Updates* to Dragonflies of the Greater Southwest
*Note: as expected, the maps in this book were out of date before the presses even stopped printing (and it only took a week to do the printing!!)
Here are the pages in need of updating
Kathy Biggs
Please update the maps to reflect these new county records &/or name changes
Last update: October 23,
2024 (incomplete, but a large update)
Names for each state’s
counties can be found at these links:
Arizona - https://www.amazon.com/Arizona-Counties-Map-Large-Laminated/dp/B09GZTRV7H
California - https://www.amazon.com/California-County-Map-Laminated-32-4/dp/B073TYV29X/ref=asc_df_B073TYV29X/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=693466243606&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3785534592225402375&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9032666&hvtargid=pla-2258183579232&psc=1&mcid=d7574998eda734d7856d7315274bbf00
Colorado
- https://www.waterproofpaper.com/printable-maps/colorado.shtml
Nevada - https://www.americanmapstore.com/products/nevada-county-map?variant=40745654059202&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw9eO3BhBNEiwAoc0-jcpZMcnRHFaDNzlmfN52AOE4wGVDEL2sQ7DFAfYskGdU-psNVo4psxoCSK4QAvD_BwE
New
Mexico - https://geology.com/county-map/new-mexico.shtml
Utah - https://www.americanmapstore.com/products/utah-county-map?variant=40768058130626&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw9eO3BhBNEiwAoc0-jaSz8jiRVITiGv_vwHp9dUj5qANP1eUG9bTmFHen0AyJLLwc8jmmPBoCFNwQAvD_BwE
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Flame Skimmer Libellula saturata
Mineral County, NV OC# 455939
Huerfano County, CO OC# 447654
Routt County, NM iNat # 239241175
Eagle County, NM iNat # 234590508
Plumas County, CA
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Neon Skimmer Libellula croceopennis
Coconino County, AZ iNat # 186931508
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Red Rock Skimmer Paltothemis lineatipes
Trinty County, CA OC# 433878
Add CO to the list of states (it is now found in all the Greater SW states)
Boulder County, CO OC# 432339
El Paso County, CO OC# 432174
Mariposa County, CA OC #449018
Siskiyou County, CA iNat #
Del Norte County, CA iNat # 224561710
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Band-winged Meadowhawk Sympetrum semicinctum
Ouray County, CO OC# 453945
Rio Grande County, CO OC# 453963
Saguache County, CO OC# 453983
Eddy County, NM iNat # 184569260
Boulder County, CO iNat # 232086312
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Cardinal Meadowhawk Sympetrum illotum
Catron County, NM OC# 436335
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Red-veined Meadowhawk Sympetrum madidum
Boulder County, CO OC# 437746
Alamosa County, CO iNat # 30653304
Madera County, CA
San Bernardino County, CA
Santa Cruz County, CA
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Autumn Meadowhawk Sympetrum vicinum
Logan County, CO OC# 437747
Yuma County, CO OC# 436378
Otero County, CO iNat # 137477870
Prowers County, CO iNat # 93997645
Jefferson County, CO iNat # 240689452
El Dorado County, CA iNat # 191295691
Nevada County, CA iNat # 8328840
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Red-tailed Pennant Brachymesia furcata
Tulare County, CA OC# 432640
Kern County, CA iNat # 188093563
Madera County, CA iNat # 171437777
Fresno County, CA iNat # 147089177
Inyo County, CA iNat # 25058649
Kern County, CA
Ventura County, CA iNat # 186249359
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Cherry-faced Meadowhawk Sympetrum interum
Rio Grande County, CO OC# 453962
Jackson County, CO OC# 451338
El Dorado County, CA
Alpine County, CA
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Striped Meadowhawk Sympetrum pallipes
Arapahoe County, CO OC# 437138
Hinsdale County, CO OC# 437863
Teller County, CO OC# 453915
Saguache County, CO OC# 453982
Rio Grande County, CO OC# 453850
Ouray County, CO OC# 453933
Mineral County, CO OC# 453955
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Saffron-winged Meadowhawk Sympetrum costiferum
Saguache County, CO OC# 453981
Tulare County, CA
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Variegated Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum
Summit County, CO OC# 432656
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Roseate Skimmer Orthemis ferruginea
Monterey County, CA OC# 436062
Kiowa County, CO OC# 436636
Cochise County, AZ OC# 403512
San Luis Obispo County, CA
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Eastern Amberwing Perithemis tenera
Kiowa County, CO OC# 448399
Otero County, NM
