Amazoneura Machado 2004

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Amazoneura Machado 2004

Shade-dwelling, dark damselflies that tend to remain perched ( Fig. 32 ); for identification, see the papers by Machado (2001, 2004, 2009b). Habitats are seepage areas and slow, muddy, small streams in forest. Two of the three known species occur in Ecuador; the nymphs of this genus are unknown.

Amazoneura ephippigera (Selys, 1886) . Publ. Recs. ECU: Machado (2000), (L05), Pessacq (2008), (H08), (P11), (H14); OR: Tennessen (1996b), Daigle (1996), von Ellenrieder & Garrison (2011). Also BRA, PER: (L05), (H08), (P11).

Addl. Data. SU, Shushufindi: 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Limoncocha, Río Napo (-0.4000, -76.6176, 269m), 1 xi 1980, leg. MJW & D. Robinson, det. MJW [FSCA]; 7 ♂♂, same data but 5 xi 1980 [FSCA]; 7 ♂♂, same data but 18 xi 1980 [FSCA]; 1 ♂, same data but 24 xi 1980 [FSCA]; 2 ♂♂, same data but 25 xi 1980 [FSCA]; OR, Francisco de Orellana, 1 ♀, Reserva Etnica Waorani , 500 m N Onkone Gare Camp (-0.6333 -76.6000, 220m), 10 i 1994, leg. T. Er- win, det.? [USNM]; 2 ♂♂, P.N.Y., 14.5 km N of Waorani Road on Yasuni Road, flowing Heliconia swamp (-0.65, -76.46, 200m), 11 vi 1995, leg. & det. WFM [FSCA]; 4 ♂♂, P.N.Y., tiny stream (-0.6508, - 763558, 200m), 15 xi 1997, leg. & det. TWD [SWD].

Amazoneura westfalli ( Machado, 2001) . Publ. Recs. ECU: (H08), (P11), (H14); OR: von Ellenrieder & Garrison (2011); SU: * Machado (2001 — Holotype: “ Napo: Limoncocha on Río Napo, 300m, 15 xi 1980, leg. MJW [FSCA]; Allotype: same data but edge of ravine on hunting trail, 23–28 viii 1980, leg. MJW & SWD [FSCA]). Also PER: ( P11 ).

Addl. Data. NA, Tena: 2 ♂♂, Puerto Napo, 23 km E, J.S.B.S. (400m), 17 x 1988, leg. & det. SWD [SWD]; 1 ♀, Río Chinchipino, 27 km E of Puerto Napo (-1.0728, -77.5864, 385m), 22 vii 1996, leg. & det. KJT [KJT]; OR, Francisco de Orellana: 1 ♂, small stream, 3.6 km from Yasuni Sci. Res. Sta., 18 vii 1996, leg. & det. KJT [FSCA]; 2 ♂♂, same data but leg. & det. JJD [JJD]; 3 ♂♂, forest seep, main road, P.N.Y., 15 xi 1997, leg. & det. KJT [KJT]; 2 ♂♂, seepage stream 2.1 km on Road E of station, 15 xi 1997, leg. & det. JJD [JJD]; 30 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀, T. B.S., USFQ, [various locations] (-0.6180, -76.1600, 200–245m), 14–22 xi 2009, leg. & det. RWG & NVE [NMNHL, NVE, RWG, USFQ]; 2 ♂♂, Río Shiripuno, Shiripuno Lodge, 26 km SE of Shiripuno bridge (-1.1047, -76.7317, 235m), 23 i 2009, leg. DLW & WAH, det. RWG [RWG]; Loreto: 1 ♂, Concepcion, Río Napo (-1.6667, -77.4167, 400m), 28 xii 1939, leg. WCM, det. RWG, from UMMZ [RWG]; 1 ♂, forest stream, about 12 km NE of Loreto, 12 x 2009, leg. & det. KJT [FSCA]; 1 ♂, small streams and forest trails, 12 km E of Loreto, 2+ km S of Hwy. 45 (-0.6217, -77.2600, 365m), 12 x 2009, leg. & det. JTJ [JTJ]; PA, Pastaza: 1 ♀, Canelos [a mission and jungle town on Río Bobonaza at headquarters of canoe navigation in Río Pastaza watershed] (-1.5833, -77.8000, 600m), 16 xii 1938, leg. WCM, det. RWG, from UMMZ [RWG]; SU, Shushufindi: 1 ♀, Limoncocha , forest trail (-0.4000, -76.6167, 269m), 24 i 1972, leg. D. Pearson, det. DRP [DRP]; 1 ♀, same data but 13 iii 1972; 1 cop. pair, 7 ♂♂, 1 ♀, same data but forest stream, 24–25 vii 1977, leg. & det. DRP [DRP, RWG]; 1 ♂, same data but 1 ix 1978, leg. KWK, det. RWG [RWG]; 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, same data but, Río Napo, 15–24 xi 1980, leg. MJW, det. KJT [FSCA]; 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, same data but edge of ravine on hunting trail, 28 viii 1980, leg. & det. SWD [FSCA]; 1 ♂, Limoncocha Road , 15.7 km S of Shushufindi Road, 19 vii 1996, leg. & det. KJT [FSCA].

Note: The distinctness of A. westfalli from A. ephippigera is questionable, as the male cerci are nearly identical; more study should be devoted to these taxa.

Figures

FIGURE 32. Amazoneura westfalli ♂, ECUADOR, Orellana Province, small stream on road to Carachupa Pakcha, S of Rt. E20, 30 x 2013; photo K. J. Tennessen.