Dythemis Hagen, 1861

Mauffray, William F. & Tennessen, Kenneth J., 2019, A Catalogue and Historical Study of the Odonata of Ecuador, Zootaxa 4628 (1), pp. 1-265 : 155-156

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Two of the seven species are recorded for Ecuador; see Ris (1913a, 1918) and Needham et al. (2014) for identification. Adults are slender and mostly dark ( Fig. 91 View FIGURE 91 ); they perch with wings typically set down and forward over the thorax. They breed in slow streams, mostly in pooled areas, that are either open or mostly shaded.

Dythemis nigra Martin, 1897. Publ. Recs. ECU: *Kirby (1897); Maria (1938), Paulson (2011), (H14)—all as D. multipunctata); ES: (Daigle et al. 1997), SD: (Daigle et al. 1997); ZC: Tennessen & Johnson (2008). Also ARG, BRA, CEN, GUF, GUY, PRY, PER, TTO, VEN: (P11); plus COL: (P&P); and SUR (P16).

Addl Data: ES, San Lorenzo: [FSCA, KJT]; LR, Buena Fé: [DRP, SWD]; MN, Portoviejo: [JTJ]; MS, Huambioya: [FSCA. KJT]; NA, Tena: [FSCA, UTIC, JTJ, KJT, QZAC, SWD, TWD, USNM; OR, Francisco de Orellana: [FSCA, QZAC, USNM]; Loreto: [FSCA, QZAC, SWD]; PA, Pastaza: [USNM]; Santa Clara: [USNM]; PC, San Miguel de los Bancos: (FSCA, KJT, USFQ]; Quito: [ACRP]; SD: [FSCA, QZAC]; SU, Lago Agrio: [USNM]; Shushufindi: [KJT, SWD]; ZC, El Pangui: [KJT].

Note: Meurgey (2010) found the true D. multipunctata on St. Vincent in the Lesser Antilles and stated that Central and South American records for D. multipunctata really represent D. nigra.

Dythemis sterilis ( Hagen, 1861) . Publ. Recs. ECU: von Ellenrieder & Muzón (2007), Paulson (2011), (H14); CR: Campos (1922); EO: Campos (1927); GY: * Calvert (1906 —as D. velox form sterilis ), Campos (1922); LR: * Calvert (1906 —as D. velox form sterilis ), Campos (1922); ZC: Tennessen & Johnson (2008). Also CEN, COL, VEN: (P11); Plus PER, TTO: (P11); and ARG, BRA, GUF: (H06).