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Red Saddlebags Tramea onusta
Alpine County, CA OC# 432184
Tulare County, CA OC# 432638
Del Norte County, CA OC# 433369
Mendocino County, CA OC# 433804
Humboldt County, CA OC# 434969
Weld County, CO OC# #432426
Los Animas County, CO OC# 432954
Mesa County, CO OC#432515
Morgan County, CO OC 437463
Rio Blanco County, CO OC 432027
Santa Barbara County, CA OC# 438426
San Mateo County, CA OC# 455942
Boulder County, CO OC#448587
Los Alamos County, NM
Madera County, CA
Sacramento County, CA
Yolo County, CA
Striped Saddlebags Tramea onusta – change
scientific name to T. darwini
Ventura Co, CA
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Black Saddlebags Tramea lacerata
Phillips County, CO OC# 435122
Alpine County, CA - sight record only
Los Alamos County, NM
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Marl Pennant Macrodiplax balteata
San Bernardino County, CA OC# 436238
Rio Arriba County, NM
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Pale-faced Clubskimmer Brechmorhoga mendax
Catron County, NM OC# 436469
Rio Arriba County, NM OC# 435055
Alameda County, CA
Merced County, CA
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Desert Whitetail Plathemis subornata
Harding County, NM OC # 432526
Monterey County, CA OC # 432783 & 432776
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Comon Whitetail Plathemis lydia
La Plata County, CO OC # 433190
Kiowa County, CO OC # 432950
Alpine County, CA OC # 447861
Baca County, CO OC # 449132
Los Alamos County, NM
Mono County, CA
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Widow Skimmer Libellula luctuosa
Harding County, NM OC # 432537
Huerfano County, CO OC # 433520
Del Norte County, CA
Modoc County, CA
Merced County, CA
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Twelve-spotted Skimmer Libellula pulchella
Mineral County, NV OC# 455942
San Luis Obispo County, CA
San Mateo County, CA
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Twelve-spotted Skimmer Libellula pulchella
Santa Barbara County, CA
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Hoary Skimmer Libellula nodiscta
Fresno County, CA OC # 450050
Riverside County, CA
Kern County, CA
Tuolumne County, CA
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Comanche Skimmer Libellula comanche
Harding County, NM OC # 432541
Lassen County, CA
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Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis
Huerfano County, CO OC# 433763
Arapahoe County, CO OC# 453519
Baca County, CO OC # 449226
Bent County, CO OC# 448029
Montezuma County, CO OC# 451488
Mono County, CA
Mariposa County, CA
Change Thornbrush Dasher Micrathyria hageni to also be in NM
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Plateau Dragonlet Erythrodiplax basifusca
Riverside County, CA
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Western Pondhawk Eryethemis collocata
Harding County, NM OC # 432538
Alpine County, CA – sight record only
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Eastern Pondhawk Eryethemis simplicicollis
Rosevelt County, NM OC # 433161
Socorro County, NM per J.Stuart, NM OC vetter - REMOVE county
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Great Pondhawk Eryethemis vesiculosa
Grant County, NM OC # 435898
San Bernardino, CA OC # 454680
Boulder County, CO OC# 446220
San Diego County, CA
Santa Barbara County, CA
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Wandering Glider Pantala flavescens
Mariposa County, CA Change to observed
Napa County, CA OC # 436408
Los Alamos County, NM
Trinity County, CA
Mendocino County, CA
Lassen County, CA
Madera County, CA
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Spot-winged Glider Pantala hymenaea
Calaveras County, CA
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Filigree Skimmer Pseudoleon superbus
San Bernardion County, CA OC # 435812
Roosevelt County, NM
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Halloween Pennant Celithemis eponia
Roosevelt County, NM OC # 429631
Baca County, CO OC # 449131
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Four-spotted Skimmer Libellula quadrimaculata
Calaveras County, CA OC # 434967
Summit County, CO OC # 432662
Colfax County, NM
Los Alamos County, NM
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Black Meadowhawk Sympetrum danae
Inyo County, CA OC # 434927
Hinsdale County, CO OC # 437862
Huerfano County, CO OC # 437838
Saguache County, CO OC # 453975
Ouray County, CO OC # 453943
Mineral County, CO OC # 453959
Calaveras County, CA
