A revision of Lestidae Calvert, 1901 (Odonata: Zygoptera) from Colombia, with the first record of Lestes dichrostigma Calvert, 1909
Author
Mendoza-Penagos, Cristian Camilo
Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação-LABECO, Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Rua Augusto Correia, No. 1 Bairro Guamá, CEP 66.075 - 110 Belém, Pará, Brazil & Laboratorio de Zoología y Ecología Acuática-LAZOEA, Departamentos de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá 111711, Colombia
Author
Pérez-Gutiérrez, León A.
Laboratório de Sistemática de Insetos Aquáticos-LABSIA, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Jardim das Américas, Curitiba, Brasi
talysker@gmail.com
Author
Muzón, Javier
Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação-LABECO, Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Rua Augusto Correia, No. 1 Bairro Guamá, CEP 66.075 - 110 Belém, Pará, Brazil & Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação-LABECO, Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Rua Augusto Correia, No. 1 Bairro Guamá, CEP 66.075 - 110 Belém, Pará, Brazil
jmuzon@gmail.com
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Zootaxa
2024
2024-02-21
5415
2
201
240
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5415.2.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5415.2.1
1175-5326
10692884
859C14F9-FC21-4076-A212-3B4B6E35E8B7
Lestes henshawi
Calvert, 1907
Remarks:
This species has an intricate taxonomic history. It was described by Calvert (1907), based on
two males
from separate localities: San Juan,
Costa Rica
(
type
locality) and
Santa Fé
de
Bogotá
,
Colombia
.
Ris (1918)
reported a second record in
Colombia
from Pandi,
Cundinamarca
.
Navás (1934)
emphasized the similarity in cerci morphology between his new species
L. apollinaris
and
L. henshawi
.
Kennedy (1942)
proposed
L. apollinaris
as a synonym of
L. henshawi
, extending its distribution to
Ecuador
, and provided a comprehensive redescription of the male and the first description of the female.
Rácenis (1958)
and later,
De Marmels (1988)
, extended its distribution into the northeastern Andes from
Venezuela
.
Donnelly (1996)
, by comparison of material from distinct localities along their known distribution, revised the status of both species in detail. Finding differences in coloration patterns, as well as in morphology of cerci and male posterior lobe of prothorax, he concluded that both are valid species. Therefore, the distribution of
L. henshawi
is now restricted to
Costa Rica
, while
L. apollinaris
is found throughout the Andes, from northern
Peru
to
Venezuela
.
In
Colombia
,
Urrutia (2005)
reported
L. henshawi
for
Valle del Cauca Department
.
Pérez-Gutiérrez & Palacino-Rodriguez (2011)
, based on this record, included it in the checklist of
Odonata
from
Colombia
. During the visit to MUSENUV, CCMP examined the material identified as
L. henshawi
and reidentified it as
L. apollinaris
. Based on this result, we exclude this species from
Colombia
.