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A. funebris was present at the campground in 1978. Ferris's specimen
from Þve miles east of the campground documents a rare instance of
A. vivida and A. funebris in proximity
to one another in New Mexico.
Heading west from Kingston, NM 152
goes over Emory Pass and down the
west slope of the Black Range
through Gallinas Canyon, where Ferris
collected another specimen of A.
vivida Þve days after collecting near
Kingston. As he explained, the
location was the now-closed Lower
Gallinas Campground: "There used to
be a dirt road that ran along the creek
to the point where the canyon boxes
in. I would have collected along the
creek. Remnants of the road remain,
but are being taken over by vegetationÓ (pers. comm. 11 Nov. 2025).
Ferris also collected a specimen of A.
funebris at that location, now at FSCA.
The date on the specimen card (like
information on the Sierra County
specimen, misread from a handwritten note), was printed as 24 May
1978, but Ferris conÞrmed that he
began his road trip from Laramie that
year on 23 June and collected the
specimen in July, probably the same
day he collected A. vivida (pers.
comm., 12 Nov. 2025). Rosser
Garrison examined both of those
specimens in 2022, concurring with
Leonora Gloyd's determination of the
specimen of A. vivida and identifying
the specimen of A. funebris (pers.
comm., 11 Nov. 2025).
Here Garrison conÞrmed the only
known instance of sympatry between
the two species in New Mexico,
documented by chance in what would
seem to be a highly unlikely location.
Argia vivida and Argia funebris
require much more study in New
Mexico. ConÞrmation of collected
specimens will continue to be
necessary to distinguish between
them, and many reports of both
species on Odonata Central and
iNaturalist may remain unconÞrmed
indeÞnitely.
Special Thanks To:
Datasets including Dot Map and other
records from New Mexico were
provided by John C. Abbott, Rosser
Garrison, Bill Mauffray, Dennis
Paulson, and James N. Stuart.
I thank Bill Mauffray for providing
photos and redetermination of
specimens at FSCA on several
occasions; Rosser Garrison and
Clifford Ferris for answering
innumerable questions; Bill Prather
for suggesting that I start my search
for Argia vivida in San Juan County;
Steve Cary for putting me in touch
with Cliff Ferris; and John Abbott and
Jim Johnson for their interest in and
support of my pursuit of Argia vivida
and other poorly documented species
of odonata in New Mexico.
References:
Abbott, J. C. 2006 Ð2025. Odonata
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Bailowitz, Rich, Doug Danforth, and
Sandy Upson. A Field Guide to the
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Hagen, Hermann. "Synopsis of the
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Prather, Bill, and Inez Prather. Insects
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SŽlys Longchamps, Michel Edmond
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Sometimes We Notice
Things Outside the
Black Range
Evans, M. A. "Checklist of the Odonata
of New Mexico with Additions to the
Colorado Checklist." Proceedings of
the Denver Museum of Natural
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Although the Black Range is Òour
patchÓ, it is not our world. Sometimes we let the rest of the world
intrude into our survey of the
natural history of the Black Range.
Garrison, Rosser W. and Natalia von
Ellenrieder. "An annotated list of the
types of Odonata housed at the
Museum of Comparative Zoology,
Harvard University, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, U.S.A." International
Dragonßy FundÐReport 134, 2019.
At the end of last year we allowed
two such intrusions, in the form of
videos in our Vimeo portfolios.
Garrison, Rosser W. and Natalia von
Ellenrieder. "Damselßies of the genus
Argia Rambur, 1842 (Odonata:
Coenagrionidae) from Mexico, Central
America and the Lesser Antilles with
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One dealt with a human historical
site (Fort Cummings, CookeÕs
Spring, and the ButterÞeld Express
Stageline) and the other dealt with
the geology of a nearby area (San
Lorenzo Canyon, just north of
Socorro).
