Untangling the waterfall damsels: a review of the Mesoamerican genus Paraphlebia Selys in Hagen, 1861 (Odonata: Thaumatoneuridae) with descriptions of 11 new species Author Ortega-Salas, Héctor 0000-0002-5373-4839 hector.ortegasalas@naturalis.nl Author González-Soriano, Enrique 0000-0002-4798-7274 esoriano@ib.unam.mx Author Jocque, Merlijn 0000-0002-7196-7476 merlijn.jocque@binco.eu text Zootaxa 2022 2022-01-11 5089 1 1 66 journal article 53857 10.11646/zootaxa.5089.1.1 67fbf2b0-b944-485d-90b5-976914d338ad 1175-5326 5836060 E12F2B20-A84A-48E2-9C77-B281F1BFC62E Paraphlebia chiarae Ortega-Salas sp. nov. Figs. 4 (head ♂ Bw), 16 (thorax ♂ Bw), 39 (wings ♂ Bw), 65, 94 (appendages ♂ Bw), 102, 109 (posterior lobe of prothorax ♂ Bw), 149 (map). urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 5D457369-8A38-4D3C-BB02-1EC4AFDA5D93 Holotype . MEXICO • 1 ♂ ; Chiapas , Arriaga , Stream 9.5 mi. NE Arriaga ; [ 16.330°N , 93.880°W ]; 550 m ; 24 Jul 1965 ; D. R. & M. L. Paulson leg.; TWD ; IBUNAM :CNIN:OD22911. Etymology . Named chiarae /ˈkjɑʀe/ (L. noun genitive), after Chiara Raieli, who proved herself invaluable, both on the field as in the daily life, as partner, friend, and fieldwork assistant of HOS. Description of holotype Head . Chiefly black, labrum dark glossy blue, vertex with pale spots anterolateral to lateral ocelli at lateral edges, occiput with complete pale occipital bar, eyes dark brown to black; antennae scape pale on the half laterad and on the distal margin, pedicel and flagellum dark brown. Thorax . Prothorax: chiefly black, anterior lobe pale; see Figs. 103 , 109 for morphology. Pterothorax: chiefly black with diffuse green metallic reflections over dark colouration on mesepisternum and mesepimeron; see Fig. 16 for colour pattern; sternum pale; legs pale but femora black on distal joint and brown on extensor surfaces; tibiae brown on extensor surfaces; tarsi brown; claws reddish. Wings . Black tip covering one-fifth of wing length, thus covering pterostigma; FW with one post-quadrangular cell, the vein that descends from the subnodus at the first Vx; HW field between CuA and posterior margin forked and with one supplementary vein, CuA in HW not forked, with one supplementary sector. Px: FW 44/45, HW 36/36. Abdomen . Chiefly black. S2 with pale ventrolateral horizontal lines; S7 with pale basolateral spots. Caudal appendages . Cerci: see Fig. 65 for morphology. Paraprocts: superior lobe rudimentary, distinguished only by a transverse groove; inferior lobe in lateral view with an acute projection. Measurements. Abdomen: 38, FW: 36.3, HW: 44.6. Description of female. Female unknown. Diagnosis . Paraphlebia chiarae is most similar to P. kukulkan , P. zoe , and P. akan and is diagnosed under the latter. Natural history . Collected at a stream in remnants of mountain cloud forest. Distribution . Southeast Mexico : it is only known from the type locality in SW Chiapas ca. 15 km north of Arriaga at 550 m . a.s.l.