Addl. Data. CT, Pangua: 1 ♂, concrete pool, E side of Las Juntas (-1.1831, -79.2453, 330m), 22 ii 2010, leg. & det. JTJ [JTJ]; EO, Piñas : 1 ♂, Piñas, 15 km S (-3.80, -79.73, 1100m), 4 vii 1989, leg. R. Miller, det. GHB [FSCA]; Santa Rosa GoogleMaps : 1 ♀, stream, 12 km E of Arenillas, Hwy. 25 (-3.5244, -79.9831, 30m), 29 iii 2008, leg. & det. KJT [KJT]; ES, Esmeraldas : SW of Esmeraldas SW, muddy stream, 19 vii 1977, leg. & det. DRP [DRP]; ♀, 1 ♂, (300m), 6–22 v 1983, leg. & det.? [QZAC]; GY, Balao GoogleMaps : 1 ♂, small stream/ditches in banana plantation, about 2 km E of Hwy. 25 near Balao Jct. (-2.9100, -79.6919, 70m), 28 iii 2008, leg. & det. JTJ [JTJ]; Naranjal : 2 ♂♂, Bucay (-2.20, -79.18, 233m), 1911, leg. F. Campos, det. WFM [ANSP,FSCA]; 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, Cerro Mas Vale E on Hwy . Río Churute GoogleMaps (-2.42, -79.67, 9m), 10 ii 2001, leg. & det. F. Sibley [FSCA]; 1 ♂, Las Mercedes SE at small bridge below thermal hot springs (-2.6058, -79.4886, 107m), 13 iii 2001, leg. & det. F. Sibley [FSCA]; 1 ♂, Las Mercedes SE on road to Cuenca, base of mountain (-2.6169, -79.4542, 244m), 13 ii 2001, leg. & det. F. Sibley [FSCA]; LR, Babahoyo GoogleMaps : 1 ♂, Babahoyo, date?, leg. F. Campos, det.? [USNM]; Buena Fé: 2 ♂♂, Santo Domingo 47 km S, forest slough at Río Palenque Field Station (200m), 18 vii 1977, leg. & det. DRP [DRP]; 2 ♂♂, same data but 8 x 1988, leg. & det. SWD [UTIC]; Quevedo : 1 ♀, Pichilingue, Río Palenque (-1.10, -79.48, 64m), 2 ii 1955, leg. E. Schlinger, det. MJW [FSCA]; PC, San Miguel : between Puerto Vicente Maldonaldo and Puerto Quito (550m), photo M. Reid, det. DRP; SD: 1 ♂, Santo Domingo de los Colorados , 11 v 1985, leg. & det.? [QZAC]; 1 ♂, pond near Hotel Colorados, Hwy. 30, 1 i 97, leg. E. Tapia, det. KJT [KJT]; ZC, Zamora : 1 ♂, Zamaro, 4.7 km SE [on Río Jambue Road], gravel quarry adjacent to Río Jambue (-4.07, -78.93, 914m), 5 xi 1997, leg. & det. WFM [FSCA]; 1 ♂, same data but leg. & det. KJT [KJT]; 1 ♀, stream crossing road just before village of Guadalupe (-3.9114 -78.8575), 20–21 viii 2006, leg. & det. JCA [UTIC].

Note: Meurgey (2011) created the subspecies D. sterilis sterilis and D. sterilis multipunctata . Since the latter is restricted to the lesser Antilles, we simply use D. sterilis for the Ecuador fauna.

References

Calvert, P. P. (1906) Odonata. In: Godman, F. D. & Salvin, O. (Eds.), Biologia Centrali-Americana-Insecta Neuroptera. R. H. Porter & Dulau Co., London, pp. 213 - 308.

Campos, F. (1922) Catalogo Sistematico y Sinonimico de los Odonatos del Ecuador. Revista del Colegio Nacional Vicente Rocafuerte, 8 - 9, 1 - 75.

Campos, F. (1927) Las Libelulas de la Provincia de El Oro. Revista del Colegio Nacional Vicente Rocafuerte, 30 - 31, 79 - 81.

Hagen, H. A. (1861) Synopsis of the Neuroptera of North America, with a list of the South American species. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Washington. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 347 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 60275

Meurgey, F. & Poiron, C. (2011) The true Dythemis multipunctata Kirby, 1894, from the West Indies and proposed new taxonomic status (Odonata: Anisoptera: Libellulidae). Zootaxa, 3019 (1), 51 - 62. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3019.1.3

Needham, J. G., Westfall, M. J. Jr. & May, M. L. (2014) Dragonflies of North America III Edition. Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, FL, 658 pp.

Paulson, D. R. (2011) South American Odonata. University of Puget Sound. Available from: http: // www. pugetsound. edu / academics / academic-resources / slater-museum / biodiversity- resources / dragonflies / south-american-odonata / (accessed 15 May 2011)

Ris, F. (1913 a) Libellulinen. Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edm. de Selys Longchamps, Catalogue Systematique et Descriptif, Fasc. XV, Libellulinen 7, 837 - 964.

Ris, F. (1918) Libellen (Odonata) aus der Region der amerikanischen Kordilleran von Costarica bis Catamarca. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, (A) 82 (9), 1 - 197.

Tennessen, K. J. & Johnson, J. T. (2008) Chasing dragonflies in southern Ecuador. Argia, 20 (2), 9 - 11.

von Ellenrieder, N. & Muzon, J. (2007) An updated checklist of the Odonata from Argentina. Odonatologica, 37 (1), 55 - 68.