A Catalogue and Historical Study of the Odonata of Ecuador
Author
Mauffray, William F.
Author
Tennessen, Kenneth J.
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Nephepeltia
Kirby, 1889
Four of the seven known species of this genus occur in
Ecuador
. For species identification, see
Santos (1950)
,
Rácenis (1953)
and
von Ellenrieder (2014)
. These are small dragonflies, mostly black with yellow markings (
Fig. 104
); adults perch at open to sparsely shaded, vegetated ponds and marshes.
Nephepeltia flavifrons
(Karsch, 1889
)
. Publ. Recs.
ECU
: (H14);
OR*—as “
Napo
”
von Ellenrieder (2014)
. Also ARG, BRA, COL, GUF, PRY, PER, SUR, VEN: (P11); also CEN, BOL:
von Ellenrieder (2014)
.
Addl. Data.
OR
,
Francisco
de
Orellana
:
6 ♂♂
,
Anangu SE
across
Río
Napo
from
Providencia Lago Anangu
“on Río
Napo
” (
-0.5256
,
-76.4394
,
300m
),
9 v 1975
, leg.
B. Drummond
III, det. MJW [FSCA];
1 ♂
, same data but
12 v 1975
, leg.
T. Emmel
, det. MJW [FSCA].
FIGURE 104.
Nephepeltia flavifrons
cop. pair, COLOMBIA, Meta Dept., pasture pond 5.3 km E of Cumaral, 11 x 2014, photo K. J. Tennessen.
Nephepeltia flavipennis
von Ellenrieder, 2014
. Publ. Recs.
ECU:
(H14);
SU
*
von Ellenrieder (2014
—
1 paratype ♂
, Baeza-Lago Agrío road,
53 km
NE
Chaco
, ponds (
0.0167
,
-76.3167
),
18 viii 1980
, leg. SWD [FSCA]). Also BRA, PER:
von Ellenrieder (2014)
.
Note: This recently described species is known in
Ecuador
from the one
paratype
specimen which was collected near a vegetated pond (
von Ellenrieder 2014
).
Nephepeltia leonardina
Racenis, 1953
. Publ. Recs.
ECU:
(H06), (P11), (H14);
NA:
*
Tennessen (1996b)
, Daigle (1996),
von Ellenrieder (2014)
,
OR:
von Ellenrieder (2014)
,
SU:
Donnelly (1998)
,
von Ellenrieder (2014)
. Also PER, VEN: (H06), (P16); plus ARG, BOL, BRA, PRY:
von Ellenrieder (2014)
.
Addl. Data.
MS,
Santiago
:
1 ♂
, pond along road between Tayuza and Mendez (
-2.7283
,
-78.2700
,
600m
),
6 xi 1997
, leg. & det. TWD [SWD];
NA
,
Tena
:
1 ♂
, [Puerto
Napo
], [upstream near jct with Río Mulatos] Jatun Yacu, Río
Napo
watershed (-1.05, -77.98,
700m
),
iii 1937
, leg. WCM, det. JJD [FSCA];
2 ♂♂
, same data but
24 ii 1937
[FSCA]; adult,
1 km
S of Tena
,
26–28 v 1977
, leg.
P. Spangler
&
D. Givens
, det.? [USNM];
2 ♂♂
, same data but
8 km
S of Tena
[USNM];
1 ♂
,
J.S.
B.S.
, near
Tena
, large pond (
-1.0500
,
-77.7833
,
450m
), leg.
A. Jaramillo
, det. DRP [DRP];
5 ♂♂
,
Puerto
Napo
,
23 km
E at
J.S.
B.S.
, tropical wet forest (-1.07, -77.60,
450m
),
18 x 1988
, leg. & det. SWD [FSCA, UTIC, SWD];
1 ♀
,
Puerto
Napo
,
5.3 km
E on
Jatun Sacha Road
,
Río Sinde
, swamp and pond approx.
