries, M.D. ,Cruden, R.W.,1966,New records for Anax longipes Hagen (Odonata),Ent. News,77(7):187-188
Ries, M.D. ,Ries, D.T.,1967,Emergence studies of Anisoptera,Proc.
N. Cent. Br. Ent. Soc. Amer.,22:130-131
Ris, F. ,1930,A revision of the Libelluline genus Perithemis (Odonata).,Misc. Pub. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich.,21:1-50.
Rivard, D.,Pilon, J.-G. & Thiphrakesone, S.,1975,Effect of
constant temperature environments on egg development of Enallagma boreale Selys (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae),Odonatologica,4(4):271-276
Rivard, D. ,Pilon, J.-G.,1977,Etude de la variation intra-stade au
cours du developpement larvaire de
Enallagma vernale Gloyd
(Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae): discussion dur le mecanisme de differentiation des
types de developpement,Odonatologica,6(3):181-198
Rivard, D. ,Pilon, J.-G.,1978,Etude de la croissance
post-embryonnaire de Enallagma vernale
Gloyd (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae): discussion sur les phases de
croissance--[Allometric growth of
Enallagma vernale Gloyd
],Odonatologica,7(2):147-157
Roback, S.S. ,Westfall, M.J. Jr,1967,New records of Odonata nymphs
from the United States and Canada with water quality data,Trans. Amer. Ent.
Soc.,93:101-124,MO
Robert, A.,1939,Notes sur les odonates de Nominingue,Naturaliste
Can,66: 47-64
Robert, A.,1939,Additions aux odonates de Nominingue,Naturaliste
Can.,66: 65
Robert, A.,1944,Premier apercu sur les Odonates du Comte
d'Abitibi,Naturaliste Can.,71: 149-171
Robert, A.,1954,Les Odonates du Parc du mont Tremblant,Can.
Ent.,85:316-339
Robert, A.,1954,Un nouveau
Somatochlora subarctique ,Can. Ent.,86(9):419-422
Robert, A.,1963,Les Libellules du Quebec, Minist. Tourisme, Chasse
et Peche, Prov. Quebec, Serv. Faune Bull. ,1, 223 pp.
Robert, A.,1970,La faune odonatologique de la tete des des la
Diable, Proc. XI Congr. Ent., Vienna
,285-287
Robertson, H.M.,1982,Mate recognition and mechanical isolation in
Enallagma damselflies (Odonata: Coenagrionidae),Evolution,36(2): 243-250
Robertson, H.M.,1985, Female dimophism and mating behaviour in a
damselfly, Ischnura ramburi : females
mimicking males ,Animal Behaviour,33:805-809
Robey, C.W.,1975,Observations on breeding behavior of Pachydiplax longipennis (Odonata: Libellulidae),Psyche,82(1):89-96
Robinson, J.V.,1981,Reproductive behavior of Enallagma
traviatum,Notul. Odonatol.,1(7): 118-120
Robinson, J.V.,1983,Effects of water mite parasitism on the
demographics of an adult population of
Ischnura posita (Hagen)
(Odonata: Coenagrionidae),Amer. Midl. Nat.,109:169-174
Robinson, J.V.,Bronstad, C.C. & Bronstad,
C.H.,1985,Contrasting diurnal and nocturnal perching sites of Ischnura posita
(Hag.) (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae),Notul. Odonatol.,2(5): 85-87
Robinson, J.V.,Frye, B.L.,1986, Survivorship, mating and activity
pattern of adult Telebasis salva (Hagen) (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae)
,Odonatologica,15(2):211-217
Robinson, J.V.. ,Dickerson. J.E. & Bible, D.R.,1983,The
demographics and habitat utilization of adult Argia sedula (Hagen) as
determined by mark-recapture analysis (Zygoptera:
Coenagrionidae),Odonatologica,12(2):167-172
Roble, S.M.,1994,Rediscovery of the dragonfly Nannothemis bella
Uhler in Virginia (Odonata: Libellulidae),Banisteria,3: 27-28
Roble, S.M.,1994,Preliminary checklist of damselflies of Virginia,
with notes on distribution and seasonality,Banisteria,4: 1-23
Roble, S.M.,1995,[First record of Miathyria marcella in
Virginia],Argia,7(2): 4-6
Roble, S.M.,1995,[Confirmation of the Nantucket record of Tramea
abdominalis],Argia,7(2): 6-7
Roble, S.M.,1996,[News from Virginia],Argia,8(4): 18
Roble, S.M.,Stevenson, D.J.,1996,First record of Telebasis byersi
from Virginia including a new northern range limit,Argia,8(1): 13-14
Roble, S.M.,1996,The Odonata of Fort A.P. Hill and vicinity,
Caroline County, Virginia,Banisteria,7: 11-40
Roble, S.M.,1997,New distribution records for rare and uncommon
Odonata in Virginia,Banisteria,9: 33-42
Roemhild, G.,1975,The damselflies (Zygoptera) of Montana,Mont.
