Lestes helix Ris, 1918
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10692924 |
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Lestes helix Ris, 1918 View in CoL
Fig. 5G View FIGURE 5 (♁ head), Fig. 8A–C View FIGURE 8 (♁ pterothorax), Fig. 9M–N View FIGURE 9 (♁ genital ligula), Fig.11I–J View FIGURE 11 (♁ caudal appendages), Fig. 16 View FIGURE 16 (distribution).
Etymology: helix, Greek (ελιξ) spiral, round, curved in reference to the curved apex of male cerci.
Type locality: Pachitea , Peru .
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas, Guainía, Guaviare, Meta, Vaupés), Peru, Venezuela.
Female described: No Larva described: No
Altitudinal range: 88–495 m IUCN status: LC— von Ellenrieder (2009c)
Records in previous references: Bota-Sierra (2014a), Bota-Sierra et al. (2015), Aristizabal-Botero et al. (2022)
Material examined: (2♁♁, 1♀). Colombia, Guainía, Inírida, comunidad Coco Viejo , 3.9075N, 67.9089W, 83 m, 30-7-2014, A. Aristizabal, E. Realpe, J. Sierra, P. Sarmiento leg., 1♁ ( ANDES-E 21579 ) GoogleMaps ; Amazonas, Apaporis, río Sorotama , 1.0471N, 70.2241W, 103 m, 1♀ ( ICN) GoogleMaps ; Guaviare, Reserva natural Nukak Maku , Cerro Moyano , 2.1771N, 71.1901W, 153 m, 1♁ ( ICN) GoogleMaps .
Morphological characteristics (male): head mostly dark brown except posterior margin, labrum, clypeus, and mandibles pale blue ( Figs. 5G View FIGURE 5 , 8A–C View FIGURE 8 ); pterothorax dark brown, black antehumeral stripe with metallic luster; lateral black stripe occupying dorsal 0.5 of mesepimeron and mesinfraepisternum; ( Fig. 8A–B View FIGURE 8 ); pectum pale, metepimeron with two large subtriangular black spots reaching metapleural suture and two smaller at the end of the metathoracic suture ( Fig. 8C View FIGURE 8 ). Genital ligula rectangular, internal fold width more than 1/3 of S2 ( Fig. 9M View FIGURE 9 ), surface entire, reaching anterior fold of S2 ( Fig. 9N View FIGURE 9 ). Cerci long, with a bicuspid lobe in basal portion; edge of medial portion irregular; primary curvature type II ( Fig. 11I View FIGURE 11 ); secondary curvature type III ( Fig. 11H View FIGURE 11 ). Apophyses of paraprocts almost 1/3 of cerci length, apices curved ( Fig. 11J View FIGURE 11 ).
Remarks: This species is known from a few localities in Peru ( Ris 1918; Schmidt 1942), Venezuela ( De Marmels et al. 2022), and Colombia ( Bota-Sierra 2014a; Bota-Sierra et al. 2015). In Colombia, it occurs in the Amazon and Orinoquia regions and males are easily recognizable due to the unique cerci shape.
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