Polythore vexilla, Tennessen, 2024

Tennessen, Kenneth J., 2024, Polythore vexilla sp. nov. from southwestern Ecuador (Odonata: Polythoridae), Zootaxa 5424 (4), pp. 467-475 : 468

Polythore vexilla , sp. nov.

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Etymology. From vexillum, Latin noun for “banner,” in reference to the distinctive central dark band in the wings. Holotype ♂, allotype ♀ (acetoned): ECUADOR, Azuay Province, small stream, tributary of Río Pijilí, about 4.1 km SE of Victoria, -2.940°, -79.5625°; approximate elev. 730 m, 11-IV-2008, K.J. Tennessen leg; deposited in FSCA; paratype ♀, same data but J.T. Johnson leg, in Collection of J.T. Johnson.

A medium-sized species of Polythore , color pattern of body typical of the genus but wings with a wide isolated black band between nodus and pterostigma.

Figures

FIGURES 1–2. Head (dorsal) and thorax (lateral) of Polythore vexilla sp. nov.

FIGURE 3. Scan of right pair of wings, ventral view, of Polythore vexilla sp. nov.

FIGURE 4. Abdominal segments 1–3, lateral view, of Polythore vexilla sp. nov.

FIGURES 5–6. Anal appendages of Polythore vexilla sp. nov. 5) lateral view, 6) dorsal view.

FIGURE 7. Genital ligula of Polythore vexilla sp. nov.; a) ectal view, b) lateral view.