The Odonata of the Brooks Peninsula, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Authors

  • Robert A. Cannings Entomology Division British Columbia Provincial Museum Victoria, B.C.
  • Sidney G. Cannings Department of Zoology University of B.C. Vancouver, B.C.

Keywords:

Odonata

Abstract

Collection records of Odonata from the Brooks Peninsula, a little-known region on the northwest coast of Vancouver Island, are presented. Twenty species representing eight genera and five families are listed, along with additional ecological notes. The zoogeography of the Odonata of the British Columbia coast is discussed.

References

Cannings, R.A. 1982. Notes on the biology of Aeshna sitchensis Hagen (Anisoptera: Aeshnidae). Odonatologica 11(3):219-223.

Cannings, R.A. and K.M. Sutart. 1977. The Dragonflies of British Columbia. B.C. Provincial Museum Handbook No. 35. 254 pp.

Cannings, S.G. 1980. New distribution records of Odonata from northwestern British Columbia. Svesis 13:13-15.

Scudder, G.G.E., R.A. Cannings, and K.M. Stuart. 1976. An annotated checklist of the Odonata (Insecta) of British Columbia. Syesis 9:143-162.

Walker, E.M. 1953. The Odonata of Canada and Alaska, Vol. 1. Univ. Toronto Press, Toronto. 292 pp.

Walker, E.M. 1958. The Odonata of Canada and Alaska, Vol. 2. Univ. Toronto Press, Toronto. 318 pp.

Walker, E.M. and P.S. Corbett. 1975. The Odonata of Canada and Alaska, Vol. 3. Univ. Totonto Press, Toronto. 307 pp.

Whitehouse, F.C. 1941. British Columbia dragonflies (Odonata) with notes on distribution and habits. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 26:488-557.

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2019-09-17

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Vol. 80 (1983): Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia

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