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Affinities of
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD0FFCFE63202FAFD85F969" bold="true" box="[305,613,1734,1760]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="64">Cordulegaster sarracenia</emphasis>
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with other species
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Among the New World
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,
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD0FFCFE57B0332FCF3F8AC" box="[632,787,1806,1829]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="64">C. sarracenia</emphasis>
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appears to be most closely related to
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD0FFCFE3C70332FAF3F8AC" box="[1220,1299,1806,1829]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="64">C. sayi</emphasis>
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, though the two species differ in both thoracic and abdominal color pattern.
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD0FFCFE468030EFBE5F8C0" box="[875,1029,1842,1865]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="64">C. sarracenia</emphasis>
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fits well in the
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD0FFCFE3B4030EFAADF8C0" box="[1207,1357,1841,1865]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="64">C. diastatops</emphasis>
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group, sharing a unique combination of characters including: male epiproct beyond S10 wider than long, male cerci separated basally by more than
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basal width of cerci, male cerci inflated beyond ventral spine, compound eyes distinctly separated dorsally, posterior surface of eyes tumid, and vulvar lamina extending approximately 1/2 its length beyond cerci.
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Lateral (left) and dorsal (right) views of the cerci and epiproct for members of the
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD1FFCEE3990398FAC0F830" box="[1178,1312,1955,1977]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="65">C. diastatops</emphasis>
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group.
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.
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD1FFCEE79403FBFEEEF855" box="[151,270,1990,2012]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="65">C. bilineata</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD1FFCEE65903FBFE00F855" box="[346,480,1990,2012]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="65">C. diastatops</emphasis>
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.
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<taxonomicName id="3C9B1E92FFD1FFCEE53403FBFD9DF855" box="[567,637,1991,2012]" class="Insecta" family="Cordulegastridae" genus="Cordulegaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="5" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sayi">
<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD1FFCEE53403FBFD9DF855" box="[567,637,1991,2012]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="65">C. sayi</emphasis>
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.
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<taxonomicName id="3C9B1E92FFD1FFCEE5D503FBFCD8F855" box="[726,824,1990,2012]" class="Insecta" family="Cordulegastridae" genus="Cordulegaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="5" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="talaria">
<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD1FFCEE5D503FBFCD8F855" box="[726,824,1990,2012]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="65">C. talaria</emphasis>
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.
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<bibRefCitation id="9F0A18E0FFD2FFCDE7C604ABFE61FF26" author="Lohmann" box="[197,385,151,175]" pageId="6" pageNumber="66" refString="Lohmann, H. (1992) Revision der Cordulegastridae. 1. (Odonata: Anisoptera). Opuscula Fluminea Zoologicae, 96, 1 - 18." type="journal article" year="1992">Lohmann (1992)</bibRefCitation>
erected the genus
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for
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD2FFCDE40404A4FCB4FF39" box="[775,852,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">C. sayi</emphasis>
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and differentiated it from
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD2FFCDE37804A5FB39FF39" box="[1147,1241,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">Zoraena</emphasis>
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using eight characters (
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).
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD2FFCDE6550487FD99FF5A" box="[342,633,187,211]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">Cordulegaster sarracenia</emphasis>
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shares a combination of characters with both these genera, which provides support for the collapse of
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into
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<taxonomicName id="3C9B1E92FFD2FFCDE5E504E3FCA9FF7F" box="[742,841,223,246]" class="Insecta" family="Cordulegastridae" genus="Zoraena" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="6" pageNumber="66" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Zoraena</taxonomicName>
.
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While the characters distinguishing
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seem consistent, I have followed the general convention in North
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and not recognized its generic status.
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD2FFCDE7940574FEE5FED4" bold="true" box="[151,261,328,349]" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
Summary of characters used by Lohman (1992) to differentiate between the genera
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and
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. The character states possessed by
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD2FFCDE6C1055BFD28FEF4" box="[450,712,359,381]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">Cordulegaster sarracenia</emphasis>
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are indicated by gray.
