Checklist
of the Odonata of Connecticut
(Last Update: 25 Sep 2001)
by
David Wagner
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Connecticut, U-43
Storrs, CT 06269
Please visit the current Odonata of Connecticut Web site at http://ghostmoth.eeb.uconn.edu/dragons
___ Calopteryx aequabilis Say, 1839 [river jewelwing]
___ Calopteryx amata Hagen, 1889 [superb jewelwing]
___ Calopteryx dimidiata Burmeister, 1839 [sparkling jewelwing]
___ Calopteryx maculata (Beauvois, 1805) [ebony jewelwing]
___ Hetaerina americana (Fabricius, 1798) [American rubyspot]
___ Archilestes
grandis (Rambur, 1842) [great spreadwing]
___ Lestes congener Hagen, 1861 [spotted spreadwing]
___ Lestes disjunctus Selys, 1862 [common spreadwing]
___ Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890 [emerald spreadwing]
___ Lestes eurinus Say, 1839 [amber-winged spreadwing]
___ Lestes forcipatus Rambur, 1842 [rainpool spreadwing]
___ Lestes inaequalis Walsh, 1862 [elegant spreadwing]
___ Lestes rectangularis Say, 1839 [slender spreadwing]
___ Lestes unguiculatus Hagen, 1861 [lyre-tipped spreadwing]
___ Lestes vigilax Hagen in Selys, 1862 [swamp spreadwing]
___ Amphiagrion
saucium (Burmeister, 1839) [eastern red damsel]
___ Argia apicalis (Say, 1839) [blue-fronted dancer]
___ Argia fumipennis (Burmeister, 1839) [variable dancer]
___ Argia moesta (Hagen, 1861) [powdered dancer]
___ Argia translata Hagen in Selys, 1865 [dusky dancer]
___ Chromagrion conditum (Hagen in Selys, 1876) [aurora damsel]
___ Coenagrion resolutum (Hagen, 1876) [taiga bluet]
___ Enallagma aspersum (Hagen, 1861) [bog bluet]
___ Enallagma basidens Calvert, 1902 [double-striped bluet]
___ Enallagma boreale Selys, 1875 [boreal bluet]
___ Enallagma carunculatum Morse, 1895 [tule bluet]
___ Enallagma civile (Hagen, 1861) [familiar bluet]
___ Enallagma cyathigerum (Charpentier, 1840) [northern bluet]
___ Enallagma divagans Selys, 1876 [turquoise bluet]
___ Enallagma doubledayi (Selys, 1850) [Atlantic bluet]
___ Enallagma durum (Hagen, 1861) [big bluet]
___ Enallagma ebrium (Hagen, 1861) [marsh bluet]
___ Enallagma exsulans (Hagen, 1861) [stream bluet]
___ Enallagma geminatum Kellicott, 1895 [skimming bluet]
___ Enallagma hageni (Walsh, 1863) [Hagen's bluet]
___ Enallagma laterale Morse, 1895 [New England bluet]
___ Enallagma minusculum Morse, 1895 [Morse bluet]
___ Enallagma pictum Morse, 1895 [scarlet bluet]
___ Enallagma signatum (Hagen, 1861) [orange bluet]
___ Enallagma traviatum Selys, 1876 [slender bluet]
___ Enallagma vesperum Calvert, 1919 [vesper bluet]
___ Ischnura hastata (Say, 1839) [citrine bluet]
___ Ischnura kellicotti Williamson, 1898 [lilypad forktail]
___ Ischnura posita (Hagen, 1861) [fragile forktail]
___ Ischnura prognata (Hagen, 1861) [furtive forktail]
___ Ischnura ramburii (Selys, 1850) [Rambur's forktail]
___ Ischnura verticalis (Say, 1839) [eastern forktail]
___ Nehalennia gracilis Morse, 1895 [sphagnum bluet]
___ Nehalennia irene (Hagen, 1861) [sedge bluet]
___ Aeshna canadensis
Walker, 1908 [Canada darner]
