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Archilestes grandis (Rambur) is the largest damselfly that occurs in America north of Mexico. Its distribution in the United States was reported by Muttkowski (1910) as Lower Sonoran, Washington to Baja California, and Texas

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The Great Lakes Entomologist 
Volume 18 
Number 2 - Summer 1985 Number 2 - Summer 
1985 
Article 6 
June 1985 
Archilestes Grandis in Wisconsin (Odonata: Lestidae) 
Susan Sullivan Borkin 
Milwaukee Public Museum 
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96 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. 18, No.2 
ARCHILESTES GRANDIS IN WISCONSIN (ODONATA: LESTIDAE) 
Susan Sullivan Borkin] 
Archilestes grandis (Rambur) is the largest damselfly that occurs in America north of
Mexico. Its distribution in the United States was reported by Muttkowski (1910) as Lower 
Sonoran, Washington to Baja California, and Texas. It was collected east of he 
Mississippi River for the first time in 1927 by E. B. Williamson (1931) in Ohio, and since 
that time has extended its range along the southern and mid-Atlantic states (Harwood 
1973, Kennedy 1977, Tennessen 1979), and north of Texas to South Dakota (Gloyd 
1980). With this history of recent expansion, it comes as no surprise to find A. gra is 
in Wisconsin. 
I collected one pair ofA. grandis in copula on 8 September 1978 in Milwaukee County, 
from vegetation along Honey Creek near its junction with the Menomonee River. No 
individuals were discovered at the site on 5 August 1982, but on 20 September 1984 after 
a two-hour search, one male was collected from a perch in Honey Creek and one female 
was 
taken from a tree 
trunk nearby. No individuals were found along the Menomonee 
River. The water was slow-moving and shallow in both the river and Honey Creek. 
Willow branches overhanging the water were examined for oviposition punctures but none 
were discovered. IfA. grandis is able to overwinter here, presumably it hibernates in the 
egg stage (Ingram 1976). 
LITERATURE CITED 
Gloyd, L. K. 1980. The taxonomic status of the genera Superlestes and CyptoLestes 
Williamson, 1921. (Odonata: Lestidae). Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan 
694:1-3. 
Harwood, P. D. 1973. Notes on damselflies from West Virginia. Proc. West Virginia 
Acad. Sci. 45: 167-169. 
Ingram, B. R. 1976. Life histories of three species of Lestidae in North Carolina (Odonata: 
Zygoptera). Odonatologica 5:231-244. 
Kennedy, J. H. 1977. The occurrence of Archilestes grandis Rambur (Zygoptera: 
Lestidae) in Virginia. Entomol. News 88:215-216. 
Muttkowski, R. A. 1910. Catalogue of the Odonata of North America. Bull. Public ~fus .. 
Milwaukee. No. 1 207 p. 
Tennessen, K. J. 1979. New records of Odonata for Alabama and Tennessee, with 
significant range extensions for several species. Entomol. News 90:118-120. 
Williamson, E. B. 1931. Archilestes grandis (Ramb.) in Ohio (Odonata: Agrionidae). 
Entomol. News 42:63--64. 
lInvertebrate Zoology Section, Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI 53233. 
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