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

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Small to medium-sized brown or black damselflies with pale markings usually blue ( Fig. 14 View FIGURE 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 GoogleMaps , 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 GoogleMaps , 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 GoogleMaps , 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] GoogleMaps .

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 .

References

Bota-Sierra, C. A., Moreno-Arias, C. & Faasen, T. (2015) Preliminary list of Odonata from the Colombian Amazon, with descriptions of Inpabasis nigridorsum sp. nov. & Diaphlebia richteri sp. nov. (Coenagrionidae & Gomphidae). International Journal of Odonatology, 18 (3), 249 - 268. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 13887890.2015.1081637

Bridges, C. A. (1993) Catalogue of the family-group, genus-group and species-group names of the Odonata of the world. 3 rd Edition. C. A. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois, 905 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 15283

Burmeister, H. (1839) Neuroptera. In: Handbuch der Entomologie. 2 (2). T. C. F. Enslin, Berlin, pp. 757 - 1050.

Dunkle, S. W. (1991 a) Aeolagrion axine spec. nov., a new damselfly from Ecuador (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae). Odonatologica, 20 (2), 239 - 244.

Palacino, F., Bota-Sierra, C., Amaya, C. & Contreras, N. (2017) Libellulas y Caballitos del Diablo del Departamento del Meta, Colombia. Universidad el Bosque, Bogota, 283 pp.

Selys Longchamps, E. de (1876) Synopsis des Agrionines, 5 me legion: Agrion (suite). Le genre Agrion. Bulletins de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux Arts de Belgique, Series 2, 41 & 42, 247 - 322 + 496 - 539 + 1233 - 1309 & 490 - 531 + 952 - 991.

Tennessen, K. J. (1996 b) Escapade in Ecuador. Part 2. Going looney in Yasuni. Argia, 8 (2), 14 - 16.

Tennessen, K. J. (2009) Aeolagrion philipi sp. nov. from Bolivia, and a review of the genus Aeolagrion (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). International Journal of Odonatology, 12 (2), 309 - 322.

Tsuda, S. (1991) A distributional list of World Odonata. Published by author, Osaka, 362 pp.

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.

Abbreviations

UMMZ	University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology
FSCA	Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomology
LSAM	Louisiana State Arthropod Museum
USNM	Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History
SU	Stanford University