Aeolagrion Williamson, 1917

Mauffray, William F. & Tennessen, Kenneth J., 2019, A Catalogue and Historical Study of the Odonata of Ecuador, Zootaxa 4628 (1), pp. 1-265 : 34-36

Aeolagrion Williamson, 1917

Small to medium-sized brown or black damselflies with pale markings usually blue ( Fig. 14 ). Adults perch mostly in the shade along ponds or backwaters of streams. For species identification, see Dunkle (1991a) and Tennessen (2009).

Aeolagrion axine Dunkle, 1991 . Publ. Recs. ECU: Tsuda (1991), (H08), (P11), (H14); OR: * Dunkle (1991a — Holotype: “ Napo, Primavera” [Francisco de Orellana], [La Nueva Esperanza] S of [across Río Napo from] Primavera, Laguna Taracoa (-00.45, -76.77, 244m), [FSCA]), Bridges (1993), Tennessen (1996b), Daigle (1996), Tennessen (2009). Also PER (P16).

Addl. Data. NA, Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola: 1 ♂, Río Ila, Pupuyacu (-1.2000, -77.8333, 500m), xi 1934, leg. D. Laddey, det. RWG, from UMMZ [RWG]; Tena: 1 ♂, J.S. B.S., forest near stream (450m), 30 xi 1994, leg. A. Jaramillo A, det. DRP [DRP]; 1 paratype ♂, pond near J.S. B.S., 23 km E of Puerto Napo (-1.0667, -77.6167, 400m), 18 x 1988, leg. & det. SWD [SWD]; 2 ♂♂, 3.2 km E of Tena Road on road to J.S.B.S. Road, sloughs along Napo River, 23 vii 1996, leg. & det. SWD [SWD]; 1 ♂, Puerto Napo, 5.3 km E of Hwy. 45 on J.S.B.S. Road, Río Sinde (-1.0500, -77.7481, 450m), 16 x 1988, leg. & det. SWD [RWG]; 1 ♂, same data but 15 vii 1995 [SWD]; 13 ♂♂, same data but 13 vii 1996, leg. & det. WFM [FSCA, LSAM, QZAC, USNM]; 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀, same data but leg. & det. JJD [JJD]; 5 ♂♂, same data but leg. & det. KJT [FAL, KJT]; 1 ♂, same data but leg. & det. SWD [RWG]; 1 cop. pair, 2 ♂♂, same data but 23 vii 1996, leg. & det. KJT [KJT]; 6 ♂♂, same data but 12 xi 1997 [KJT, RWG]; 7 ♂♂, same data but leg. & det. WFM [FSCA, QZAC, USNM]; 2 ♂♂, same data but leg. & det. TWD [SWD]; 1 ♂, same data but leg. & det. JJD [DRP]; 1 ♂, Río Chinchipino , oxbow pond, 27 km E of Puerto Napo (-1.0728, -77.5864, 385m), 13 xi 1997, leg. & det. KJT [KJT]; OR, Francisco de Orellana: 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀, [La Nueva Esperanza] S of [across Río Napo from] Primavera Laguna Taracoa, (-0.45, -76.77, 244m), 27 vii 1977, leg. & det. DRP [DRP]; 3 ♂♂, same data but forest trail, leg. DRP & S. Hills, det. DRP [DRP]; 1 paratype ♂, same data but 26 viii 1980, leg. & det. SWD [SWD]; 7 ♂♂, 1 ♀, same data but 4 xi 1980, leg. & det. MJW [FSCA]; 1 paratype ♂, same data but leg. MJW & D. Robinson, det. SWD [RWG]; SU, Shushufindi: 2 ♂♂, Limoncocha , forest stream, 24 vii 1977, leg. DRP, det. SWD [DRP]; 1 ♂, Limoncocha on Río Napo (-0.4000, -76.6167, 269m), 7 xi 1977, leg. KWK, det. SWD [KWK]; 1 ♀ (labeled “ Allotype ” but not the one used by Tennessen, 2009), [Limoncocha] [about 40 km E] or 100 km E of Coca [on Río Napo], Lago Garzacocha, La Selva Jungle Lodge (-0.4819, -76.3733, 235m), 12 x 1988, leg. & det. SWD [SWD].

Aeolagrion dorsale ( Burmeister, 1839) . Publ. Recs. ECU: *(L06), (H08), (P11), (H14), Bota-Sierra et al. (2015); SU: Tennessen (2009). Also BRA, PER, SUR, VEN, TTO: (L06), (H08), (P11); plus BOL: (L06), (H08), Tennessen (2009); and GUF (P16); and COL: Palacino et al. (2017).

Addl. Data. OR, La Joya de los Sachas: 4 ♂♂, Pompeya, 0.5 km W of Puerto Pompeya ferry landing, ditches (-0.4444, -76.6263, 238m), 19 vii 1996, leg. & det. WFM [LSAM, QZAC, USNM]; 7 ♂♂, same data but leg. & det. KJT (KJT, FSCA]; 4 ♂♂, same data but leg. & det. JJD [FSCA, JJD]; 1 ♂, same data but leg. & det. SWD [SWD]; SU, Lago Agrio : 5 ♂♂, swamp, 17 km S of Lago Agrio, 19 viii 1980, leg. & det. SWD [KJT, SWD]; Shushufindi: 1 ♂, Limoncocha, 23 viii 1980, leg. & det. SWD; 2 ♂♂, Limoncocha, lakeshore and nearby areas, 23 viii 1978, leg. KWK, det. SWD [SWD].

Aeolagrion inca ( Selys, 1876) . Publ. Recs. ECU: * Tsuda (1991 — as A. foliaceum ), Daigle (1996), (L06), (H08), (P11), (H14). Also BOL, BRA, PER: (L06), (H08), (P11); plus COL: (P16).

Addl. Data. SU, Shushufindi: 8 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, Limoncocha, lakeshore, 23 vii 1977, leg. & det. DRP [DRP]; 1 ♂, same data but 24 vii 1977, 4 ♂♂, same data but 26 vii 1977.

Figures

FIGURE 14. Aeolagrion dorsale ♂, WEST INDIES, Trinidad, ponds at chicken farm along Arena Road near San Rafael, 27 vii 2004; photo J. C. Abbott.