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<taxonomicName id="3C9B1E92FFD2FFCDE45805A5FB18FE27" authority="Archegaster" authorityName="Archegaster" box="[859,1272,408,430]" class="Insecta" family="Cordulegastridae" genus="Zoraena" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="6" pageNumber="66" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD2FFCDE45805A5FB18FE27" box="[859,1272,408,430]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">Zoraena Archegaster</emphasis>
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# of pairs of spots dorsally on abdomen 1 2
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margin of Hw with attenuation at R4 yes no
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<paragraph id="FB246511FFD2FFCDE79C062AFB79FDF6" blockId="6.[151,1435,328,763]" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">Position of mouthparts prognathic orthognathic Occiput shape triangular trapezoidal Width of compound eyes/width of frons edge&gt;2 &lt;2</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FB246511FFD2FFCDE79C06AEFB7EFD21" blockId="6.[151,1435,328,763]" box="[159,1182,658,680]" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">Distance of ventromedial spine between basal spine and cercus tip 1/22/5 1/4</paragraph>
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illustrate the differences in the cerci and epiproct within the
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group.
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD2FFCDE3F80703FF24FCF3" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">Cordulegaster sayi</emphasis>
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(
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) and
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD2FFCDE697075FFDCEFCF3" box="[404,558,867,890]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">C. sarracenia</emphasis>
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(
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) stand out in this group as having longer, narrower cerci with a slipper-shaped upturn at their tip when viewed laterally. In
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD2FFCDE41207BAFC4CFC14" box="[785,940,902,925]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">C. sarracenia</emphasis>
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, the epiproct does not extend to the medial dilation of the cerci in dorsal view. In dorsal view, the ratio of the length of the cerci (taken at their longest point) to the length of the epiproct at its middle is greater than 1.8 for
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD2FFCDE45507F0FC3CFC6D" box="[854,988,972,996]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">C. bilienata</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD2FFCDE4EF07F0FB61FC6D" box="[1004,1153,972,996]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">C. diastatops</emphasis>
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, and
<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD2FFCDE3C107F0FAD8FC6D" box="[1218,1336,972,996]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">
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,
</emphasis>
and less than 1.8 for
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD2FFCDE62607CCFE94FB8E" box="[293,372,1008,1031]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">C. sayi</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD2FFCDE6AC07CCFDAAFB8E" box="[431,586,1008,1031]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">C. sarracenia</emphasis>
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. It should be noted that Frasers (1929) illustrations of the
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of
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD2FFCDE28107CCFF24FBA3" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">C. sayi</emphasis>
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in the British Museum look different from more current illustrations in later works, with the cerci appearing much shorter and wider, especially towards the apex in lateral view.
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compared four characters for the
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD2FFCDE4180064FC6EFBF9" box="[795,910,1112,1136]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">diastatops</emphasis>
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group. Using his data, we included measurements for the same characters for the two male
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD2FFCDE5B40040FCB2FB1D" box="[695,850,1148,1172]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">C. sarracenia</emphasis>
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(
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). The average distance between the cercal spines,
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, fell within the range found for
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD2FFCDE5BF009CFCA0FB3E" box="[700,832,1183,1207]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">C. bilineata</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD2FFCDE47B009CFBEDFB3E" box="[888,1037,1183,1207]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">C. diastatops</emphasis>
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but was larger than that for
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD2FFCDE24E009CFA7CFB3E" box="[1357,1436,1184,1207]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">C. sayi</emphasis>
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and smaller than for
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD2FFCDE67C00FFFE0CFB53" box="[383,492,1218,1242]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">C. talaria</emphasis>
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. The average distal width of the epiproct,
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, was essentially the same as that of
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD2FFCDE7B600DAFEC3FB74" box="[181,291,1253,1277]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">C. talaria</emphasis>
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and within the range found for the other three species.