___ Aeshna clepsydra Say, 1839 [mottled darner]
___ Aeshna constricta Say, 1839 [lance-tailed darner]
___ Aeshna interrupta Walker, 1908 [variable darner]
___ Aeshna mutata Hagen, 1861 [spatterdock darner]
___ Aeshna tuberculifera Walker, 1908 [black-tipped darner]
___ Aeshna umbrosa Walker, 1908 [shadow darner]
___ Aeshna verticalis Hagen, 1861 [green-striped darner]
___ Anax junius (Drury, 1770) [common green darner]
___ Anax longipes Hagen, 1861 [comet darner]
___ Basiaeschna janata (Say, 1839) [springtime darner]
___ Boyeria vinosa (Say, 1839) [fawn darner]
___ Epiaeschna heros (Fabricius, 1798) [swamp darner]
___ Gomphaeschna furcillata (Say, 1839) [harlequin darner]
___ Nasiaeschna pentacantha (Rambur, 1842) [cyrano darner]
___ Arigomphus
furcifer (Hagen, 1878) [lilypad clubtail]
___ Arigomphus villosipes (Selys, 1854) [unicorn clubtail]
___ Dromogomphus spinosus (Selys, 1854) [black-shouldered spinyleg]
___ Gomphus (Gomphurus ) fraternus (Say, 1839) [midland clubtail]
___ Gomphus (Gomphurus ) vastus (Walsh, 1862) [cobra clubtail]
___ Gomphus (Gomphurus ) ventricosus Walsh, 1863 [skillet clubtail]
___ Gomphus (Gomphus ) borealis Needham, 1900 [beaverpond clubtail]
___ Gomphus (Gomphus ) descriptus Banks, 1896 [harpoon clubtail]
___ Gomphus (Gomphus ) exilis Selys, 1854 [lancet clubtail]
___ Gomphus (Gomphus ) lividus Selys, 1854 [ashy clubtail]
___ Gomphus quadricolor Walsh, 1863 [rapids clubtail]
___ Gomphus (Gomphus ) spicatus Hagen, 1854 [dusky clubtail]
___ Gomphus (Hylogomphus ) abbreviatus Hagen, 1878 [spine-crowned clubtail]
___ Gomphus (Hylogomphus ) adelphus Selys, 1858 [moustached clubtail]
___ Hagenius brevistylus Selys, 1854 [dragonhunter]
___ Lanthus vernalis Carle,1980 [single-striped clubtail]
___ Ophiogomphus aspersus Morse, 1895 [brook snaketail]
___ Ophiogomphus mainensis Packard, 1863 [twin-horned snaketail]
___ Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis (Walsh, 1862) [rusty snaketail]
___ Progomphus obscurus (Rambur, 1842) [common sanddragon]
___ Stylogomphus albistylus (Hagen in Selys, 1878) [least clubtail]
___ Stylurus amnicola (Walsh,1862) [riverine clubtail]
___ Stylurus scudderi (Selys, 1873) [zebra clubtail]
___ Stylurus spiniceps (Walsh, 1862) [arrow clubtail]
___ Cordulegaster
diastatops (Selys, 1854) [delta-spotted spiketail]
___ Cordulegaster erronea Hagen, in Selys, 1878 [tiger spiketail]
___ Cordulegaster maculata Selys, 1854 [twin-spotted spiketail]
___ Cordulegaster obliqua (Say, 1839) [arrow spiketail]
___ Didymops transversa (Say, 1839) [stream cruiser]
___ Macromia illinoiensis Walsh, 1862 [swift river cruiser]
___ Cordulia shurtleffi
Scudder, 1866 [American emerald]
___ Dorocordulia lepida (Hagen in Selys, 1871) [petite emerald]
___ Dorocordulia libera (Selys, 1871) [racket-tailed emerald]
___ Epicordulia princeps (Hagen, 1861) [prince baskettail]
___ Helocordulia uhleri (Selys,1871) [Uhler's sunfly]
___ Neurocordulia obsoleta (Say, 1839) [umber shadowfly]
___ Neurocordulia yamaskanensis (Provancher, 1875) [stygian shadowfly]
___ Somatochlora elongata (Scudder, 1866) [ski-tailed emerald]
___ Somatochlora linearis (Hagen, 1861) [mocha emerald]
___ Somatochlora tenebrosa (Say, 1839) [clamp-tipped emerald]
___ Somatochlora walshii (Scudder, 1866) [Walsh's emerald]
___ Somatochlora williamsoni Walker, 1907 [Williamson's emerald]
___ Tetragoneuria canis McLachlan, 1886 [beaverpond baskettail]
___ Tetragoneuria cynosura (Say, 1839) [common baskettail]
___ Tetragoneuria spingera Selys, 1871 [spiny baskettail]
___ Williamsonia lintneri (Hagen, 1878) [ringed boghaunter]
___ Celithemis
elisa (Hagen, 1861) [calico pennant]
