Philogenia gaiae sp. nov. (Zygoptera: Philogeniidae) and description of the female of P. macuma Dunkle, 1986, two species from the Ecuadorean lowland rainforest

Diogo Silva Vilela; Rhainer Guillermo-Ferreira; Andrea C Encalada; Adolfo Cordero-Rivera

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4683.3.5

Philogenia gaiae sp. nov. (Zygoptera: Philogeniidae) and description of the female of P. macuma Dunkle, 1986, two species from the Ecuadorean lowland rainforest

Zootaxa. 2019 Oct 9;4683(3):zootaxa.4683.3.5. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4683.3.5.

Authors

Diogo Silva Vilela¹, Rhainer Guillermo-Ferreira, Andrea C Encalada, Adolfo Cordero-Rivera

Affiliation

¹ Graduate Program in Entomology, Department of Biology, University of São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, Brazil Laboratory of Ecological Studies on Ethology and Evolution (LESTES), Department of Hydrobiology, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil. user@example.com.

PMID: 31715919
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4683.3.5

Abstract

Philogenia gaiae sp. nov. (Holotype ♂, Ecuador, Orellana, Tiputini Biodiversity Station, -0.6349, -76.1501, 241 m, 13 xii 2012, A. Cordero-Rivera M. Sánchez-Herrera leg., in MUAE) from the helena group is described, illustrated, diagnosed and compared with morphologically close species of the genus. Philogenia gaiae can be distinguished from its most similar congener P. minteri Dunkle, 1986 by the enlarged cerci and the club-like paraprocts. We also describe the female of P. macuma Dunkle, 1986, from a pair collected at Jatún Sacha Biological Reserve, which is also similar to P. gaiae and can be distinguished by the intersternite morphology, ovipositor length and vulvar lamina shape.

Keywords: Odonata, damselfly, new species, Ecuador, Amazon.

MeSH terms

Animals
Coleoptera*
Ecuador
Female
Odonata*
Rainforest