Erythrodiplax amazonica Sjostedt, 1918

DeMarmels, Jurg, 1992, Dragonflies (Odonata) From The Sierras Of Tapirapeco And Unturan, In The Extreme South Of Venezuela, Acta Biologica Venezuelica 14 (1), pp. 57-78 : 66

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.3266063

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4391256

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scientific name

Erythrodiplax amazonica Sjostedt, 1918
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Erythrodiplax amazonica Sjostedt, 1918 View in CoL

Figures 61-64 View Plate VII (larva)

Material. 1♂. 1♀ (reared from ultimate instar larvae). Tamacuari GoogleMaps .

Larva. Uniformly brown, hairy, with spiny tibiae ( Fig. 61 View Plate VII ). Eyes bulging; occipital margin slightly concave; antennae short ( Fig. 62 View Plate VII ). Labium reaching backwards to behind first coxae; labial palp without crenations; 11 pa1pa1 setae with some additional small setae near base; 18 mental setae ( Fig. 63 View Plate VII ). Femora with two dark cross-bands; tibiae, specially third pair, beset with long spiniform hairs. Wing sheaths surpassing fifth abdominal segment, with long hairs along dorsal keel. Abdomen hairy, but lacking lateral or dorsal spines. Anal pyramid as in Fig. 64 View Plate VII .

Measurements. Total length 14.0; greatest width of head 4.5-4.7; hind femur 4.7; hind tibia 6.0-6.2.

Remarks. While searching for frogs in large terrestrial bromeliads, Dr. Helmut Magdefrau from the Bayrische Staatssammlung, Munich (Germany), found the two ultimate instar larvae, each in a separate specimen of bromeliad. Both adults emerged about a week later and stayed alive for two days. Adult male and female look similar, with a pale yellow middorsal stripe along the carina of the black brown mesepisterna, and with an orange abdomen.

Measurements. Total length (incl. anal appendages) 32.5 (♀ 34.5); hind wing 27.0 (♀ 25.5).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Odonata

Family

Libellulidae

Genus

Erythrodiplax

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