A brief look at the Odonata from the Páramo ecosystems in Colombia, with the descriptions of Oxyallagma colombianum sp. nov. and Rhionaeschna caligo sp. nov. (Odonata: Coenagrionidae, Aeshnidae, Libellulidae)

CORNELIO ANDRÉS BOTA-SIERRA

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3856.2.2

Issue: Vol. 3856 No. 2: 22 Aug. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-08-22

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3856.2.2

Page range: 192–210

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A brief look at the Odonata from the Páramo ecosystems in Colombia, with the descriptions of Oxyallagma colombianum sp. nov. and Rhionaeschna caligo sp. nov. (Odonata: Coenagrionidae, Aeshnidae, Libellulidae)

CORNELIO ANDRÉS BOTA-SIERRA⁺⁻

Grupo de Entomología Universidad de Antioquia (GEUA), Medellín-Colombia. AA 1226.

Odonata dragonflies new records Ischnura chingaza Ischnura ramburii Mesamphiagrion occultum Mesamphiagrion gaudiimontanum Oxyallagma dissidens Rhionaeschna joannisi Rhionaeschna marchali Rhionaeschna peralta Erythrodiplax Sympetrum paramo And

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Abstract

Here I present the results of field work and collections of Odonata made in several páramos of Colombia between 2007 and 2014. Two undescribed species, in the genera Oxyallagma Kennedy, 1920, and Rhionaeschna Förster, 1909, respectively, were found, as well as two species not previously recorded from Colombia: Rhionaeschna peralta (Ris, 1918) and Oxyallagma dissidens (Selys, 1876). Descriptions and diagnoses of the new species, photographs, maps, illustrations, natural history notes, and comments on morphological plasticity are presented.