Protoneura rojiza González-Soriano, 1992

Ellenrieder, Natalia Von & Garrison, Rosser W., 2017, A synopsis of the Neotropical genus Protoneura (Odonata: Coenagrionidae), Zootaxa 4361 (1), pp. 1-76 : 33

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Protoneura rojiza González-Soriano, 1992
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Protoneura rojiza González-Soriano, 1992 View in CoL

Figs. 15 View FIGURES 13–16 (♂ habitus), 39 (♀ habitus), 61 (♀ mes. plate), 85 (gen. lig.), 111 (♂ app.), 122 (map)

Protoneura rojiza González-Soriano, 1992: 489 View in CoL –493, Figs. 1–4 View FIGURES 1–4 (description of ♂ and ♀ from Mexico, illustrations of ♂ S10 and ♀ thorax and mesostigmal plate);— González-Soriano & Novelo-Gutiérrez (1996: 162 Mexico);— Garrison et al. (2010: 379).

Primary type specimens. Holotype ♂. Mexico, Oaxaca, km 56.7 on route 175 (between Valle Nacional and La Esperanza), 580 m, 29 vii 1990, V. García & E. González-Soriano leg. [ UNAM].

Specimens examined. 5 ♂ 3 ♀: MEXICO, Jalisco State : 1 ♂ 1 ♀, 4 km N and 6 km E of Tuito (20°19' N, 105°22' W, 800 m), 24 vii 1994, E. González-Soriano leg. [RWG]; Michoacán State GoogleMaps : 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (in tandem), Villa Victoria (18°45'22'' N, 103°22'24'' W, 770 m), 9 vii 2005, R. Novelo-Gutiérrez & J.A. Gómez leg. [RWG] GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (in tandem), same data but 19 viii 2005 [RWG] GoogleMaps ; 2 ♂, Chinicuila , La Nuez, Cañada El Colorín (18°39'33'' N, 103°24'34'' W, 1,050 m), 13 vii 2006, R. Novelo-Gutiérrez & J. A. Gómez leg. [RWG]. GoogleMaps

Characterization. Male: Epicranium black, dorsum of thorax entirely black or with orange narrow antehumeral stripe, dorsum of abdomen mostly orange, with black dorsum of S1, small distal spots on S3–4, distal portion of S6–7, distal 3/4 of S8; pale colors orange, with yellow limited to venter of thorax ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 13–16 ). Pronotum black with orange spots on middle lobe and lateral margins of hind lobe. Mesepisternum black with orange antehumeral stripe extending along basal 1/2 of sclerite to absent; mesepimeron black with narrow orange humeral stripe along medial 1/2 to distal 3/4 of sclerites to absent, separated from a small distal orange spot; metepisternum black with orange stripe along anterior margin to entirely black; metepimeron black or with ventroposterior margin yellow. Leg dark brown, with margins of coxa, trochanter and base of femur yellowish brown; tibial spurs shorter than twice intervening spaces. Genital ligula lacking lateral lobes, with a straight distal margin, and laterodistal corners projected ventrally and smoothly rounded ( Fig. 85 View FIGURES 85–91 ). Cercus shorter than S10 length, about three fourths as long as paraproct, about as long as wide, medially concave and directed lateroposteriorly, semicircular in dorsal view ( Fig. 111c View FIGURES 109–111 ), with a blunt ventrobasal tooth directed medially and two apical teeth, one on ventrodistal margin and one on mediodorsal margin, both cylindrical, blunt and subequal ( Figs. 111b, c View FIGURES 109–111 ). Paraproct slightly shorter than S10 length, medially concave, and narrowing to half its basal width at midlength ( Fig. 111a View FIGURES 109–111 ). TL 47–48; Hw 21– 24.

Female: As male but dark colors black with metallic green to copper reflections and pale colors yellow; pronotum anterior lobe with a yellow lateral spot; antehumeral stripe narrow and extending along basal 1/3–1/2 of mesepisternum; humeral stripe narrow and extending along distal 1/2–2/3 of mesepimeron; metepisternum black with a medial yellow stripe across entire height; metepimeron yellow with a black spot on anterodorsal margin; coxa, trochanter, and base of femur yellow or brown margined in yellow, remainder of leg brown; S10 black dorsally; pale lateral area of S9 extended dorsally medially to about 2/3 of segment height ( Fig. 39 View FIGURES 37–40 ). Middle lobe of pronotum lacking pronounced lateral depressions; posterior lobe directed anteriorly and trilobed, with medial lobe bilobed with sides smoothly convex. Mesostigmal plate upright and semicircular, at medioposterior corner adjacent to a mesepisternal laminar projection directed anterodorsally ( Fig. 61 View FIGURES 60–63 ); no depressions behind mesostigmal plates. TL 41–42; Hw 23.5–24.

Diagnosis. Diagnosed under P. peramans .

Habitat and biology. According to E. González-Soriano (pers. comm.), it inhabits narrow streams, preferably shaded. He has never seen males alone, always in tandem, and suspects that copulation occurs high in the canopy. Females lay eggs on secondary roots and debris deposited along banks of the streams, even distant by a few meters from the water course. Males guard females in tandem in an upright position.

Distribution. Michoacán, Jalisco, Oaxaca, and Guerrero States in Mexico ( Fig. 122 View FIGURES 121–122 ).

UNAM

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Odonata

Family

Protoneuridae

Genus

Protoneura

Loc

Protoneura rojiza González-Soriano, 1992

Ellenrieder, Natalia Von & Garrison, Rosser W. 2017
2017
Loc

Protoneura rojiza González-Soriano, 1992 : 489

Garrison 2010: 379
Gonzalez-Soriano 1992: 489
1992
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