Megapodagrion Selys, 1885

Mauffray, William F. & Tennessen, Kenneth J., 2019, A Catalogue and Historical Study of the Odonata of Ecuador, Zootaxa 4628 (1), pp. 1-265 : 90

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A monotypic genus recently discovered in Ecuador. See De Marmels (2001a) for identification. Adults are mostly brown and tan with the tips of the abdomen grayish white ( Fig. 48 View FIGURE 48 ); they perch with their wings out. The nymphs and their habitat are apparently unknown.

Megapodagrion megalopus Selys, (1869) . Podagrion megalopus Selys, 1869 . Synonym: Megapodagrion arachne Racenis, 1959 . Publ. Recs. ECU (H14). Also BRA, GUY, PER, VEN (H08).

Addl. Recs. SU, Cuyabeno GoogleMaps : adult, Río San Francisco, Nicky Lodge on Río Cuyabeno (-0.1977, -75.9243, 210 m), date not provided, data provided by WAH & DLW [WAH].

References

Racenis, J. (1959) Notas taxonomicas sobre la familia Megapodagrionidae (Odonata: Zygoptera) con la sinopsis de las especies venezolanas. Acta Biologica Venezuelica, 2, 335 - 367.

Selys Longchamps, E. de (1869) Secondes additions au synopsis des Calopterygines. Bulletins de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux Arts de Belgique, Series 2, 27, 645 - 680.