Oreiallagma gen. nov. with a redefinition of Cyanallagma Kennedy 1920 and Mesamphiagrion Kennedy 1920, and the description of M. dunklei sp. nov. and M. ecuatoriale sp. nov. from Ecuador (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)
Author
Ellenrieder, Natalia Von
Author
Garrison, Rosser W.
text
Zootaxa
2008
1805
1
51
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.182666
d1698b4a-ec6b-4a5f-96cf-956535545e85
1175-5326
182666
Oreiallagma prothoracicum
(
Kimmins 1945
)
comb. nov.
Figures 8
b; 25; 53; 87; 92; 104
Telagrion prothoracicum
Kimmins 1945
: 187
–189, figs. 1A–C (description of male, illustration of S10, and posterior lobe of prothorax).
St.
Quentin 1960
: 48 (in key for males).
Kimmins 1970
: 190 (
type
catalog BMNH).
Leptagrion prothoracicum
Santos 1965
: 9
(transfer to
Leptagrion
).
Davies & Tobin 1984
: 82 (synonymic list).
Garrison 1991
: 13 (synonymic list).
Bridges 1994
: VII.191 (synonymic list).
Steinmann 1997
: 310 (synonymic list).
Tsuda 2000
: 38 (synonymic list).
Costa & Garrison 2001
: 384 (mention).
Types
:
ɗ
holotype
in BMNH (examined) with following data: "Intaj [Imbabura Prov.]
/
Ecuador
[in ink]"; 3 ɗ
paratypes
in BMNH (examined).
Characterization.
Medial lobe of posterior lobe of prothorax heart-shaped, markedly constricted at base, with moderate medial concavity on posterior margin, and each lateral lobe bilobate (
Fig. 25
; as in
O. thelkterion
). Distal segment of genital ligula (
Fig. 53
) approximately as wide at apex as at base, with a pair of lateroapical lobes each of which are not recurved and are directed distally (unique), a pair of small accessory lateromedial lobes (as in
O. quadricolor
), and one ental sclerotized transverse fold (unique,
Fig. 53
c; one non-sclerotized fold in
O. oreas
,
Fig. 52
c). Dorsal process of male cercus shorter than ventral process, approximately triangular and directed postero-dorsally in lateral view (unique;
Figs. 87
; 92). Dorsum of S1 orange yellow; of S2–5 orange yellow with posterior black margin; of S6 brown; of S7 black; of S8 blue with lateral black longitudinal stripe on anterior 2/3; of S9 blue; of S10 black. Female unknown.
Diagnosis.
This species, the largest of the genus, is unique by cercus morphology: the dorsal process is small, acute, and apical (
Figs. 87
; 92); in
O. quadricolor
the dorsal process is also short and acute, but it is sub-apical (
Figs. 88
a; 93). The short latero-apical lobe of distal segment of genital ligula (
Fig. 53
b) is shared only with
O. oreas
(
Fig. 52
b), but in the latter species there is a pair of contiguous latero-apical lobes on each side (
Fig. 52
a). Medial lobe of posterior lobe of prothorax is constricted basally and each lateral lobe is bilobate (
Fig. 25
);
O. thelkterion
(
Fig. 29
) is the only other species with bilobate lateral lobes, but its medial lobe is broader than in
O. prothoracicum
.
Biology.
Unknown; see remarks under generic account.
Distribution.
Ecuador
(Imbabura province), at
2000 m
above sea level (
Fig. 104
).