Checklist of Damselflies and Dragonflies (Odonata) Known or Likely to Occur in Illinois

Compiled by Warren U. Brigham
Illinois Natural History Survey

Note that species which appear in boldface are known to occur in Illinois. Species in normal typeface are considered likely to occur.

ZYGOPTERA - Damselflies

• CALOPTERYGIDAE - Blackwings and Ruby Spots

  • Calopteryx aequabilis Say 1839 - Blackwing
    
  • Calopteryx maculata (Beauvais) 1805
    
  • Heterina americana (Fabricius) 1798 - Ruby Spot
    
  • Heterina titia (Drury) 1773

• COENAGRIONIDAE

  • Amphiagrion n. sp.
    
  • Anomalagrion hastatum (Say) 1839
    
  • Argia apicalis (Say) 1839
    
  • Argia fumipennis violacea (Hagen) 1861 - Smoky-winged Argia
    
  • Argia moesta (Hagen) 1861
    
  • Argia sedula (Hagen) 1861
    
  • Argia tibialis (Rambur) 1842
    
  • Argia translata Hagen 1865
    
  • Enallagma antennatum (Say) 1839
    
  • Enallagma aspersum (Hagen) 1861
    
  • Enallagma basidens Calvert 1902
    
  • Enallagma carunculatum Morse 1895
    
  • Enallagma civile (Hagen) 1861
    
  • Enallagma cyathigerum (Charpentier) 1840
    
  • Enallagma divagans Selys 1876
    
  • Enallagma ebrium (Hagen) 1861
    
  • Enallagma exsulans (Hagen) 1861
    
  • Enallagma geminatum Kellicott 1895
    
  • Enallagma hageni (Walsh) 1863
    
  • Enallagma signatum (Hagen) 1861
    
  • Enallagma traviatum Selys 1876
    
  • Enallagma vesperum Calvert 1919
    
  • Ischnura posita (Hagen) 1861
    
  • Ischnura verticalis (Say) 1839
    
  • Nehalennia irene Hagen 1861

• LESTIDAE

  • Archilestes grandis (Rambur) 1842i
    
  • Lestes congener Hagen 1861
    
  • Lestes disjunctus Selys 1862
    
  • Lestes dryas Kirby 1890
    
  • Lestes eurinus Say 1839
    
  • Lestes forcipata Rambur 1842
    
  • Lestes inaequalis Walsh 1862
    
  • Lestes rectangularis Say 1839
    
  • Lestes unguiculatus Hagen 1861
    
  • Lestes vigilax Hagen 1862

ANISOPTERA - Dragonflies

• PETALURIDAE - Graybacks

  • Tachopteryx thoreyi (Hagen) 1857 - Eastern Grayback

• CORDULEGASTERIDAE - Spiketails

  • Cordulegaster diastatops (Selys) 1854
    
  • Cordulegaster obliquus (Say) 1839

• GOMPHIDAE - Clubtails

  • Dromogomphus spinosus (Selys) 1854
    
  • Gomphus amnicola Walsh 1862
    
  • Gomphus cornutus Tough 1900
    
  • Gomphus exilis Selys 1854
    
  • Gomphus externus Hagen 1858
    
  • Gomphus fraternus (Say) 1839
    
  • Gomphus furcifer Hagen 1878
    
  • Gomphus graslinellus Walsh 1862
    
  • Gomphus lentulus Needham 1912
    
  • Gomphus notatus Rambur 1842
    
  • Gomphus plagiatus Selys 1854
    
  • Gomphus quadricolor Walsh 1862
    
  • Gomphus spicatus Hagen 1854
    
  • Gomphus spiniceps (Walsh) 1862
    
  • Gomphus submedianus Williamson 1914
    
  • Gomphus vastus Walsh 1862
    
  • Gomphus ventricosus Walsh 1863
    
  • Hagenius brevistylus Selys 1854 - Black Dragon
    
  • Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis (Walsh) 1862
    
  • Progomphus obscurus (Rambur) 1842

• AESHNIDAE - Darners

  • Aeshna canadensis Walker 1908
    
  • Aeshna clypsydra Say 1839 - Timekeeper
    
  • Aeshna constricta Say 1839
    
  • Aeshna umbrosa Walker 1908
    
  • Aeshna verticalis (Hagen) 1861
    
  • Anax junius (Drury) 1773 - Green Darner
    
  • Anax longipes Hagen 1861
    
  • Basiaeshna janata (Say) 1839
    
  • Boyeria vinosa (Say) 1839
    
  • Epiaeshna heros (Fabricius) 1798 - Swamp Darner
    
  • Nasiaeshna pentacantha (Rambur) 1842 - Blue-nosed Darner

• CORDULIIDAE - Skimmers

  • Epitheca costalis (Selys)
    
  • Epitheca cynosura (Say) 1839
    
  • Epitheca princeps Hagen 1861
    
  • Epitheca spinigera (Selys) 1871
    
  • Neurocordulia molesta (Walsh) 1863
    
  • Neurocordulia obsoleta (Say) 1839
    
  • Neurocordulia xanthosoma (Williamson) 1908
    
  • Somatochlora linearis (Hagen) 1861
    
  • Somatochlora tenebrosa (Say) 1839

• MACROMIIDAE - Belted Skimmers

  • Didymops transversa (Say) 1839
    
  • Macromia georgina (Selys)
    
  • Macromia illinoiensis Walsh 1862
    
  • Macromia pacifica Hagen 1861
    
  • Macromia taeniolata Rambur 1842

• LIBELLULIDAE - Common Skimmers

  • Celithemis elisa (Hagen) 1861
    
  • Celithemis eponina (Drury) 1773
    
  • Celithemis monomelaena Williamson 1911
    
  • Celithemis verna Pritchard 1935
    
  • Erythemis simplicicollis (Say) 1839 - Green Jacket
    
  • Erythrodiplax connata minuscula (Rambur) 1842
    
  • Ladonna julia (Uhler) 1857
    
  • Leucorrhinia intacta (Hagen) 1861 - Johnny Whiteface
    
  • Libellula cyanea Fabricius 1775
    
  • Libellula incesta Hagen 1861
    
  • Libellula luctuosa Burmeister 1839 - Widow
    
  • Libellula pulchella Drury 1773 - Ten-spot
    
  • Libellula semifasciata Burmeister 1839 - Painted Skimmer
    
  • Libellula vibrans Fabricius 1793
    
  • Pachydiplax longipennis (Burmeister) 1839 - Blue Pirate
    
  • Pantala flavescens (Fabricius) 1798 - Globeskimmer
    
  • Pantala hymenaea (Say) 1839
    
  • Perithemis tenera (Say) 1839 - Amberwing
    
  • Plathemis lydia (Drury) 1773 - Whitetail
    
  • Sympetrum ambiguum (Rambur) 1842
    
  • Sympetrum corruptum (Hagen) 1861
    
  • Sympetrum costiferum (Hagen) 1861
    
  • Sympetrum internum Montgomery 1943
    
  • Sympetrum obtrusum (Hagen) 1867
    
  • Sympetrum rubicundulum (Say) 1839
    
  • Sympetrum semicinctum (Say) 1839
    
  • Sympetrum vicinum (Hagen) 1861
    
  • Tramea carolina (Linnaeus)1763
    
  • Tramea lacerata Hagen 1861
    
  • Tramea onusta Hagen 1861

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  Last update: 1 August 1996
  Warren U. Brigham
  brigham@wub.igis.uiuc.edu