Polythore vexilla sp. nov. from southwestern Ecuador (Odonata: Polythoridae) Author Tennessen, Kenneth J. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-03-15 5424 4 467 475 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5424.4.5 journal article 290879 10.11646/zootaxa.5424.4.5 76323584-bba3-4917-9620-c1d845aa4b2d 1175-5326 10821519 9B43FDE8-B5F2-476F-9E9B-AF1C20B29926 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.