Tuolumne County, CA
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Dot-tailed Whiteface Leucorrhinia intacta
Huerfano County, CO OC # 447778
Trinity County, CA
Inyo County, CA
Placer County, CA
Glenn County, CA
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Crimson-winged Whiteface Leucorrhinia glacialis
Mono County, CA
Alpine County, CA
Trinity County, CA
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Hudsonian Whiteface Leucorrhinia hudsonica
Santa Fe County, NM OC # 451081 [new record for NM]
Inyo County, CA
Boreal Whiteface Leucorrhinia borealis
Summit County, CO OC # 432661
Boulder County, CO OC # 446534
REMOVE Santa Fe Co, NM
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Dot-tailed Baskettail, Epitheca petechialis
Harding County, NM OC# 432543
Rio Arriba County, NM OC# 432768
Santa Fe County, NM OC# 431974
Beaverpond Baskettail, Epitheca canis
El Dorado County, CA OC# 438541
Mariposa County, CA OC#463317
Del Norte County, CA
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American Emerald Cordulia shurtleffii
Amador County, CA OC#432671
Conejos County, CO iNat # 122479025
San Juan County, UT iNat # 171474560
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Mountain Emerald Somatachlora semicinctum
Fresno County, CA OC#432282
Conejos County, CO iNat # 222922412
Hudsonian Emerald Somatachlora hudsonica
Larimer County, CO iNat # 175233126
Plains Emerald Somatachlora ensigera
Adams County, CO iNat # 172943644
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Blue-eyed Darner Rhionaeschna multicolor
Los Alamos County, NM OC# 432514
Harding County, NM OC# 432524 (now known from all counties in NM)
Mineral County, NV OC# 455937
Sedgwick County, CO OC# 454248
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Sedge Darner Aeshna juncea
Jackson County, CO OC# 437740
Summit County, CO OC# 446722
Santa Fe County, NM
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Variable Darner Aeshna interrupta
Inyo County, CA OC# 434928
Cochise County, AZ OC# 138450
Summit County, CO OC# 446661
Santa Cruz County, CA OC # 420982
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Walker’s Darner Aeshna waleri
Washoe County, NV iNat # 187059353
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Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa
Huefano County, CO OC# 436417
Madera County, CA OC# 420627
Inyo County, CA
Napa County, CA
Inyo County, CA
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Paddle-tailed Darner Aeshna palmata
Yuma County, CO OC# 438597
Saguache County, CO OC# 437741
Hinsdale County, CO OC# 437864
La Plata County, CO OC# 437743
Arapahoe County, CO OC# 437139
Morgan County, CO OC# 456257
Mineral County, CO OC# 453952
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Lance-tipped Darner Aeshna constricta
El Paso County, CO
iNat # 178791690
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Canada Darner Aeshna canadensis
Plumas County, CA OC# 1827170
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Persephone’s Darner Aeshna persephone
Santa Fe County, NM iNat # 135610516
Sierra County, NM iNat # 32343841
San Juan County, UT iNat # 184573238
Pima County, AZ iNat A# 239696241
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Common Green Darner Anax junius
Harding County, NM OC# 432528
Phillips County, CO OC# 435121
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Giant Darner Anax walsinghami
Add that it is a suspected migrant
San Bernardino County, CA OC# 447281
Santa Clara County, CA OC#466282
Lake County, CA
Yolo County, CA
Mono County, CA
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Grappletail Octogomphus specularis
Sierra County, CA OC# 432321
Glenn County, CA
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Gray Sanddragon Progomphus borealis
Socorro County, NM OC# 431643
Humboldt County, CA
Plumas County, CA
Nevada County, CA
El Dorado County, CA
Amador County, CA
Merced County, CA
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White-belted Ringtail Erypetogomphus compositus
Rio Arriba County, NM
San Juan County, UT
El Dorado County, CA
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Serpent Ringtail Erypetogomphus lampropeltis ssp. natrix
Greenlee County, AZ
– change from expected to
documented iNat # 456039
Riverside County, CA
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Brimstone Clubtail Stylurus intricatus
Rio Arriba County, NM OC# 435946
Santa Fe County, NM OC# 436296
San Juan County, NM iNat # 232157707
Mesa County, CO iNat # 186289661- Add Colorado to Reginal distribution list.
