Compiled by Karl R. Studenroth Jr.

Compiled February, 2006

Revised 6 May, 2007

Special Note: For the purpose of this checklist northwest Florida is defined as that area lying west of the Suwannee River, westward to the Perdido River.

  Currently no State or Federally listed damselflies or dragonflies occur within northwest Florida.  However, the Florida Natural Areas Inventory and the Florida Committee on Rare and Endangered Plants and Animals currently list and track a number of species within northwest Florida.

  Lastly, scientific names and species taxonomy change from time to time, and this list may not reflect current classification.

Legend:

? = The species range and occurrence is possible in northwest Florida

?? = The species range and occurrence is slightly possible in northwest Florida

Florida Natural Areas Inventory Listings:

S1 = Critically imperiled in Florida because of extreme rarity (5 or fewer occurrences or less than 1000 individuals) or because of extreme vulnerability to extinction due to some natural or man-made factor. 

S2 = Imperiled in Florida because of rarity (6 to 20 occurrences or less

than 3000 individuals) or because of vulnerability to extinction due to

some natural or man-made factor.

S3 = Either very rare and local throughout its range (21 – 100 occurrences

or less than 10,000 individuals) or found locally in a restricted range or

vulnerable to extinction from other factors.

S4 = Apparently secure globally (may be rare in parts of its range).

S1S2 = Range of rank; insufficient data to assign specific State rank.

SX = Believed to be extinct throughout range.

Florida Committee on Rare and Endangered Plants and Animals Listings:

T=Threatened         

R = Rare

SSC = Species of Special Concern

U = Unknown

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Damselflies of Northwest Florida

Suborder - Zygoptera

Calopterygidae

Lestidae

Coenagrionidae

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Dragonflies of Northwest Florida

Suborder - Anisoptera

Petaluridae

Aeshnidae

Gomphidae

Cordulegastridae

Corduliidae (Macromiidae)

Libellulidae

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A Summary of Northwest Florida Damselflies and Dragonflies

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Checklist Sources:

Daigle, James D.  1991.  Florida Damselflies (Zygoptera) A Species Key to the Aquatic Larval Stages.  State of Florida, Department of Environmental Regulation.  Technical Series Volume 11, Number 1, December 1991.  Website copy: http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/jcabbott/courses/bio321web/labs/odonata/floridadmslfly.pdf

Daigle, James D.  1992.  Florida Dragonflies (Ansioptera) A Key to the Aquatic Larval Stages.  State of Florida, Department of Environmental Regulation.  Technical Series Volume 12, Number 1, November 1992.  Website copy: http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/jcabbott/courses/bio321web/labs/odonata/floridadrgnfly.pdf

Deyrup, Mark and Richard Franz (Eds.).  1994. Rare and Endangered Biota of Florida.  Volume IV. Invertebrates.  Univ. Press of Florida, Gainesville.

Dunkle, Sidney W.  1990.  Damselflies of Florida, Bermuda and the Bahamas.  Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, FL.

Dunkle, Sidney W.  1989.  Dragonflies of the Florida peninsula, Bermuda and the Bahamas.  Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, FL.

Dunkle, Sidney W.  2000.  Dragonflies through Binoculars.  Oxford University Press.  Oxford and New York.

Epler, John.  2003.  DRAGONFLIES AND DAMSELFLIES OF FLORIDA (Order Odonata).  Website: http://home.earthlink.net/~johnepler/FLOdo.html 

Florida Natural Areas Inventory.  March 2007.  Element Tracking Summary.  Website: http://www.fnai.org/PDF/Element_tracking_summary_200703.pdf 

NatureServe Explorer.  Neurocordulia clara.  Website: http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Neurocordulia+clara  

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).  17 August, 2006.  Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) of the United States.  Odonata of Florida.  Website: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/insects/dfly/fl/toc.htm

USGS.  Epitheca stella.  Website: http://stri.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Epitheca+stella&guide=Anisoptera

USGS.  Gomphus westfalli.  Website:

USGS.  Libellula jesseana.  Website: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/insects/dfly/fl/378.htm

USGS.  Nehalennia gracilis.  Website: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/insects/dfly/fl/120.htm

USGS.  Somatochlora provocans.  Website: http://stri.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Somatochlora+provocans&guide=Anisoptera

USGS.  Somatochlora tenebrosa.  Website:  http://pick5.pick.uga.edu/mp/20q?search=Somatochlora+tenebrosa