Table 4. Current list of puzzling or rare Colombian odonates, with their IUCN status, information on endemicity, the departments and municipalities where the species has been reported, references mentioning these species, and references suggesting possible synonyms. An: Antioquia; Cau: Cauca; Cu: Cundinamarca; Me: Meta; Qu: Quindío; To: Tolima
Family Species IUCN Endemic Departments in Colombia Municipality Main reference(s) Possible synonymy
Aeshnidae Andaeschna rufipes (Ris, 1918) LC No Cu Guayabetal Ris, 1918 No
Aeshnidae Gynacantha remartinia Navás, 1934 DD Yes Me, To Villavicencio, Espinal Navás, 1934 Yes (close to Gynacantha tibiata Karsch, 1891)— see Williamson & Williamson (1930)
Aeshnidae Gynacantha tenuis Martin, 1909 LC No An Puerto Berrío (Williamson, 1923) No
Gomphidae Epigomphus obtusus Selys, 1869 LC No Cu Unknown Ris, 1918; Selys Longchamps, 1873 No
Libellulidae Argyrothemis argentea Ris, 1911 LC No Me San Martin Rache et al., 2013 No
Libellulidae Brechmorhoga flavopunctata (Martin, 1897) DD No Unknown Unknown Ris, 1913 No
Libellulidae Brechmorhoga pertinax (Hagen, 1861) LC No Unknown Unknown Ris, 1913 No
Libellulidae Erythrodiplax cauca Borror, 1942 DD Yes Cau?, Qu Tebaida Borror, 1942; De Marmels, 2006 Yes (close to Erythrodiplax abjecta [Rambur, 1842])—see Bota-Sierra, 2014a
Libellulidae Micrathyria eximia Kirby, 1897 LC No Unknown Unknown Ris, 1918 No
Calopterygidae Hetaerina sempronia Hagen, 1853 LC No Unknown Bogotá (Hagen 1877) Garrison, 1990; Hagen, 1877 No
Coenagrionidae Argia gerhardi Calvert, 1909 LC No Cu, Me Susumuco, Rio Negro, Villavicencio Garrison & von Ellenrieder, 2015; Palacino-Rodríguez et al., 2017; Ris, 1918 No (however made part of Argia gerhardi - kokama -nigrior­complex)—Rosser Garrison (pers. comm. 27-ix-2022)
Coenagrionidae Ischnura fluviatilis Selys, 1876 LC No Unknown Unknown Bota-Sierra et al., 2019 c No
Coenagrionidae Neoneura myrthea Williamson, 1917 LC No Unknown Unknown Garrison, 1999 No
Lestidae Lestes sternalis (Navás, 1930) DD Yes Cu Choachí Navás, 1924 Yes, probably synonym with Lestes apollinaris, the cerci illustrated by Návas (1924) are very similar for both species, and their distributions overlap
Platystictidae Palaemnema edmondi Calvert, 1931 CR Yes An Puerto Berrío Calvert, 1931 No