Odonate Images from Ecuador

The following in-hand images are from Ecuador in February 2003, and were all taken by Michael Veit. Other trip participants were Blair Nikula, Lynn Harper and Julie Lisk.

The identifications were made from the specimens, mostly by Jerrell Daigle, with some input from Dennis Paulson. Jerrell was not able to identify all of the specimens, so some are unidentified, some are identified tentatively (and are so noted), and one or more may represent species that have not yet been described. Any comments are welcome.

Zygoptera:

Protoneuridae:
Polythore terminata
- (male) 2/10/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Polythore sp.- (female) 2/16/2003 - Hosteria San Vicente, Mindo, Pichincha Province

Calopterygidae:
Hetaerina aurora
- (male) 1/27/2003 - vicinity of Rio Yambala, Vilcabamba, Loja Province
Hetaerina aurora - (female) 1/27/2003 - vicinity of Rio Yambala, Vilcabamba, Loja Province
Hetaerina ocissa - (male) 2/7/2003 - river crossing, Loreto Road, Napo Province
Mnesarete nov. sp. - (male) 2/10/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Mnesarete nov. sp
. - (female) 2/7/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province

Coenagrionidae:
Acanthagrion sp
.- (male) 1/27/2003 - vicinity of Rio Yambala, Vilcabamba, Loja Province
Acanthagrion trilobatum- (male) 2/15/2003 - Hosteria San Vicente, Mindo, Pichincha Province
Acanthagrion trilobatum - (immature male) 2/15/2003 - Hosteria San Vicente, Mindo, Pichincha Province
Acanthagrion yungarum - (male) 2/6/2003 - slough/river crossing, Baeza-Tena Road, Napo Province
Acanthagrion viridescens - (male) 2/9/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Acanthallagma sp. - (female) 2/7/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Aeolagrion axine
- (male) 2/10/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Aeolagrion axine - (female) 2/10/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Argia forficula - (male) 2/10/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Argia sp. - nr. infrequentula - (female) 2/7/2003 - river crossing, Loreto Road, Napo Province
Argia sp. - nr. gerhardi - (male) 2/7/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Argia sp. - nr. gerhardi - (female) 2/7/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Argia sp. - nr. oculata - (male) 1/28/2003 - vicinity of Rio Yambala, Vilcabamba, Loja Province
Argia sp
. - (male) 2/15/2003 - Hosteria San Vicente, Mindo, Pichincha Province
Anisagrion sp. - nr. trunctipenne?- (male) 1/28/2003 - vicinity of Rio Yambala, Vilcabamba, Loja Province
Ischnura indivisa - (male) 1/28/2003 - vicinity of Rio Yambala, Vilcabamba, Loja Province
Metaleptobasis mauffrayi - (male) 2/10/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Telebasis carota - (male) 2/7/2003 - river crossing, Loreto Road, Napo Province

Megapodagrionidae:
Heteragrion nov. sp. A. - (male) 2/10/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Heteragrion nov. sp. A. - (female) 2/10/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Heteragrion nov. sp. B. - (male) 2/16/2003 - Hosteria San Vicente, Mindo, Pichincha Province
Philogenia minteri - (male) 2/10/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province

Protoneuridae:
Epiplioneura westfalli - (male) 2/7/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Epiplioneura sp. - nr. venezuelensis -(male) 2/7/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Neoneura rubriventris - (male) 2/10/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Protoneura paucinervis - (male) 2/8/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Protoneura paucinervis - (female) 2/8/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province

Anisoptera:

Aeshnidae:
Aeshna marchali
- (male) 2/14/2003 - Chugchilan (west of Latacunga), Cotapaxi Province
Coryphaeschna adnexa - (female) 1/29/2003 - vicinity of Rio Yambala, Vilcabamba, Loja Province
Gynacantha membranalis - (male) 2/10/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Neuraeschna maya - (male) 2/10/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Triacanthagyna ditzleri - (male) 2/7/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province

Gomphidae:
Peruviogomphus pearsoni - (male) 2/10/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province

Libellulidae:
Anatya guttatta
- (female) 2/10/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Brechmorhoga vivax - (male) 1/28/2003 - vicinity of Rio Yambala, Vilcabamba, Loja Province
Cannophila vibex - (male) 2/10/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Cannophila vibex - (female) 2/10/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Diastatops sp. - nr. intensa? - (male) 2/7/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Dasythemis esmeralda - (male) 2/10/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Dythemis sterilis - (male) 2/16/2003 - Hosteria San Vicente, Mindo, Pichincha Province
Erythrodiplax fusca - (male) 1/28/2003 - vicinity of Rio Yambala, Vilcabamba, Loja Province
Erythrodiplax ines - (male) 2/6/2003 - slough/river crossing, Baeza-Tena Road, Napo Province
Erythrodiplax melanorubra- (female) 2/6/2003 - slough/river crossing, Baeza-Tena Road, Napo Province
Erythrodiplax unimaculata - (male) 2/10/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Erythrodiplax unimaculata - (female) 2/10/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Erythrodiplax sp. 1 - (female) 2/10/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Erythrodiplax fusca - (female) 1/29/2003 - vicinity of Rio Yambala, Vilcabamba, Loja Province
Erythrodiplax sp. 2 - (female) 2/9/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Micrathyria romani - (male) 2/9/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Oligoclada pachystigma - (male) 2/8/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Orthemis cultriformis - (female) 2/10/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Orthemis sp. - nr. anthracina - (male) 2/9/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Orthemis sp. - nr. schmidti - (male) 2/8/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Orthemis sp. - nr. schmidti - (female) 2/7/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Perithemis lais - (male) 2/10/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Uracis fastigiata - (male) 2/10/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Uracis fastigiata - (female) 2/10/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province
Uracis fastigiata - (immature female) 2/10/2003 - La Selva Lodge, Napo Province