Diastatops Rambur, 1842

Mauffray, William F. & Tennessen, Kenneth J., 2019, A Catalogue and Historical Study of the Odonata of Ecuador, Zootaxa 4628 (1), pp. 1-265 : 154

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One of the eight species has been found in Ecuador. For identification, refer to Montgomery (1940). The adults are very distinctive, with black wings that usually have red or yellowish veins at the base ( Fig. 90 View FIGURE 90 ). Habitat includes ponds and marshes.

Diastatops pullata ( Burmeister, 1839) . Publ. Recs. ECU: (H06), (P11), (H14), Bota-Sierra et al. (2015); OR: * Dunkle (1981); SU: ( Donnelly 1998). Also ARG, BOL BRA, GUF, GUY, PER, SUR, VEN: (H06), (P11); plus PRY: (P11); and COL: (P16).

Addl. Data. OR, Francisco de Orellana: 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Anangu, SE across Río Napo from Providencia Lago Anangu “on Río Napo ” (-0.5213, -76.4361, 300m), 9 v 1975 GoogleMaps , leg. T. Emmel, det.? [ FSCA]: 1 ♂, same data but GoogleMaps leg. B. Drummond III, det.? [ FSCA]; 1 ♂, [La Nueva Esperanza] [across Río Napo from] near Primavera “Limonco- cha”, Río Napo & Lake Taracoa (-0.45, -76.77, 300m), 4 xi 1980 , leg. B. Drummond III, det.? [ FSCA]: 1 ♂, same data but leg. & det. MJW [ FSCA]; 14 ♂♂, 1 ♀, same data but 27 vii 1977, leg. DRP & S. Hills, det. DRP [ DRP, RWG]; 1 ♂, same but 26 viii 1978, leg. & det. KWK [ SWD]; 2 ♂♂, same data but 26 viii 1980, leg. & det. SWD [ SWD]; SU, Shushufindi : 2 ♂♂, La Selva Lodge, L. Mandicocha and outlet stream (-0.4983, -76.3733, 200m), 25 xi 1997, leg. & det. TWD [ SWD] GoogleMaps .

References

Bota-Sierra, C. A., Moreno-Arias, C. & Faasen, T. (2015) Preliminary list of Odonata from the Colombian Amazon, with descriptions of Inpabasis nigridorsum sp. nov. & Diaphlebia richteri sp. nov. (Coenagrionidae & Gomphidae). International Journal of Odonatology, 18 (3), 249 - 268. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 13887890.2015.1081637

Burmeister, H. (1839) Neuroptera. In: Handbuch der Entomologie. 2 (2). T. C. F. Enslin, Berlin, pp. 757 - 1050.

Donnelly, T. W. (1998) Ecuador epilogue: a trip to La Selva. Argia, 9 (4), 15 - 16.

Dunkle, S. W. (1981) Dunkle and Knopf Blitz Ecuador and Colombia. Selysia, 10 (1), 5 - 6.

Montgomery, B. E. (1940) A revision of the genus Diastatops (Libellulidae, Odonata) and a study of the leg characters of related genera. Lloydia, 3 (4), 213 - 280.

Rambur, J. P. (1842) Histoire Naturelle des Insectes: Neuropteres. Libraire Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris, 534 pp.