A Catalogue and Historical Study of the Odonata of Ecuador
Author
Mauffray, William F.
Author
Tennessen, Kenneth J.
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-07-03
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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].