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Russet-tipped Clubtail Stylurus plagiatus
San Bernardino County, CA OC# 435043
Greenlee County, AZ iNat # 140160489
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Olive Clubtail Stylurus olivaceus
San Bernardino County, CA
Calaveras County, CA
Plumas County, CA
Nevada County, CA
Merced County, CA
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Pacific Clubtail Gomphus kurilis - Change
scientific name to Phanogomphus kurilis
Amador County, CA OC# 435116
Columbia Clubtail Gomphus lynnae - Change scientific name to Gomphurus lynnae
Cantron County, NM iNat # 85032515
Santa Fe County, NM
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Plains Clubtail Gomphus externus - Change
scientific name to Gomphurus externus
Rio Arriba County, NM
Santa Fe County, NM
Sulphur-tipped Clubtail Gomphus militaris - Change scientific name to Phanogomphus militaris
Rio Arriba County, NM
Santa Fe County, NM
Pronghorn Clubtail Gomphus graslinellus - Change
scientific name to Phanogomphus graslinellus
Pueblo County, NM iNat # 236984881
Sulphur-tipped Clubtail Gomphus militaris - Change scientific name to Phanogomphus militaris
De Baca County, NM iNat # 47892085
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Bison Snaketail Ophiogomphus bison
San Bernardino County, CA OC# 446146
Mariposa County, CA OC#449020
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Sinuous Snaketail Ophiogomphus occidentis
Humboldt County, CA
Nevada County, CA
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Pale Snaketail Ophiogomphus severus
Teller County, CO OC# 433762
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Western River Cruiser Macromia magnifica
San Bernardino County, CA OC# 447279
San Luis Obispo County, CA
Remove Sutter County, CA
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Taxonomic change: Genus Cordulegaster
changed to Zoraena (On 9-26-2024, the compilers of the World
Odonata List decided to accept a paper by several authors separating North
American Cordulegaster out as Zoraena.) This change should be
noted on this page and in the index (p.221) and in any other North American
Odonata Guides you own.
Pacific Spiketail Cordulegaster Zoraena dorsalis
Colusa County, CA OC# 317970
Rio Arriba County, NM
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Black Petaltail Tanypteryx hageni
Tulare County, CA OC# 449169
Fresno County, CA OC# 450049
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Thornbrush Dasher Micrathyria hageni
Add New Mexico OC# 427607
Three-striped Dasher Micrathyria didyma
Add to Arizona OC# 457346 [new species for the GSW]
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Pronghorn Clubtail Gomphus graslinellus
- Change scientific name to Phanogomphus graslinellus
Sulphur-yipped Clubtail Gomphus militaris
- Change scientific name to Phanogomphus militaris
Columbia Clubtail Gomphus lynnae - Change scientific name to Gomphurus lynnae
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