Fylgia Kirby, 1889

Mauffray, William F. & Tennessen, Kenneth J., 2019, A Catalogue and Historical Study of the Odonata of Ecuador, Zootaxa 4628 (1), pp. 1-265 : 168-169

Fylgia Kirby, 1889

A monotypic genus ( Kirby 1889; De Marmels 1989). Very small dragonfly with white eyes, black thorax and red abdomen ( Fig. 96 ), found in shaded pools with leaf litter on bottom.

Fylgia amazonica Kirby, 1889 . Publ. Recs. ECU: (H06), (P11), (H14); NA: * Tennessen (1998); OR: * Tennessen (1998), von Ellenrieder & Garrison (2011). Also BRA, GUF, GUY, PER, SUR, VEN: (H06), (P11); plus COL: (P16).

Addl. Data. NA, Tena,: 3 ♂♂, oxbow pool, Río Chinchipino, 27.7 km E of Puerto Napo (-1.0728, -77.5864, 385m), 13 xi 1997, leg. & det. KJT [KJT]; 1 ♂, J.S.B.S., zona encharcada camiño Napo (-1.0652, -77.6196, 404m), 2 xi 2014, leg. & det. ACRP (pers. comm., ACRP); OR, Francisco de Orellana: 1 ♂, forest swamp, P.N.Y. (- 0.6508, -76.3558, 200m), 15 xi 1997, leg. & det. KJT [KJT]; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, same data but 16 xi 1997 [KJT]; 3 ♂♂, same data but leg. & det. TWD [SWD]; SU, Shushufindi : 1 ♂, [Limoncocha] [about 40 km E] or 100 km E of Coca [on Río Napo], Lago Garzacocha, La Selva Jungle Lodge (-0.4819, -76.3733, 235m), 12 x 1988, leg. & det. SWD [SWD].

Gynothemis Calvert in Ris, 1909

Two species of this small genus of small dragonflies ( Fig. 97 ) are found in Ecuador, one of which we have not identified yet. Some of the species now included in this genus had been placed in Macrothemis. The habitat is small forested pools containing leaf litter (Fleck 2004).

* Gynothemis pumila ( Karsch, 1890) . Publ. Recs. ECU: (H14). Also BRA, COL, GUF, GUY, PER, TTO, VEN: (H06), (P11); plus SUR: (P16).

Addl. Data. NA, Tena: 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, Puerto Napo, 23 km E, J.S.B.S., tropical wet forest 18 x 1988, leg. & det. SWD [FSCA]; 1 ♀, same data but 16 x 1988; SU, Shushufindi : 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, stream about 3 km SW of Shushufindi (-0.2136, -76.6786), 13 x 2009, leg. & det. KJT [KJT]; 2 ♀♀, trails, small streams 3 km W of Shushufindi, 2+ km N off Hwy. 26 at km marker 17 (-0.1664, -76.6917, 290m), 13 x 2009, leg. & det. JTJ [JTJ]; same data but 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 28 x 2013, leg. & det. CDK [FSCA].

Gynothemis sp. unresolved: OR, Loreto: 1 ♀, forest about 12 km NE of Loreto (-0,6217, -77.2600, 365m), 12 x 2009, leg. & det. KJT [KJT].

Figures

FIGURE 96. Fylgia amazonica ♂, FRENCH GUIANA, Cayenne district, Montsinéry-Tonnegrande, 25 xii 2012; photo D. Gaschignard.

FIGURE 97. Gynothemis pumila ♂, PERU, Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve, light gap in primary forest, 27 ii 2010; photo T. Faasen.