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Pilgrim
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(2002)
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found a significant difference between
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD2FFCDE63A0135FE20FAA9" box="[313,448,1288,1312]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">C. bilineata</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD2FFCDE6F90135FD6FFAA9" box="[506,655,1288,1312]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">C. diastatops</emphasis>
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in the ratio of the epiproct distal width and cercus length; however, Tennessens (2004) analysis showed a significant difference only between
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD2FFCDE4EF0111FBBBFACD" box="[1004,1115,1324,1348]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">C. talaria</emphasis>
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and the other three species. For
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD2FFCDE7C7016CFEBEFAEE" box="[196,350,1360,1383]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">C. sarracenia</emphasis>
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this average ratio, 1.1, was the same as for
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD2FFCDE445016CFC52FAEE" box="[838,946,1359,1383]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">C. talaria</emphasis>
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. The mean width of the metepimeral stripe,
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, was less than that of the four other species, but within the range of
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD2FFCDE4F4014FFB9AFA03" box="[1015,1146,1394,1418]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">C. bilineata</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD2FFCDE3B2014FFB1FFA03" box="[1201,1279,1395,1418]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">C. sayi</emphasis>
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.
</paragraph>
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The paraprocts are enlarged and distinct in male
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD2FFCDE5ED01AAFC6DFA27" box="[750,909,1430,1454]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">Cordulegaster</emphasis>
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. Examination of these structures ventrally initially indicated promise for interspecific differences, but interspecific variation renders this character unreliable.
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Key to New World
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD2FFCDE6780225FDFEF9BB" bold="true" box="[379,542,1561,1586]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">Cordulegaster</emphasis>
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adults
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(adapted from
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Needham
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2000
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)
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1. Occiput raised well above eyes and forming a conical protuberance; S37 with middorsal spear-shaped spots........
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<keyLead id="406AC624FFD2FFCDE79402A7FA7CF939" box="[151,1436,1691,1712]" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">2(1). Eyes separated dorsally; female ovipositor projecting beyond tip of S10 for 1/3 or less its length....................... 3</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="406AC624FFD2FFCDE7940285FA7CF947" box="[151,1436,1721,1742]" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">2. Eyes touching at one point; female ovipositor extending beyond tip of S10 for at least 1/2 its length.................... 7</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="406AC624FFD2FFCDE79402EAFA7CF881" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">3(2). S28 with bands of yellow that may be interrupted by brown middorsal carina; mes- and metepimeral thoracic stripes dis- tinctly paler than dorsal thoracic stripes.................................................................... 4</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="406AC624FFD2FFCDE794032DFA7CF8AF" box="[151,1436,1809,1830]" pageId="6" pageNumber="66">3. S28 with paired elongated spots or stripes; lateral thoracic stripes same color as dorsal thoracic stripes................. 5</keyLead>
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4(3). Ventromedial spine of male cercus at 1/4 length from base; S28 with bands continuous middorsally; metepisternum with dis- tinct reddish or purplish stripe..........................................................................
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females or if only slightly convex, then small rounded yellow spot on S4 and metepimeral stripe &lt;
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6(5). Anteclypeus and ventral margin of postclypeus uniformly dark brown or black; legs dark, often black; apical width of male epiproct approximately 1.3 times length of cerci......................................................
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6. Anteclypeus light brown and ventral margin of postclypeus largely yellow; legs brown; apical width of male epiproct about equal to length of cerci...........................................................................
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8(7). Entire postfrons distinctly darker than antefrons; forewing with 3 cubito-anal crossveins......................
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9(7). Postfrons brown.................................................................................
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10(9). S89 with yellow bands interrupted middorsally by more than width of middorsal carina; rear of head largely brown or black; forewing with 34, rarely 2, cubito-anal crossveins......................................................
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10. S89 with yellow bands not interrupted middorsally, or if so by no more than width of middorsal carina; rear of head yellow; forewing with 2 cubito-anal crossveins...............................................................
