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Brechmorhoga praecox subsp. praecox Hagen 1861

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Brechmorhoga praecox praecox (Hagen, 1861)

Figs. 16 –20

Dythemis praecox Hagen 1861: 265 (descr. 1♀ Mexico in MCZ [not examined]).

Dythemis columba Hagen 1861: 317 [nomen nudum].

Brechmorhoga praecox: Calvert 1898: 315 (distribution).

Brechmorhoga praecox praecox: Ris 1913:853 (keys, designation of subspecies, distribution); Ris "1916 " [1919]:1209 (distribution); Schmidt 1943:267 (distribution); Starmühlner & Therezien 1982:332,333,341 (checklist, Martinique, Dominica); Goyaud 1994:60 (checklist, Guadeloupe); Novelo-Gutiérrez 1995:35 (larva, Mexico); Garrison et al. 2006:228 (distribution, keys).

Brechmorhoga praecox grenadensis: Ris (nec Kirby, 1897) "1916" [1919]:1210 (distribution, Trinidad); Geijskes 1932:122 (identification, notes).

Material examined. MEXICO: Total: 13♂ 7♀. 2♂, Veracruz state, Agua Caliente, 1 km SE of Sontecomapan, 30.VIII.1988, 18°29’36’’N 95°0’43’’W, Garrison leg., RWG; 1♀, Veracruz, stream 6.9 km E of Cordoba, by Mex. Hwy. 150, 12.VIII.1976, Garrison leg., RWG; 1♀, Veracruz state, arroyo near Playa Escondida, about 30 km NE of Catemaco, 23.VII.1982, 18°25’12’’N 95°6’6’’W, Garrison leg., RWG; 1♂, Veracruz, Rio Michapa at km 212, route 180, 23.IX.1983, Garrison leg., RWG; 1♂, Veracruz, Rio Otapa, 8km S of La Tinaja, 13.VIII.1976, 18°45’0’’N 96°26’24’’W, Garrison leg., RWG; 1♀, Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, 26.07.1968, RWG; 1♂, Puebla state, 27 mi NE Xicotepec de Juarez Piedras Negras, Hwy 130 nr km 138, 28.VIII.1992, 20°27’52’’N 97°42’19’’W, Baldo Villegas leg., RWG; COSTA RICA: 1♂ 1♀, Guanacaste prov., Rio Tempisquito, Maritza, Parque National Guanacaste, 17.VI.1988, 10°57’28’’N 85°29’49’’W, Flint & Holzenthal leg., RWG; 1♂, Prov. Heredia, Finca La Selva, 28.III.1987, 10°28’N 84°1’W, Belle leg., RWG. VENEZUELA: 1♂, Carabobo, 0 6.07.1958, E.R. Oxburgh, RWG; GUATEMALA: 1♂ 1♀, Departamento de Escuintla, 9km N 17.VI.1975, 14°22’39’’N 90°49’4’’W, Hafernik leg., RWG; TRINIDAD: 1♀ trib. Oropuche R., 7 mi E of Valencia, 13.04.1965, Donnelly leg. TD; 1♂, trib. Oropuche R., 7 mi E of Valencia,, 17.04.1965, Donnelly leg., TD; 1♀, St Georges Co., Arima river at Churchill- Roosevelt Hwy., about 2.25 mi SSE of Arima, 5.IV.1980, 10°35’17’’N 61°14’48’’W, Garrison leg., RWG; 1♀, St Georges Co., Arima river at Churchill, Roosevelt Hwy., about 2.25 mi SSE of Arima, 7.IV.1980, Garrison leg., RWG.

Notes

Published as part of Meurgey, François, 2016, The genus Brechmorhoga Kirby, 1894, in the West Indies, with a proposed new status for Brechmorhoga archboldi (Donnelly) (Odonata; Libellulidae), pp. 53-64 in Zootaxa 4079 (1) on page 60, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/270875

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Hagen
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Odonata
Family
Libellulidae
Genus
Brechmorhoga
Species
praecox
Taxon rank
subSpecies
Taxonomic concept label
Brechmorhoga praecox subsp. praecox Hagen, 1861 sec. Meurgey, 2016

References

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  • Calvert, P. P. (1898) The odonate genus Macrothemis and its allies. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 28, 301 - 332.
  • Ris, F. (1913) Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edmond de Selys Longchamps; catalogue systematique et descriptif. Fasc. XV, Libellulinen, 7, 837 - 964.
  • Ris, F. (1916) Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edmond de Selys Longchamps; catalogue systematique et descriptif. Fasc. XVI, Libellulinen, 9, 1043 - 1278.
  • Starmulhner, F. & Therezien, Y. (1982) Resultats de la mission hydrobiologique austro-francaise de 1979 aux iles de la Guadeloupe, de la Dominique et de la Martinique (Petites Antilles). 2. Etude generale de la Dominique et de la Martinique. - Revue d'hydrobiologie tropicale, 15 (4), 325 - 345.
  • Goyaud, C. (1994) Contribution a l'inventaire des Odonates du departement de la Guadeloupe. Martinia, 10 (3), 49 - 61.
  • Novelo-Gutierrez, R. (1995) La nayade de B. praecox (Hagen, 1861), y notas sobre las nayades de B. rapax Calvert, 1898, B. vivax Calvert, 1906 y B. mendax (Hagen, 1861) (Odonata; Libellulidae). Folia Entomologica Mexicana, 94, 33 - 40.
  • Geijskes, D. C. (1932) The dragonfly fauna of Trinidad in the British West Indies (Odonata). Part II. Anisoptera. Zoologische Mededelingen, 15 (1 - 2), 96 - 128.