Robert A. Cannings and Cannings, Sydney G. 1998. Odonata (Damselflies and Dragonflies) in Smith, I.M., and G.G.E. Scudder, eds. Assessment of species diversity in the Montane Cordillera Ecozone. Burlington: Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network, 1998.
ODONATA
(DAMSELFLIES AND DRAGONFLIES)
Robert A. Cannings
and
Sydney G. Cannings
APPENDIX 1: CHECKLIST OF MONTANE CORDILLERA ODONATA
76 species
* Species of management concern: endangered, threatened or vulnerable.
(H) Holarctic in distribution.
SUBORDER ZYGOPTERA (DAMSELFLIES)
FAMILY LESTIDAE (SPREADWINGS) (4 species)
Lestes congener Hagen Widespread
Lestes disjunctus Selys Widespread
Lestes dryas Kirby (H) Widespread
Lestes unguiculatus Hagen Widespread
FAMILY COENAGRIONIDAE (POND DAMSELS) (15 species)
Amphiagrion abbreviatum (Selys) Western
*Argia emma Kennedy Cordilleran
*Argia vivida Hagen Cordilleran
Coenagrion interrogatum (Hagen) Northern Boreal
Coenagrion resolutum (Hagen) Widespread Boreal
Enallagma boreale Selys Widespread Boreal
Enallagma carunculatum Morse Austral
*Enallagma civile (Hagen) Austral
Enallagma clausum Morse Western
Enallagma cyathigerum (Charp.) (H) Widespread Boreal
Enallagma ebrium (Hagen) Transition
Enallagma hageni (Walsh) Transition
Ischnura cervula Selys Cordilleran
Ischnura perparva Selys Western
Nehalennia irene (Hagen) Southern Boreal
SUBORDER ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES)
FAMILY AESHNIDAE (DARNERS) (14 species)
Aeshna californica Calvert Cordilleran
Aeshna canadensis Walker Transition
*Aeshna constricta Say Transition
Aeshna eremita Scudder Widespread Boreal
Aeshna interrupta Walker Southern Boreal
Aeshna juncea (Linnaeus) (H) Widespread Boreal
Aeshna multicolor Hagen Cordilleran
Aeshna palmata Hagen Cordilleran
Aeshna septentrionalis Burmeister Northern Boreal
Aeshna sitchensis Hagen Widespread Boreal
Aeshna subarctica Walker (H) Widespread Boreal
*Aeshna tuberculifera Walker Transition
Aeshna umbrosa Walker Transition
Anax junius (Drury) Austral (also in parts of Asia and Oceana)
FAMILY PETALURIDAE (PETALTAILS) (1 species)
*Tanypteryx hageni (Selys) Cordilleran
FAMILY GOMPHIDAE (CLUBTAILS) (5 species)
*Gomphus graslinellus Walsh Transition
*Ophiogomphus colubrinus Selys Southern Boreal
Ophiogomphus occidentis Hagen Cordilleran
Ophiogomphus severus Hagen Western
*Stylurus olivaceus (Selys) Cordilleran
FAMILY CORDULEGASTRIDAE (SPIKETAILS) (1 species)
Cordulegaster dorsalis Hagen Cordilleran
FAMILY MACROMIIDAE (CRUISERS) (2 species)
*Macromia magnifica MacLachlan Cordilleran
*Macromia rickeri Walker Cordilleran
FAMILY CORDULIIDAE (EMERALDS) (13 species)
Cordulia shurtleffi Scudder Widespread Boreal
*Epitheca canis MacLachlan Transition
Epitheca spinigera (Selys) Transition
Somatochlora albicincta (Burmeister) Widespread Boreal
*Somatochlora cingulata (Selys) Southern Boreal
*Somatochlora forcipata (Scudder) Transition
Somatochlora franklini (Selys) Widespread Boreal
Somatochlora hudsonica (Selys) Western Boreal
Somatochlora minor Calvert Southern Boreal
Somatochlora semicircularis (Selys) Cordilleran
*Somatochlora septentrionalis (Hagen) Northern Boreal
Somatochlora walshi (Scudder) Southern Boreal
Somatochlora whitehousei Walker Widespread Boreal
FAMILY LIBELLULIDAE (SKIMMERS) (21 species)
*Erythemis collocata (Hagen) Western
Leucorrhinia borealis Hagen Western Boreal
Leucorrhinia glacialis Hagen Transition
Leucorrhinia hudsonica (Selys) Widespread Boreal
Leucorrhinia intacta (Hagen) Transition
Leucorrhinia patricia Walker Northern Boreal
Leucorrhinia proxima Calvert Southern Boreal
Libellula forensis Hagen Cordilleran
Libellula julia Uhler Transition
Libellula lydia Drury Southern
*Libellula pulchella Drury Southern
Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus (H) Widespread
Sympetrum corruptum (Hagen) Western (also in far eastern Russia)
Sympetrum costiferum (Hagen) Transition
Sympetrum danae (Sulzer) (H) Widespread Boreal
Sympetrum internum Montgomery Transition
Sympetrum madidum (Hagen) Western
Sympetrum obtrusum (Hagen) Transition
Sympetrum occidentale Bartenev Western
Sympetrum pallipes (Hagen) Cordilleran
*Sympetrum vicinum (Hagen) Southern
