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 3e77e5cf-7e8a-490d-a5f7-c571b90aea57 1175-5326 3335707 E4C2F52F-9A1A-4C55-B03B-C87B2B4C4676 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.