Lestes forficula Rambur, 1842

Mauffray, William F. & Tennessen, Kenneth J., 2019, A Catalogue and Historical Study of the Odonata of Ecuador, Zootaxa 4628 (1), pp. 1-265 : 87-88

Lestes forficula Rambur, 1842 .

Publ. Recs. ECU: (H14); GY: * Campos (1922), Calvert (1928); EO: Campos (1927); LJ: Tennessen & Johnson (2008). Also ARG, BRA, CEN, GUF, PER, VEN: (H08), (P16); Plus TTO: (P16); plus GUY: (H08) and COL: P&P (P11).

Addl. Data. EO, Machala: 1 ♂, borrow pit pond, Hwy. 25, S of Machala (-3.4750, -79.9778), 10 iv 2008, leg. & det. KJT [FSCA]; Santa Rosa: 2 ♂♂, stream and associated pond, wetland about 12 km E of Arenillas, Hwy. 25 (-3.5244, -79.9831, 30m), 29 iii 2008, leg. & det. JTJ [JTJ]; 1 ♂, borrow pit, Hwy. 25 S of Santa Rosa (-3.4750, - 79.9778, 20m), 10 iv 2008, leg. & det. JTJ [JTJ]; GY, Daule: 2 ♂♂, Daule, Nobol (5.5 km N), 30m, 1 xii 1978, leg. P. Spangler & J. Anderson, det.? [USNM]; Duran: 1 ♂, Hwy. E40, ditch complex E of Duran (-2.1586, -79.7828), 20 ii 2010, leg. & det. KJT [FSCA]; Guayaquil: 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Guayaquil (-2.20, -79.90, 8m), iii vi, leg. F. Campos, det.? [FSCA]; 1 ♂, same data but iv 1904 [FSCA]; N aranjal: 1 ♂, Cerro Mas Vale E on Hwy. Río Churute (-2.42, -79.67, 9m), 10 ii 2001, leg. & det. F. Sibley [FSCA]; LJ, Loja: 1 ♂, 1 cop. pair, pond, entrance to Podocarpus Nat. Pk.(-4.0911, -79.2025, 2475m), 6 iv 2008, leg. & det. KJT [FSCA]; 1 cop. pair, same data but leg. & det. JTJ [JTJ].

Note: Confined to Pacific slope.