Neoerythromma Kennedy, 1920

Mauffray, William F. & Tennessen, Kenneth J., 2019, A Catalogue and Historical Study of the Odonata of Ecuador, Zootaxa 4628 (1), pp. 1-265 : 54

Neoerythromma Kennedy, 1920

Of the two species in this genus, one occurs in Ecuador. The bright yellow face is distinctive; the thorax is blue on the sides with black stripes and the abdomen is mostly black with the tip blue ( Fig. 25 ). Habitat consists of small, clear, open lakes and ponds with floating vegetation. See Williamson & Williamson (1930b) and González-Soriano et al. (2004) for identification.

* Neoerythromma cultellatum (Hagen in Selys, 1876) . Publ. Recs. CEN, VEN: (H08), (P11), (H14). plus COL: (P&P).

Addl. Data. MN, Bolivar: 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, 4 km W Calceta, lake margin, 20 x 1978, leg. J. Anderson, det.? [USNM]; El Carmen: 2 ♂♂, borrow pit lake, 18 km NW of El Carmen (-0.1350, -79.5797, 185m), 2 iii 2010, leg. & det. JJD [JJD]; 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀, same data but leg. & det. JTJ [JTJ]; 7 ♂♂, 4 cop. pairs, same data but leg. & det. KJT [FSCA, KJT]; Sucre: 1 ♀, 39 km E Bahia de Caraquez, 9 v 1975, leg. P. Spangler, det.? [USNM].

Figures

FIGURE 25. Neoerythromma cultellatum ♂, UNITED STATES, Florida, Dade County, Miami, Tropical Park, 28 i 2012; photo K. J. Tennessen.