Polythore vexilla sp. nov. from southwestern Ecuador (Odonata: Polythoridae)
Author
Tennessen, Kenneth J.
text
Zootaxa
2024
2024-03-15
5424
4
467
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5424.4.5
journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.5424.4.5
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Polythore vexilla
,
sp. nov.
Figs. 1–7
Etymology. From
vexillum
, Latin noun for “banner,” in reference to the distinctive central dark band in the wings.
Holotype
♂
,
allotype
♀
(acetoned):
ECUADOR
,
Azuay Province
, small stream, tributary of Río Pijilí, about
4.1 km
SE of Victoria, -2.940°, -79.5625°; approximate elev.
730 m
,
11-IV-2008
, K.J. Tennessen leg; deposited in FSCA;
paratype
♀
, same data but J.T. Johnson leg, in Collection of J.T. Johnson.
A medium-sized species of
Polythore
, color pattern of body typical of the genus but wings with a wide isolated black band between nodus and pterostigma.