A Catalogue and Historical Study of the Odonata of Ecuador
Author
Mauffray, William F.
Author
Tennessen, Kenneth J.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-07-03
4628
1
1
265
journal article
26210
10.11646/zootaxa.4628.1.1
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PLATYSTICTIDAE Laidlaw, 1924
Platystictidae
contains one species-rich genus in the New World. Adults remain perched with wings usually together in deep shade for most of the daylight hours, their flight activity apparently limited to very early morning. They require small forested streams in which to complete their life cycle.