Psaironeura angeloi, Tennessen, Kenneth J., 2016

Tennessen, Kenneth J., 2016, Psaironeura angeloi, a new species of damselfly (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae) from Central and South America, Zootaxa 4078 (1) : -

Psaironeura angeloi sp. nov.

( Figures 1–15 )

Material examined. — Holotype ♂: ECUADOR: Esmeraldas Province, small stream 5.6 km NW of Lita, 00.893°N 78.510°W, 4-II-1997, KJT leg. Allotype ♀: same data as holotype. Paratypes (total 17 ♂, 1 ♀): ECUADOR, same data as holotype, 8 ♂, 1 ♀, KJT leg; Esmeraldas Province, pool in stream 36.5 km NW of Lita, 01.106°N 78.707°W, 3-II-1997, 2 ♂, KJT leg; Esmeraldas Province, small stream 2.0 km N of Lita, 00.878°N 78.458°W, 5- II-1997, 2 ♂, KJT; Manabí Province, small forest stream 0.5 km N of Chindul, Hwy. E15, 00.239°N 79.874°W, 1- III-2010, 3 ♂, KJT leg, 2 ♂, J. J. Daigle leg. All specimens acetoned; holotype, allotype and 13 paratypes (13 ♂ and 1 ♀) deposited in FSCA, Gainesville, Florida, USA; 1 ♂ deposited in DRP Collection and 2 ♂ in JJD Collection. Additional FSCA specimens studied, all previously determined as P. remissa (20 ♂, 6 ♀).— COSTA RICA: Alajuela Province, Oricuajo, nr. Río Jesús María, 9.95°N 84.617°W, VII-1911, 1 ♂, J. F. Tristan leg; Cartago Province, Reventazon Valley below Juan Vinas, 28-VI-1909, 1 ♂, 28-VII-1909, 1 ♀, P. P. Calvert leg; Heredia Province, Finca La Selva, 1.5 mi. S Puerto Viejo, 19-IX-1966, 1 ♂, D. R. & M. L. Paulson leg; Finca La Selva, 1.5 mi. S Puerto Viejo, 9-IV-67. 3 ♂ 1 ♀, D. R. & M. L. Paulson; same locality, 13-VIII-1967, 1 ♂ 1♀, D. R. & M. L. Paulson leg; Puerto Viejo, La Selva Biological Station, 25-VI-1988, 3 ♂, C. Esquivel leg; same locality, 19-VII-1988, 1 ♂, C. Esquivel leg. NICARAGUA: Rio San Juan, Refugio Bartola, forest streams, Rio San Juan and Rio Bartola, 10.967°N 84.333°W, 6-VIII-2002, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, T. & A. Donnelly leg; same locality, 8-VIII-2002, 4 ♂, J. J. Daigle leg; same locality, 8-VIII-2002, 2 ♂ 1 ♀, W. F. Mauffray leg. PANAMA: Canal Zone, Pipeline Road, 31-III-1970, 1 ♂, E. S. Morton leg; Pipeline Road, 1.7-4.8 km NW of Gamboa, 5-II-1971, 2 ♂, E. S. Morton & T. W. Donnelly leg; Barro Colorado Island, 18-V-1960, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, R. B. Cumming leg.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Outline drawing of S 10 and caudal appendages of Psaironeura angeloi sp. nov., lateral view, showing measurement of S 10 length (“ S 10 L ”), cercus length (“ L ”) and height (“ H ”), and length of dorso-apical process (“ A ”).

FIGURES 2 – 3. Psaironeura angeloi sp. nov., holotype male: 2. pronotum, middle and hind lobes, dorsal view; 3. thorax, lateral view.

FIGURES 4 – 9. Psaironeura angeloi sp. nov., holotype: 4. genital ligula, lateral view (scale bar = 0.1 mm); 5. genital ligula, ectal view; 6. S 10 + left cercus, lateral view; 7. right cercus, dorso-medial view; 7 a. right cercus, ventral view, ventral indentation indicated by arrow; 8. S 10 + cerci, dorsal view (dp = dorso-apical process); 9. cerci, posterior view.

FIGURE 10. Male of Psaironeura angeloi sp. nov. perched along small stream, near Chindul, in Manabí Province, Ecuador. Photo by K. J. Tennessen.

FIGURES 11 – 15. Psaironeura angeloi sp. nov., allotype female: 11. pronotum + anterior portion of pterothorax, dorsal view; 12. anterior portion of pterothorax, dorso-lateral view, color pattern excluded (g = groove, hl = hind lobe of prothorax, mi = mesinfraepisternum, mp = mesostigmal plate, p = pit); 13) S 10 + cerci, dorsal view; 14. S 8 – 10 + ovipositor, lateral view (scale bar = 0.5 mm); 15. apex of right valve of ovipositor, ventro-lateral view (“ s ” = base of stylus; scale bar = 0.1 mm).