1–2 km
upstream (
-1.0517
,
-77.7544
,
450m
),
15 vi 1995
, leg. & det. KJT [KJT];
1 ♂
, same data but
12 xi 1997
[KJT];
3 ♂♂
, same data but
22 vii 1996
, leg. & det. WFM [FSCA, QZAC, USNM];
2 ♂♂
, same data but
12 xi 1997
[FSCA];
1 ♂
, same data but
12 xi 1997
, leg. & det. TWD [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 [FSCA];
2 ♂♂
, same data but leg. & det. SWD [SWD];
1 ♂
,
Puerto
Napo
, 2nd stream
E of Río Sinde
on
J.S.B.S. Road
,
23 vii 1996
, leg. & det. SWD [SWD];
OR
,
Francisco
de
Orellana
:
3 ♂♂
,
Puerto
Francisco
de
Orellana
,
1.7 km
W on
Loreto
Road
from
Coca-Sachas Road
, stream, pools &,flowing shallow marsh (
-0.4367
,
-77.0017
,
258m
),
13 vi 1995
, leg. & det. WFM [FSCA, LSAM, QZAC];
1 ♂
, same data but leg. & det. KJT [KJT];
4 ♂♂
,
Puerto
Francisco de
Orellana
,
11.8 km
w on
Loreto
Road, large pond (
-0.4742
,
-77.0583
,
285m
),
18 xi 1997
, leg. & det. WFM [FSCA, QZAC, USNM];
1 ♂
, same data but leg. & det. KJT [KJT];
2 ♂♂
,
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 ♂
,
1 ♀
, same data but leg. & det. KJT [KJT];
2 ♂♂
, same data but leg. & det. SWD [SWD];
3 ♂♂
, [Pompeya Sur] S on [Pompeya Sur-Iro road] at km marker 31, borrow pit near
Río Sabaleto
(-0.60, -76.47,
229m
),
17 vii 1996
, leg. & det. WFM [FSCA, QZAC, USNM];
1 ♂
, same data but leg. & det. KJT [KJT];
2 ♂♂
, same data but leg. & det. SWD [UTIC];
1 ♂
, same data but
17 xi 1997
, leg. & det. JJD [JJD];
2 ♂♂
,
1 ♀
, same data but leg. & det. TWD [SWD];
1 ♂
, pond, P.N.Y., km marker 29.5,
17 xi 1997
, leg. & det. KJT [KJT];
2 ♂♂
, swamp pond at km 8,
S of Río
Napo
on
Yasuni
road,
11 vi 1995
, leg. & det. SWD [JJD];
1 ♀
, P.N.Y., swamp (
-0.6508
,
-76.3558
,
200m
),
16 xi 1997
, leg. & det. TWD [SWD];
1 ♂
, P.N.Y.,
2.1 km
E of Yasuni Biological Research
sta., pond and swamp (
-0.6741
,
-76.3685
,
244m
),
15 xi 1997
, leg. & det. WFM [FSCA];
2 ♂♂
, [
La Nueva Esperanza
] [across Río
Napo
from], near Primavera “Limoncocha”,
Río
Napo
&
Lake Taracoa
(-0.45, -76.77,
300m
),
4 xi 1980
, leg. & det. MJW [FSCA];
2 ♂♂
, same data but
26 viii 1980
, leg. & det. SWD [SWD];
SU
,
Shushufindi
:
1 ♂
,
15.7 km
S of Shushufindi on Limoncocha
road, swamp/marsh/pond,
19 vii 1996
, leg. & det. SWD [SWD];
2 ♂♂
,
Limoncocha
,
Río
Napo
(
-0.4000
,
-76.6167
,
269m
),
3–16 vi 1977
, leg.
P. Spangler
& D.
Givens
, det.? [USNM];
1 ♂
, same data but
6–25 xi 1980
, leg. & det. MJW [FSCA];
2 ♂♂
,
1 ♀
, same data but forest edge,
23 vii 1977
, leg. & det. DRP [DRP];
9 ♂♂
, same data but lakeshore,
24–26 vii 1977
, leg. & det. DRP [DRP];
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
, same data but
1 ix 1978
, leg. KWK, det. JJD [FSCA, SWD];
1 ♂
,
La Selva Lodge
;
Lake Mandicocha
and outlet stream (
-0.4983
,
-76.3733
,
200m
),
25 xi 1997
, leg. & det. TWD [SWD];
1 ♂
,
La Selva
, inlet to
Heron Lake
,
14 iv 1992
, leg. E.
Smith
, det. SWD [SWD];
1 ♂
, pond, about
3 km
NW of Shushufindi
(
-0.1822
,
-76.6917
,
265m
),
14 v 2009
, leg. & det. KJT [FSCA];
1 ♂
, same data but
14 x 2009
;
1 ♂
, same data but leg. & det. JTJ [JTJ].
Nephepeltia phryne
(Perty, 1834)
. Publ. Recs.
ECU:
(H06), (P11), (H14);
LR
:
von Ellenrieder (2014)
,
NA
:
von Ellenrieder (2014)
;
OR
: *
Tennessen (1996b)
,
von Ellenrieder & Garrison (2011)
,
von Ellenrieder (2014)
;
SD
:
von Ellenrieder (2014)
;
SU:
von Ellenrieder (2014)
. Also ARG, BRA, CEN, GUF GUY, PER, SUR, TTO, VEN: (H06), (P11); plus COL: (P&P), (P16),
von Ellenrieder (2014)
; and PRY:
von Ellenrieder (2014)
.
Addl. Data.
