A Catalogue and Historical Study of the Odonata of Ecuador Author Mauffray, William F. Author Tennessen, Kenneth J. text Zootaxa 2019 2019-07-03 4628 1 1 265 journal article 26210 10.11646/zootaxa.4628.1.1 3e77e5cf-7e8a-490d-a5f7-c571b90aea57 1175-5326 3335707 E4C2F52F-9A1A-4C55-B03B-C87B2B4C4676 Brachymesia Kirby, 1889 Two of the three species in this genus are recorded for Ecuador . Species are variable in color pattern, being either brown and black or mostly red ( Fig. 86 ). See Needham et al. (2014) for species identification. Habitat consists of various ponds and swamps, even brackish water, usually vegetated. FIGURE 85. Argyrothemis argentea ♂, ECUADOR, Sucumbíos Province, Shushufindi, trails, small steams 3 km W of Shushufindi, 2+ km N off Hwy. 26 at km marker 17, 14 x 2009, photo J. T. Johnson. Brachymesia furcata ( Hagen, 1861 ) . Publ. Recs. ECU: (H06), (P11), (H14); SU : * Dunkle (1981) . Also ARG, BOL, BRA, CEN, CHL, GUF, PRY, PER, SUR, TTO, VEN: (H06, P11); plus COL: (H06, P&P). Addl. Data. EO , Arenillas : 1 ♂ , farm pond, seeps, 11 km S of Arenillas, on road to Alamar ( -3.6436 , -80.0989 , 95m ), 10 iv 2008 , leg. & det. JTJ [JTJ]; Machala: borrow pit pond, Hwy. 25, S of Machala ( -3.4750 , -79.9778 ), 10 iv 2008 , leg. & det. KJT [KJT]; SE, Salinas: 1 ♂ , Salinas (-2.95, -80.13, 3m ), 30 vi 1989 , leg. L. Stange & R. Miller, det. GHB [FSCA]; SU, Shushufindi : 10 ♂♂ , 5 ♀♀ , Limoncocha , Río Napo ( -0.4000 , -76.6167 , 269m ), 13–28 xi 1973 , leg. B. Drummond III, det.? [FSCA, KJT]; 2 ♂♂ , same data but 11–17 i 1974 [FSCA]; 45 ♂♂ , 3 ♀♀ , same data but 1–27 xi 1980 , leg. & det. MJW [FSCA]; 2 ♂♂ , same data but 23 viii 1980 , leg. & det. SWD [UTIC]; 5 ♂♂ , same data but 3–16 vi 1977 , leg. P. Spangler & D. Givens , det. RWG [RWG, USNM]; 1 ♀ , same data but lake edge, 5 vii 1971 , leg. D. Pearson , det. DRP [DRP]; 3 ♂♂ , same data but 16–25 viii 1971 [DRP]; 1 ♂ , same data but 2 x 1971 [DRP]; 2 ♂♂ , same data but 11 xii 1971 ; 1 ♂ , same data but 13 i 1972 ; 1 ♂ , same data but 20 ii 1972 [DRP]; 1 ♀ , same data but 6 iii 1972 ; 13 ♂♂ , 1 ♀ , same data but 24–26 vii 1977 , leg. & det. DRP [DRP]; 2 ♂♂ , same data but forest edge, 25–26 vi 1977 , leg. & det. DRP [DRP]. FIGURE 86. Brachymesia furcata United States, Florida, Monroe County, Stock Island, Key West Tropical Botanical Garden, pond, 27 i 2012, photo K. J. Tennessen. Brachymesia herbida (Gundlach, 1889) . Publ. Recs. ECU: (P11), (H14); CB: Campos (1922 —as Cannacria batesi ); GA: * Currie (1901 —as Holotype C. fumipennis : “ Galapagos Is” [ Isabela ], Albemarle, 23 iii 1899 , leg. R. Snodgrass, USNM], Calvert (1907) , Ris (1912) , Campos (1922) , (P11), ( Peck 1992 ); NA : Tennessen (1998) ; SU : Dunkle (1981) . Also ARG, BOL, BRA, CEN, COL, GUF, GUY, PRY, PER, TTO, VEN: (H06), (P11); plus SUR: (H06). Addl. Data. GA. Isabela: 2 ♀♀ , Isla Isabela, littoral zone, 2 iii 1989 , leg. & det. S. Peck [USNM]; 1 ♂ , same data but arid zone, 10 iii 1989 [USNM]; Santa Cruz: 2 ♀♀ , Isla Santa Cruz, Tortuga Bay, 30 i 1989 , leg. & det. S. Peck, et. al. [USNM]; GY, Guayaquil: 1 ♀ , Puna Vieja (-2.97, -80.18, 30m ), leg. F. Campos, det. MJW [ANSP]; LR, Babahoyo : 1 ♀ , swamp at Babahoyo , 12 vi 1975 , leg. J. Cohen & A. Langley , det.? [USNM]; Buena Fé : 1 ♂ , [Consumulo], S Río Palenque (-0.58, -79.35, 175m ), 16 vi 1974 , leg. J. Longino , det.? [FSCA]; OR , Francisco de Orellana : 2 ♂♂ , trib. of Río Payamino , road to Loreto , 1.7 km W of jct. w/ Coca Road ( -0.4367 , -77.0017 , 258m ), 18 xi 1997 , leg. & det. KJT [KJT]; 1 ♂ , same but leg. & det. WFM [FSCA]: SU , Shushufindi : 1 ♂ , Limoncocha , Río Napo ( -0.4000 , -76.6167 , 269m ), 31 x 1980 , leg. & det. MJW [FSCA]; 1 ♀ , same data but 3 xi 1980 [FSCA]; 1 ♀ , same data but lakeshore, 26 vii 1977 , leg. DRP & S. Hills , det. DRP [DRP]; same data but 22 viii 1980 , leg. & det. SWD [KJT]; 6 ♂♂ , 1 ♀ , same data but 23 viii 1980 [JJD, SWD]; 2 ♂♂ , La Selva , 100 km E of Coca , Garzaco- cha, 12 x 1988 , leg. & det. SWD [UTIC].