Agr. Exp. Station, Res. Report 87, Mont. St. Univ., Bozeman
Root, F.M.,1923,Notes on Zygoptera (Odonata) from Maryland , with
a description of Enallagma pallidum, n. sp.,Ent. News,34: 200-204
Root, F.M.,1924,Notes on dragonflies (Odonata) from Lee County,
Georgia, with a description of
Enallagma dubium , new species ,Ent. News,35:317-324
Safford, W.E. ,1917,Natural history of Paradise Key and the
nearby Everglades of Florida. ,Ann.
Rept. Smithsonian Inst. ,377-434.
Savan, B.I. ,Gibo, D.L.,1974,A mass culture technique ensuring
synchronous emergence for Leucorrhinia
intacta (Hagen)(Anisoptera:
Libellulidae),Odonatologica,3(4):269-272
Sawchyn, W.W. ,Gillott, C.,1974,The life history of Lestes congener (Odonata: Zygoptera) on the Canadian Prairies,Can.
Ent.,106:367-376
Sawchyn, W.W. ,Gillott, C.,1974,The life histories of three
species of Lestes (Odonata: Zygoptera) in Saskatchewan,Can.
Ent. ,106:1283-1293
Say, Thomas,1839, Descriptions of new North American neuropterous
insects, and observations on some already described ,Acad. Nat. Sci.
Phila.,8:9-46
Schaefer, C.W.,1967,A dragonfly's unusual ecdysis site (Odonata:
Libellulidae),Ent. News,78(10):24
Schmidt, E.,1987,Notes on a peculiar reproductive behaviour and on
habitat recognition in Sympetrum internum Montgomery (Anisoptera:
Libellulidae),Notul. Odonatol.,2(9): 144-147
Schuh, J.,1936,A contribution to the knowledge of the Odonata of
Oregon,Unpubl. MS thesis, Oregon State University
Scott, D.C.,1946,Notes on the Odonata of Tippecanoe River State
Park, Pulaski Co., Indiana,Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci.,55: 196-205
Scudder, G.G.E. ,Cannings, R.A. & Stuart, K.M. ,1976,An
annotated checklist of the Odonata (Insecta) of British
Columbia,Syesis,9:143-161
Scudder, S.H.,1866,Notes on some Odonata from the White Mountains,
New Hampshire,Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.,10: 211-222
Scudder, S.H.,1867,Additional remarks upon the Odonata of the Isle
of Pines, and the White Mountains, New Hampshire,Proc. Boston Soc. Nat.
Hist.,11: 298-300
Seemann, T.M.,1927, Dragonflies, mayflies and stoneflies of
Southern California , Jour. Ent. Zool.
Claremont, Calif. ,19(1):1-61
Seibert, H. C. ,Conover,
J. H.,1991,Mortality of Vertebrates and Invertebrates on an Athens County,
Ohio, Highway. ,Ohio Jour. Sci. ,91
(4): 163-166.