ES
,
San Lorenzo
:
3 ♂♂
,
11 km
SE San Lorenzo, La Chiquita,
20 viii 1976
, leg. J. Cohen, det.? [USNM];
LR
,
Buena Fé
:
4 ♂♂
,
1 ♀
, [Patricia Pilar], just S at Reserva Palenque [about
47 km
S of Santo Domingo] (-0.66, -79.26,
107m
),
8 x 1988
, leg. & det. SWD [FSCA, SWD];
MS
,
Santiago
:
1 ♂
, pond along road between Sucua and Mendez (
-2.6833
,
-78.2283
,
600m
),
6 xi 1997
, leg. & det. TWD [SWD];
NA, Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola
:
1 ♂
, [Ila], Río Pucauyacu,
22 xi 1934
, leg. WCM, det. D. Borror [FSCA];
1 ♀
, J.S.B.S., Pond #19,
12 xi 1991
, leg. E. McCallie, det.? [USNM];
6 ♂♂
, Puerto
Napo
,
5.3 km
E of Hwy. 45 on J.S.B.S. Road, Río Sinde (
-1.0500
,
-77.7481
,
450m
),
13 vi 1996
, leg. & det. WFM [FSCA, LSAM, QZAC, USNM];
1 ♂
, same data but leg. & det. KJT [KJT];
1 ♂
,
2 ♀♀
, leg. & det. SWD [SWD];
8 ♂♂
, 1 cop. pair, same data but
22 vii 1996
, leg. & det. WFM [FSCA, LSAM, QZAC, USNM];
2 ♂♂
, same data but
12 xi 1997
[FSCA, QZAC];
1 ♂
, same data but leg. & det. TWD [SWD];
1 ♀
, Río Chinchipino, 27+ km E of Puerto
Napo
(
-1.0728
,
-77.5864
,
385m
),
10 x 2009
, leg. & det. JTJ [JTJ];
1 ♂
, same data but
22 vii 1996
, leg. & det. SWD [SWD];
1 ♂
, Puerto
Napo
,
3.2 km
E on J.S.B.S. Road, sloughs,
23 vii 1996
, leg. & det. SWD [SWD];
1 ♂
, Puerto
Napo
, 2
nd
stream E of Río Sinde on J.S.B.S. Road,
23 vii 1996
, leg. & det. SWD [SWD];
OR
,
Francisco
de
Orellana
:
trib. of
Río Payamino
, road to
Loreto
,
1.7 km
W of jct. with
Coca
Road
(
-0.4367
,
-77.0017
,
258m
),
13 vi 1995
, leg. & det. KJT [KJT];
1 ♂
, same data but leg. & det. WFM [FSCA];
22 ♂♂
, same data but leg. & det. SWD [SWD];
1 ♂
, [
La Nueva Esperanza
] [across Río
Napo
from], near Primavera “Limoncocha”,
Río
Napo
&
Lake Taracoa
(-0.45, -76.77,
300m
),
27 vii 1977
, leg. DRP & S.
Hills
, det. DRP [DRP];
8 ♂♂
, same data but
26 viii 1980
, leg. & det. SWD [UTIC, SWD];
7 ♂♂
, same data but
4–8 xi 1980
, leg. & det. MJW [FSCA];
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
, [Pompeya Sur] S on [Pompeya Sur-Iro road] at km marker 31, borrow pit near
Río Sabaleto
(
-0.6569
,
-76.4528
,
216m
),
17 vii 1996
, leg. & det. WFM [FSCA, QZAC];
2 ♂♂
, P.N.Y., swamp (
- 0.6508
,
-76.3558
,
200m
),
16 xi 1997
, leg. & det. KJT [KJT];
4 ♂♂
, P.N.Y.,
2.1 km
E of Yasuni Biological Research Station
, pond and swamp (
-0.6741
,
-76.3685
,
244m
),
15–16 xi 1997
, leg. & det. WFM [FSCA, QZAC, USNM];
2 ♂♂
,
1 ♀
, stream
2.3 km
E of
Yasuni Sci. Res. Sta.
,
9 vi 1995
, leg. & det. KJT [KJT];
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
, same data but leg. & det. SWD [SWD];
SU,
Lago Agrio
:
adults,
2 km
. N of
Lago Agrio
,
27 vii 1975
, A.
Langley
, det.? [USNM];
2 ♂♂
,
17 km
S of Lago Agrio
, swamp,
19 viii 1980
, leg. & det. SWD [SWD];
Shushufindi
:
2 ♂♂
,
1 ♀
,
Limoncocha
,
Río
Napo
(
-0.4000
,
-76.6167
,
269m
),
23 viii 1980
, leg. & det. SWD [KJT, SWD];
7 ♂♂
,
2 ♀♀
, same data but
14 xi 1980
, leg. & det. MJW [FSCA];
1 ♂
, same data but lakeshore,
26 vii 1977
, leg. DRP & S.
Hills
, det. DRP [DRP];
1 ♂
,
La Selva
,
Garzacocha
,
12 x 1988
, leg. & det. SWD [SWD].