Excerpt: In 1967 Mary Davis Ries published a list of 117 species of Odonata known to occur in Wisconsin, and later (1969) reported details of the distribution of species new to the state list. Collections from the Pine-Popple River in northeastern Wisconsin (Hilsenhoff 1972) added four more species to the list. Five additional Wisconsin records are reported below as the result of occasional collections made throughout the state

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The Great Lakes Entomologist Volume 5 Number 3 -- Fall 1972 Number 3 -- Fall 1972 Article 2 August 1972 New Records of Odonata from Wisconsin William L. Hilsenhoff University of Wisconsin, Madison Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle  Part of the Entomology Commons Recommended Citation Hilsenhoff, William L. 1972. "New Records of Odonata from Wisconsin," The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 5 (3) Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol5/iss3/2 This Peer-Review Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Biology at ValpoScholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Great Lakes Entomologist by an authorized administrator of ValpoScholar. For more information, please contact a ValpoScholar staff member at scholar@valpo.edu. THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST William L. Hilsenhoff Department of Entomoiogy, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706 In 1967 Mary Davis Ries published a list of 117 species of Odonata known to  occur in Wisconsin, and later (1969) reported details of the distribution of species new to the state list. Collections from the Pine-Popple River in northeastern Wisconsin (Hilsenhoff 1972) added four more species t o  the list. Five additional Wisconsin records are reported below as the result of occasional collections made throughout the state. 1. Progonzphus obscums (Rambur) 1842. On July 10-1 1 ,  1970 two male adults were collected from the sandy shores of Pine Lake in Waushara County, and several others were observed both on Pine Lake and nearby Long Lake. On July 22, 1965, five nymphs were obtained from Pine Lake, Marquette County where a boy was selling them to fishermen for bait. Two small nymphs were also collected from Casey Creek in Washburn County. 2.  Ophiogomphus anomalus Harvey 1898. A teneral male and its nymphal exuviae were collected June 11, 1967 from the South Fork of the Flambeau River in Sawyer County. 3. Nasiaeschna pentacantha (Rambur) 1842. The distinctive nymph was collected from Black Earth Creek in Dane County, October 15, 1964, and from a backwater of the Chippewa River in Buffalo County, September 28, 1970. 4 .  Neurocordulia yamaskanensis (Provancher) 1875. A mature nymph was collected from the East Fork of the Black River in Jackson County, May 23, 1969. I t  was identified as this species by Dr. Minter Westfall after comparison with exuviae of reared N. obsoleta (Say) 1839. I have further compared it with exuviae of N, yamaskanensis reared by Prof. E. M. Walker and find it to be identical. 5. Williai~zsonia fletcheri Williamson 1923. A female adult was captured at Woods Creek, Florence County on June 21, 1970. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I wish to  thank Dr. Minter J. Westfall, Jr., University of Florida for confirming my identifications and for identifying the Neurocordulia nymph. 1 also wish to thank Dr. Glenn B. Wiggins, Royal Ontario Museum, for lending me the nymphal exuviae of N. yamaskanensis. LITERATURE CITED Hilsenhoff, W. L. 1972. Aquatic insects of the Plne-Popple River, Wisconsin. Odonta (dragonflies and damselflies). Wis. Dep. Natur. Resources Tech. Bull. 54:17-20. Ries, M. D. 1967. Present state of knowledge of the distribution of Odonata in Wisconsin. Proc. N. Cent. Branch Entomol. Soc. Amer. 22:113-115. --- 1969. Odonata new to  the  isc cons in State list. Mich. Entomol. 2:22-26. 'published with the approval of the Director of the Research Division, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Research supported in part by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. 1Hilsenhoff: New Records of Odonata from WisconsinPublished by ValpoScholar, 1972

New Records of Odonata from Wisconsin

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The Great Lakes Entomologist 
Volume 5 
Number 3 -- Fall 1972 Number 3 -- Fall 1972 Article 2 
August 1972 
New Records of Odonata from Wisconsin 
William L. Hilsenhoff 
University of Wisconsin, Madison 
Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle 
 Part of the Entomology Commons 
Recommended Citation 
Hilsenhoff, William L. 1972. "New Records of Odonata from Wisconsin," The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 
5 (3) 
Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol5/iss3/2 
This Peer-Review Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Biology at ValpoScholar. 
It has been accepted for inclusion in The Great Lakes Entomologist by an authorized administrator of ValpoScholar. 
For more information, please contact a ValpoScholar staff member at scholar@valpo.edu. 
THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST 
William L. Hilsenhoff 
Department of Entomoiogy, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706 
In 1967 Mary Davis Ries published a list of 117 species of Odonata known to  occur 
in Wisconsin, and later (1969) reported details of the distribution of species new to the 
state list. Collections from the Pine-Popple River in northeastern Wisconsin (Hilsenhoff 
1972) added four more species t o  the list. Five additional Wisconsin records are reported 
below as the result of occasional collections made throughout the state. 
1. Progonzphus obscums (Rambur) 1842. On July 10-1 1 ,  1970 two male adults were 
collected from the sandy shores of Pine Lake in Waushara County, and several others 
were observed both on Pine Lake and nearby Long Lake. On July 22, 1965, five nymphs 
were obtained from Pine Lake, Marquette County where a boy was selling them to 
fishermen for bait. Two small nymphs were also collected from Casey Creek in Washburn 
County. 
2.  Ophiogomphus anomalus Harvey 1898. A teneral male and its nymphal exuviae 
were collected June 11, 1967 from the South Fork of the Flambeau River in Sawyer 
County. 
3. Nasiaeschna pentacantha (Rambur) 1842. The distinctive nymph was collected 
from Black Earth Creek in Dane County, October 15, 1964, and from a backwater of the 
Chippewa River in Buffalo County, September 28, 1970. 
4 .  Neurocordulia yamaskanensis (Provancher) 1875. A mature nymph was collected 
from the East Fork of the Black River in Jackson County, May 23, 1969. I t  was 
identified as this species by Dr. Minter Westfall after comparison with exuviae of reared 
N. obsoleta (Say) 1839. I have further compared it with exuviae of N, yamaskanensis 
reared by Prof. E. M. Walker and find it to be identical. 
5. Williai~zsonia fletcheri Williamson 1923. A female adult was captured at Woods 
Creek, Florence County on June 21, 1970. 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 
I wish to  thank Dr. Minter J. Westfall, Jr., University of Florida for confirming my 
identifications and for identifying the Neurocordulia nymph. 1 also wish to thank Dr. 
Glenn B. Wiggins, Royal Ontario Museum, for lending me the nymphal exuviae of N. 
yamaskanensis. 
LITERATURE CITED 
Hilsenhoff, W. L. 1972. Aquatic insects of the Plne-Popple River, Wisconsin. Odonta 
(dragonflies and damselflies). Wis. Dep. Natur. Resources Tech. Bull. 54:17-20. 
Ries, M. D. 1967. Present state of knowledge of the distribution of Odonata in 
Wisconsin. Proc. N. Cent. Branch Entomol. Soc. Amer. 22:113-115. 
--- 1969. Odonata new to  the  isc cons in State list. Mich. Entomol. 2:22-26. 
'published with the approval of the Director of the Research Division, College of 
Agricultural and Life Sciences. Research supported in part by the Wisconsin Department 
of Natural Resources. 
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