Archaeogomphus Williamson, 1919

Mauffray, William F. & Tennessen, Kenneth J., 2019, A Catalogue and Historical Study of the Odonata of Ecuador, Zootaxa 4628 (1), pp. 1-265 : 133

Archaeogomphus Williamson, 1919

Small brownish gomphids ( Fig. 71 ) rarely seen at water. Nymphs have been collected in Ecuador and one ♂ was reared but the species has not been identified. The unusual nymphs bury themselves in the shallow edges of small, sandy forest streams.

Archaeogomphus unresolved: NA, Tena: 1 ♂, reared, Río Sinde, E of Puerto Napo, 12 xi 1997, leg. & det. KJT [KJT].

Figures

FIGURE 71. Archaeogomphus infans ♂, BRAZIL, Río de Janeiro State, Reserva Ecologica de Guapiacu (REGUA), path on the edge of the forest near an open-air stream, 4 i 2015; photo B. Guillon.