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Allopetalia Selys 1873

Description

Allopetalia Selys, 1873

A genus of only two species that are very restricted in distribution (Garrison et al. 2006). See Ris (1904) and Martin (1909) for identification. These large dragonflies apparently inhabit small streamlets on steep mountain sides in cloud forest. One species (Fig. 60) has been found in Ecuador.

Allopetalia pustulosa Selys, 1873. Publ. Recs. COL, VEN: (H06), Garrison (2006), (P11); plus PER: Garrison (2006).

Addl. Data. PC, Mejía: 1 ♂, Chincha via Chiriboga 25 v 1981, leg. & det.? [QZAC]; TU, Baños: 1 ♀, Baños, “in cane field, no nearby water” (-1.40, -78.4, 1850m), 1 xi 1937, leg.? det?. Data provided by RWG [UMMZ].

Notes

Published as part of Mauffray, William F. & Tennessen, Kenneth J., 2019, A Catalogue and Historical Study of the Odonata of Ecuador, pp. 1-265 in Zootaxa 4628 (1) on page 113, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4628.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3335707

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Aeshnidae
Genus
Allopetalia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Odonata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Selys
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Allopetalia Selys, 1873 sec. Mauffray & Tennessen, 2019

References

  • Garrison, R. W., von Ellenrieder, N. & Louton, J. A. (2006) The Dragonfly Genera (Odonata: Anisoptera of the New World. An Illustrated and Annotated Key. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 368 pp.
  • Ris, F. (1904) Odonaten. In: Friederichsen and Co., Hamburg Magallaenischen Sammelreise 1892 / 93, Hamburg, 1904, pp. 44.
  • Martin, R. (1909) Aeschnines. Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edm. de Selys Longchamps, Catalogue Systematique et descriptif, 20, 157 - 223.