___ Celithemis eponina (Drury, 1773) [halloween pennant]
___ Celithemis fasciata Kirby, 1889 [banded pennant]
___ Celithemis martha Williamson, 1922 [Martha's pennant]
___ Erythemis simplicicollis (Say, 1839) [eastern pondhawk or green jacket]
___ Erythrodiplax berenice (Drury, 1770) [seaside dragonlet]
___ Ladona deplanata (Rambur, 1842) [blue corporal]
___ Ladona exusta (Say, 1839) [white corporal]
___ Ladona julia (Uhler, 1857) [chalk-fronted corporal]
___ Leucorrhinia frigida Hagen, 1890 [frosted whiteface]
___ Leucorrhinia glacialis Hagen, 1890 [crimson-ringed whiteface]
___ Leucorrhinia hudsonica (Selys, 1850) [Hudsonian whiteface]
___ Leucorrhinia intacta (Hagen, 1861) [dot-tailed whiteface]
___ Leucorrhinia proxima Calvert, 1890 [variable whiteface]
___ Libellula auripennis Burmeister, 1839 [golden-winged skimmer]
___ Libellula axilena Westwood, 1837 [bar-winged Skimmer]
___ Libellula cyanea Fabricius, 1775 [spangled skimmer]
___ Libellula incesta Hagen, 1861 [slaty skimmer]
___ Libellula luctuosa Burmeister, 1839 [pied skimmer]
___ Libellula lydia (Drury, 1770) [common whitetail]
___ Libellula needhami Westfall, 1943 [Needham's skimmer]
___ Libellula pulchella Drury, 1770 [twelve-spotted skimmer]
___ Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758 [four-spotted skimmer]
___ Libellula semifasciata Burmeister, 1839 [painted skimmer]
___ Libellula vibrans Fabricius, 1793 [great blue skimmer]
___ Nannothemis bella (Uhler, 1857) [elfin skimmer]
___ Pachydiplax longipennis (Burmeister, 1839) [blue dasher or blue pirate]
___ Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798) [wandering glider]
___ Pantala hymenaea (Say, 1839) [spot-winged glider]
___ Perithemis tenera (Say, 1839) [eastern amberwing]
___ Sympetrum internum Montgomery, 1943 [cherry-faced meadowfly]
___ (= janeae Carle, 1993 [Jane's meadowfly]?)
___ Sympterum corruptum (Hagen, 1861) [variegated meadowfly]
___ Sympetrum costiferum (Hagen, 1861) [saffron-bordered meadowfly]
___ Sympetrum obtrusum (Hagen, 1867) [white-faced meadowfly]
___ Sympetrum rubicundulum (Say, 1839) [ruby meadowfly]
___ Sympetrum semicinctum (Say, 1839) [band-winged meadowfly]
___ Sympetrum vicinum (Hagen, 1861) [yellow-legged meadowfly]
___ Tramea carolina (Linnaeus, 1763) [violet-masked glider]
___ Tramea lacerata Hagen, 1861 [black-mantled glider]
Richness Totals
Zygoptera (48 species)
Calopterygidae 5 species
Coenagrionidae 34 species
Lestidae 10 species
Anisoptera (99 species)
Aeshnidae 15 species
Gomphidae 24 species
Cordulegastridae 4 species
Corduliidae 16 species
Macromiidae 2 species
Libellulidae 39 species
___ Argia tibialis (Rambur, 1842) [blue-tipped dancer]
___ Enallagma daeckii (Calvert, 1903) [attenuated bluet]
___ Enallagma recurvatum Davis, 1913 [pine barrens bluet]
___ Nehalennia integricollis Calvert, 1913 [southern sprite]
___ Aeshna eremita Scudder, 1866 [lake darner]
___ Boyeria grafiana Williamson, 1907 [ocellated darner]
___ Lanthus parvulus Selys, 1854 [zorro clubtail]
___ Libellula flavida Rambur, 1842 [yellow-sided skimmer]
___ Ophiogomphus anomalus Harvey, 1898 [extra-striped snaketail]
___ Ophiogomphus carolus Needham, 1897 [riffle snaketail]
___ Ophiogomphus howei [Bromoghaunter]