Lestes mediorufus Calvert, 1909

Belle, J., 1997, The genus Lestes (Odonata: Lestidae) Leach, 1815, in Surinam, Zool. Med. Leiden 71 (11), pp. 89-103 : 93-94

Lestes mediorufus Calvert, 1909

( figs 2 , 16-17 , 23 )

Type depository.— Male holotype in The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, USA .

Descriptive notes — The Surinam representatives of this species fit fairly well the original description of Calvert. The pectoral colour pattern of a Surinam repre sentative is shaped as shown in fig. 2. The dimensions of the Surinam specimens illustrated in this paper are: Male.— Total length ca. 32; abdomen 26.5; hind wing 16; costal edge of stigma in fore wing 1.1. Female.— Total length ca. 31; abdomen 25.5; hind wing 18; costal edge of stigma in fore wing 1.2.

Range.— Brazil (with the State of Sao Paulo as type locality), Venezuela and Surinam. In Surinam mainly encountered at pools and ponds in the savanna zone.

Figures

Fig. 1, Lestes basidens spec, nov.; 2, Lestes mediorufus Calvert; 3, Lestesforficula Rambur; 4, Lestes curvatus spec, nov.; 5, Lestes tenuatus Rambur; 6, Lestes tenuatus Rambur, lectotype; 7, Lestes edentatus spec, nov.; 8, Lestes trichonus spec, nov.; 9, Lestes sublatus Hagen in Selys. 1-9, pectoral colour pattern [12.5 X 0.63],

Figs 14-15, Lestes curvatus spec, nov.; 16-17, Lestes mediorufus Calvert. 14,16, tenth abdominal segment and caudal appendages of male, dorsal aspect [12.5 X 2.5]; 15,17, the same, left lateral aspect [12.5 X 2.5].

Fig. 22, Lestes tenuatus Rambur; 23, Lestes mediorufus Calvert; 24, Lestes edentatus spec, nov.; 25, Lestes forficula Rambur; 26, Lestes curvatus spec, nov.; 27. Lestes trichonus spec. nov. 22-27, terminal segments of female abdomen, left lateral aspect [6.3 x 2.5].