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Summary of four morphological characters for the
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Cercus spine gap
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77 0.64 0.520.73
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32 0.65 0.540.71
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40 0.46 0.360.52
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8 0.56 0.460.62
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19 0.83 0.770.89
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Epiproct width
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77 1.76 1.571.99
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32 2.05 1.772.24
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40 1.93 1.772.14
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8 1.80 1.701.96
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19 1.81 1.691.91
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Epiproct width/cercus length
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32 1.23 1.121.40
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40 0.98 0.891.11
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8 1.11 0.991.23
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19 1.10 1.021.16
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Metepimeral stripe width
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD3FFCCE52601A6FD7DFA26" box="[549,669,1433,1455]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="67">C. bilineata</emphasis>
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77 1.06 0.821.31
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD3FFCCE52601FFFD4BFA51" box="[549,683,1474,1496]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="67">C. diastatops</emphasis>
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32 1.52 1.271.80
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD3FFCCE52601D0FD8CF98B" box="[549,620,1516,1538]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="67">C. sayi</emphasis>
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40 1.05 0.901.23
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD3FFCCE526022AFD51F9A2" box="[549,689,1558,1579]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="67">C. sarracenia</emphasis>
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8 0.96 0.851.10
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19 1.59 1.441.68
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD3FFCCE7C602A5FE5AF93B" bold="true" box="[197,442,1689,1714]" pageId="7" pageNumber="67">Habitat and biology.</emphasis>
The recent discovery of this species resulted in a period of little more than one week of fieldwork in 2010 and three weeks in 2011 before its flight season was over. Its known flight season (based on photos and specimens) is
<date id="8F2543D1FFD3FFCCE68C02E3FD9BF97E" box="[399,635,1759,1783]" pageId="7" pageNumber="67">15 March 29 April</date>
. All individuals observed to date were associated with bogs supporting the pitcher plant
<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD3FFCCE6630338FDC8F892" box="[352,552,1795,1819]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="67">
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alata.
</emphasis>
All of these bogs have small, spring-fed seeps running through them. This restricted habitat, along with the discovery of this species only recently, suggests its preference for these bogs as a breeding habitat.
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states that members of the
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFD3FFCCE4200376FC57F8E8" box="[803,951,1865,1889]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="67">C. diastatops</emphasis>
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group are typically found near spring runs and small streams. His observations of the behavior of the group, including males perching obliquely at ca. 45° on sunlit stems approximately
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above ground, are also consistent with observations for this species. Other species of North American
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are typically found patrolling closer to the water at distances less than
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.
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Males and females have been observed flying along ridge tops some distance from water. Oviposition has not been observed in
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFDCFFC3E65D0480FE19FF5A" box="[350,505,188,211]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="68">C. sarracenia</emphasis>
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, but members of the
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFDCFFC3E5EF0480FC60FF5A" box="[748,896,187,211]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="68">C. diastatops</emphasis>
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group are known to hover with the body at 60° from the water surface between thrusts of the ovipositor (
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).
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Nymphs of various instars and one exuviae were collected in 2011. They are largely found in hillside seepages.
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFDCFFC3E7940519FE96FEB4" box="[151,374,293,317]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="68">Tachopteryx thoreyi</emphasis>
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nymphs were collected alongside them at one location.
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<subSubSection id="B381369AFFDCFFC3E7C4057BFBBDFD15" pageId="8" pageNumber="68" type="distribution">
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFDCFFC3E7C4057BFD73FEE9" bold="true" box="[199,659,327,352]" pageId="8" pageNumber="68">Distribution and Conservation Status.</emphasis>
The new species is known from only six different localities in five counties and one parish in southeast Texas and western Lousiana (Anderson,
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in Texas and Natchitoches Parish in Louisiana). Records from Anderson and Tyler counties are based on photographs. These points are separated by
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at the farthest, but all are associated with bogs containing the Pale Pitcher Plant or Yellow Trumpet (
<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFDCFFC3E54905E9FCE6FE64" box="[586,774,469,493]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="68">
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alata
</emphasis>
Wood).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FB246511FFDCFFC3E7C605CBFBBDFD15" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,669]" pageId="8" pageNumber="68">
Currently
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<emphasis id="C9EFB903FFDCFFC3E63B05C4FE33FD99" box="[312,467,504,528]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="68">C. sarracenia</emphasis>
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is restricted to bogs where pitcher plants reside, which is cause for concern. In many areas such as the Big Thicket, these bogs are becoming rare because they are being ditched for drainage (
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). The distribution of
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is in southeastern
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adjacent to the Gulf of
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and includes Mississippi and Alabama in addition to Texas and Louisiana. Because
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has only recently been discovered, it should be considered Data Deficient in any Red List classification.
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