Diastatops Rambur, 1842

Mauffray, William F. & Tennessen, Kenneth J., 2019, A Catalogue and Historical Study of the Odonata of Ecuador, Zootaxa 4628 (1), pp. 1-265 : 154

Diastatops Rambur, 1842

One of the eight species has been found in Ecuador. For identification, refer to Montgomery (1940). The adults are very distinctive, with black wings that usually have red or yellowish veins at the base ( Fig. 90 ). Habitat includes ponds and marshes.

Diastatops pullata ( Burmeister, 1839) . Publ. Recs. ECU: (H06), (P11), (H14), Bota-Sierra et al. (2015); OR: * Dunkle (1981); SU: ( Donnelly 1998). Also ARG, BOL BRA, GUF, GUY, PER, SUR, VEN: (H06), (P11); plus PRY: (P11); and COL: (P16).

Addl. Data. OR, Francisco de Orellana: 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Anangu, SE across Río Napo from Providencia Lago Anangu “on Río Napo ” (-0.5213, -76.4361, 300m), 9 v 1975, leg. T. Emmel, det.? [FSCA]: 1 ♂, same data but leg. B. Drummond III, det.? [FSCA]; 1 ♂, [La Nueva Esperanza] [across Río Napo from] near Primavera “Limonco- cha”, Río Napo & Lake Taracoa (-0.45, -76.77, 300m), 4 xi 1980, leg. B. Drummond III, det.? [FSCA]: 1 ♂, same data but leg. & det. MJW [FSCA]; 14 ♂♂, 1 ♀, same data but 27 vii 1977, leg. DRP & S. Hills, det. DRP [DRP, RWG]; 1 ♂, same but 26 viii 1978, leg. & det. KWK [SWD]; 2 ♂♂, same data but 26 viii 1980, leg. & det. SWD [SWD]; SU, Shushufindi : 2 ♂♂, La Selva Lodge, L. Mandicocha and outlet stream (-0.4983, -76.3733, 200m), 25 xi 1997, leg. & det. TWD [SWD].

Figures

FIGURE 90. Diastatops intensa ♂, COLOMBIA, Meta Dept., pond, La Cosmopolitana, S of Cumaral, 12 x 2014, photo K. J. Ten- nessen.