Selys-Longchamps, E.de,1853,Synopsis des Calopterygines,Bull.
Acad. Roy. Belg.,20, Annexe, 1-73
Selys-Longchamps, E.de,1854,Synopsis des Gomphines,Bull. Acad.
Roy. Belg.,21(2):23-112
Selys-Longchamps, E.de,1854,Monographie des Calopterygines,Mem.
Soc. Liege,9:v-xi, 1-291
Selys-Longchamps, E.de,x,1857,Odonata de Cuba,Histoire physique,
politique et nat. de l'Lle de Cuba by Ramon de la Sagra ,8:336-472
Selys-Longchamps, E.de,1858,Monographie de Gomphines,Mem. Soc.
Sci. Liege,11:257-720, pls.1-23
Selys-Longchamps, E.de,1862, Synopsis des Agrionines, Seconde
legion: Lestes ,Bull. Acad. Roy. Belg. 2me Serie,13(4):287-338
Selys-Longchamps, E.de,1871,Synopsis des Cordulines,Bull. Acad.
Roy. Belg.,(2)31:238-316, 519-5
Selys-Longchamps, E.de,1873,Troisiemes additions au synopsis des
Calopterygines,Bull. Acad. Roy. Belg.,(2)35:469-519 (1-56
Selys-Longchamps, E.de,1873,Troisièmes additiones au synopsis des
Gomphines,Bull. Acad. Roy. Belg.,(2)35:732-774 (1-46
Selys-Longchamps, E.de,1875, Notes on Odonata from Newfoundland,
collected in 1874 by Mr. John Milne , Ent. Mon. Mag.,11:241-243
Selys-Longchamps, E.de,1876, Synopsis des Agrionines, 5me legion:
Agrion (suite) ,Bull. Acad. Roy. Belg. 2me Series,41(2-3):247-322, 496
Selys-Longchamps, E.de,1878,Quatríernes Additions au synopsis des
Gomphines.,Bull. Acad. r. Belg., 46:408-471, 658-698.
Selys-Longchamps, E.de,1878,Secondes additions au synopsis des
Gordulines,Bull. Acad. Roy. Belg.,2(45):183-222
Selys-Longchamps, E.de,1879,Revision des Ophiogomphus et
descriptions de quatre nouvelles gomphines Americaines,Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg.,22:62-70
Shaffer, L.R.,Robinson, J.V.,1989,Sex ratio and sexual dimorphism
in late instar larvae of Ischnura posita (Hagen) (Zygoptera:
Coenagrionidae),Notul. Odonatol.,3(3): 40-41
Shaffer, L.R. ,Robinson, J.V.,1993,Ontogenetic differences in
intraspecific aggression of damselfly larvae:
Ischnura posita (Hagen)
(Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae),Odonatologica,22(3):311-317
Shiffer, C.N.,1968,Homeochromatic feamales in the dragonfly
Perithemis tenera,Proc. Penn. Acad. Sci.,42:138-141
Shiffer, C.N.,1969, Occurrence and habits of Somatochlora incurvata , new for
Pennsylvania (Odonata: Corduliinae ,Mich.
Ent.,2(3-4):75-76
Shiffer, C.N.,1970, Aeshna
interrupta interrupta Walker, a
subspecies of Odonata previously unreported from Pennsylvania ,Ent. News,81:127
Shiffer, C.N.,1974,Two species of Odonata new to Pennsylvania,Ent.
News,85(5-6):170
Shiffer, C.N.,1985, [Odonata],
in Species of special concern in
Pennsylvania, Hugh H. Genoways and Fred J. Brenner, eds., in
ch. 2, Paul A. Opler, ed., Invertebrates ,Spec. Publ. Carnegie Mus. Nat.
