Tauriphila Kirby, 1889

Mauffray, William F. & Tennessen, Kenneth J., 2019, A Catalogue and Historical Study of the Odonata of Ecuador, Zootaxa 4628 (1), pp. 1-265 : 200-202

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Tauriphila Kirby, 1889 View in CoL

Of the five species of Tauriphila , three were keyed by Needham et al. (2014), two of which are wide-ranging and are found in Ecuador ( Fig. 112 View FIGURE 112 ). Breeding sites are open ponds and small lakes with aquatic macrophytes.

Tauriphila argo (Hagen, 1869) . Publ. Recs. ECU: (H06), (P11), (H14); GY: Tennessen & Johnson (2008); NA: Tennessen (1998); OR: * Dunkle (1981). Also ARG, BOL, BRA, CEN, COL, GUF, GUY, PRY, PER, VEN, TTO: (H06), (P11); plus SUR (P16).

Addl. Data. GY, Balao: 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]; 1 ♂, same data but leg. & det. KJT [KJT]; NA, Tena: 1 ♂, Puerto Napo, 5.3 km E of Hwy. 45 on J.S.B.S. Road, Río Sinde (-1.0500, -77.7481, 450m), 22 vi 1996, leg. & det. WFM [LSAM]; 4 ♂♂, same data but 16 x 1988, leg. & det. SWD [SWD]; 1 ♂, Puerto Napo, 3.2 km E on J.S.B.S. Road, ponds and flowing marsh (-1.0456, -77.7467, 420m), 23 vii 1996, leg. & det. WFM [QZAC]. OR, Francisco de Orellana: 2 ♂♂, pond on Coca-Loreto road (-0.4750, -77.0747, 290m), 18 xi 1997, leg. & det. TWD [SWD]; 3 ♂♂, [La Nueva Esperanza] [across Río Napo from] near Primavera “Limoncocha” Río Napo & Lake Taracoa GoogleMaps (-0.45, -76.77, 300m), 27 vii 1977, leg. DRP & S. Hills, det. DRP [DRP]; 1 ♀, same data but 20 viii 1980, leg. & det. SWD [SWD]; 1 ♂, same data but 4 xi 1980, leg. & det. MJW [FSCA]; 1 ♂, trib. of Río Payamino GoogleMaps , road to Loreto, 1.7 km W of jct. with Coca Road (-0.4367, -77.0017, 258m), 18 xi 1997, leg. & det. KJT [KJT]; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Puerto Francisco de Orellana, 8.2 km W on road to Loreto from Coca-Sachas Road, pond (-0.4578, -77.0381, 288m), 18 xi 1997, leg. & det. WFM [FSCA]; 1 ♂, Puerto Francisco de Orellana, 12.3 km W on road to Loreto from Coca-Sachas Road, pond (-0.4750, -77.0747, 290m), 13 vi 1995, leg. & det. WFM [FSCA]; 1 ♂, same data but leg. & det. SWD [SWD]; SU, Lago Agrio: 2 ♂♂, brushy ponds, 24 km W of Lago Agrio, 20 viii 1980, leg. & det. SWD [SWD]; Shushufindi: 1 ♂, pond about 3 km NW of Shushufindi (-0.1822, -76.6917, 290m), 14 v 2009, leg. & det. KJT [FSCA]; 2 ♂♂, Shushufindi GoogleMaps , SW, pond, (-0.2201, -76.6988), 29 x 2013, leg. & det. KJT [FSCA].

Tauriphila australis (Hagen,1867) View in CoL . Publ. Recs. ECU: Paulson (1983), Tsuda (1986, 1991); Steinmann (1997b), (H06), (P11), (H14); EO: Campos (1927); GY: * Calvert (1906), Ris (1913b), Campos (1922); SU: Westfall (1998). Also ARG, BOL, BRA, CEN, COL, PER, TTO, VEN: (H06), (P11); Plus GUF, PRY: (H06).

Addl. Data. GY, Guayaquil: 1 ♀, Guayaquil, date?, F. Campos, det.? [USNM]; Naranjal: 1 ♂, Cerro Mas Vale Fundacion Andrate (-2.40, -79.63, 15m), 10 ii 2001, leg. & det. F. Sibley [FSCA]; 1 ♂, same data but 13 xi 2001 [FSCA]; 1 ♂, Cerro Mas Vale just N of river (-2.3425, -79.6342, 9 m), 14 xi 2001, leg. & det. F. Sibley [FSCA]; LR, Quevedo: 1 ♂, small stream/secondary forest 5 km E of Hwy. E25 [from Formisa] (-0.7253, -79.444, 150m), 23 ii 2010, leg. & det. JTJ [JTJ]; SU, Shushufindi: 15 ♂♂, 1 ♀, 1 cop. pair, Limoncocha, Río GoogleMaps Napo (-0.4000, -76.6167, 269m), 25 xi 1980, leg. & det. MJW [FSCA]; 6 ♂♂, same data but 22–25 viii 1980, leg. & det. SWD [JJD, SWD]; 1 ♂, same data but 24 viii 1980 [KJT]; 2 ♂♂, same data but lake edge, 5 vii 1971, leg. D. Pearson, det. DRP [DRP]; 1 ♂, same data but clearing, 22 vii 1977, leg. & det. DRP [DRP]; 1 ♂, La Selva, Manicocha, 12 x 1988, leg. & det. SWD [SWD].

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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.

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Kirby, W. F. (1889) A revision of the subfamily Libellulinae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 12 (9), 249 - 348. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1889. tb 00016. x

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Paulson, D. R. (1983) Odonata of South America. List compiled and distributed originally for the IUCN meeting in Calgary, Canada. [updated several times and later replaced by his web site; see Paulson, 2011, 2016]

Ris, F. (1913 b) Libellulinen. Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edm. de Selys Longchamps, Catalogue Systematique et Descriptif, Fasc. XVI (Premiere partie), Libellulinen 8, 965 - 1042.

Steinmann, H. (1997 b) World Catalogue of Odonata. Vol. II. Anisoptera. In: Wermuth, H. & Fischer, M. (Eds.), Das Tierreich. Vol. 111. The Animal Kingdom. Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, pp. 1 - 636.

Tennessen, K. J. (1998) Ecuador IV-we learn some more. Argia, 9 (4), 13 - 15.

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

Tsuda, S. (1986) A distributional list of world Odonata, Preliminary edition. Published by author, Osaka, 246 pp.

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

Westfall, M. J. Jr. (1998) Description of the true larva of Tauriphila australis (Hagen, 1867) from Limoncocha, Ecuador (Anisoptera: Libellulidae). Odonatologica, 27 (4), 491 - 494.