Hist.,11:91-161
Shiffer, C.N.,1993,[Pennsylvania collecting notes],Argia,5(3):
10-11
Shiffer, C.N. ,White, H.B. III,1995,Four decades of stability and
change at Ten Acre Pond, Pennsylvania,Bull. Amer. Odonat.,3(2): 31-41
Shortess, S.I.,1930,Variations in wing reticulation and size
of Erythrodiplax berenice with regard to geographical distribution (Odonata:
Libellulidae),Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc.,55:415-423
Shue, J.,1936,A contribution to the Knowledge of the Odonata of
Oregon,Unpublished MS thesis, Univ. of Ore., Corvallis ,214 pp.
Shufeldt, R.W. ,1884,Observations upon a collection of insects
made in the vicinity of New Orleans, Louisiana, during the years 1882 and 1883.
,Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus.,7: 331-338
Smith, E.A.,1916,Spermatogenesis of the dragonfly Sympetrum semicinctum (Say) with remarks upon Libellula basalis ,Biol. Bull. Mar. Biol.
Lab., Woods Hole ,31(4):221-302
Smith, J.B.,1910,Order Odonata. In Report of the insects of New
Jersey.,Ann. Rpt. N.J. State Mus.,1909: 73-82
Smith, R.F. ,Pritchard, A.E.,1956, Odonata, pp. 106-153 in
Usinger, R.L., ed., Aquatic insects of California ,Univ. Calif.
Press,508 pp.
Smith, S. ,Hodges, R.S.,1937,Alabama dragonflies (Odonata). ,Jour.
Ala. Acad. Sci. ,9:21-22.
Smith, S. ,Hodges, R.S.,1938,Alabama dragonflies (Odonata).,Jour.
Ala. Acad. Sci. ,10:20-21.
Smith, W.A.,Vogt, T.E. & Gaines, K.H.,1993,Checklist of
Wisconsin Dragonflies,Wis. Ent. Soc. Misc. Publ.,2: 1-3
Soltesz, K.,1991,A survey of the damselflies and dragonflies of
Cape May County, New Jersey,Cape May Bird. Obs.,54 pp.
Soltesz, K.,1992,An invasion of Tramea calverti on the northeast
coast.,Argia,4(3): 9-10
Soltesz, K.,1992,Checklist of the damselflies and dragonflies of
Cape May County, New Jersey,Cape May Bird. Obs.,16 pp.
Soltesz, K.,1993,[Dragonfly studies on the Delaware
River],Argia,5(2): 2-3
Soltesz, K.,et al,1995,[Spring dragonfly migration in the
Northeast],Argia,7(3): 10-13
Sones, J.,1995,[Dragonfly flights on Cape Cod],Argia,7(2): 8-10
Stanford, D. F. ,Lago, P.K.,1981,Additions to the list of
dragonflies of Mississippi (Anisoptera). ,Notul. Odonatol. ,1(8): 135-136
Stewart, K.W.,Schlichting, H.E.,1966,Dispersal of algae and
protozoa by selected insects,Jour. Ecol., 54: 551-562
Stewart, K.W.,Murphy Jr., R.,1968,Notes on inter-pond dispersion
of some marked adult dragonflies in Oklahoma,Texas Jour. Sci.,20(2): 177-182
Stolzenburg, W.,1994,Hunting dragons on safari for the big game of
the insect world,Nature Conservancy,44(3):24-29
Stout, A.L.,1918,Variation in labial characters in the nymph
of Gomphus spicatus (Odonata),Ent. News,68-70
Svihla, A.,1959,The life history of Tanypteryx hageni Selys
(Odonata),Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc.,85( ):219-232
Svihla, A.,1960,Emergence and transformation of Tanypteryx hageni Selys (Odonata),Ent. News,71(5):131-135
Svihla, A. ,1958,The nymph of Tanypteryx hageni Selys (Odonata).
,Ent. News ,69: 261-266.
Svihla, A. ,1967,Additional sites of the larvae of Tanypteryx
hageni Selys. ,Tombo ,10: 28
Sweetman, H.L. ,Laudani, H.,1942, Rearing of the damsel fly, Ischnura verticalis Say, in the laboratory ,Ann. Ent. Soc.
Amer,35:387-388