Telebasis Selys, 1865

Lencioni, F. A. A., 2023, Analysis of Telebasis Selys, 1865 - Part I. (Odonata: Coenagrionidae), Zootaxa 5239 (4), pp. 500-520 : 501-504

Telebasis Selys, 1865

Fig. 1 (♀ prothorax dorsal view), Fig. 2 (tandem pair); Fig. 3 (♁ cercus) Fig. 4 (live specimen)

Type species. Agrion boucardi Selys, 1865 [junior synonym of Telebasis salva ( Hagen, 1861) ]

Etymology: Telebasis = Tele, Greek (τῆλε) for distance + basis, a Greek (βάσις) feminine noun for pedestal or foundation; a common suffix used in Coenagrionidae .

Generic characterization. Small to medium sized Coenagrionidae (22–42 mm), angulated frons, pale postocular spots and pale occipital bar absent, rear of head pale or black, females with a paired flap–like structures projected anteriorly on anterior margin of the hind lobe of prothorax (vestigial in T. filiola ( Perty, 1834) , T. inalata ( Calvert, 1961) and T. willinki Fraser, 1948 ) and a mesanepisternal groove ( Fig. 1B ), posterior lobe of male prothorax without any elevated structure. Cercus in the shape of a half tube, the ventral face longitudinally excavated ( Fig. 3B ) and medial face with at least one extremely sclerotized tooth ( Fig. 3A ). Penis with inner fold, never with lateral folds in ectal surface of S3, terminal fold present but never projected postero-laterally.

Remark: von Ellenrieder & Garrison (2007) stated that the female described by Selys (1876) as T. erythrina is, in fact, the female of T. corallina (Selys, 1876) . Together with T. erythrina , four other species whose females are still unknown (in bold in the list below) will be treated in this paper provisionally as Telebasis . Males of these species do not have cerci with the structure found in Helveciagrion nor penises as found in Juenagrion gen. nov. Furthermore, they were originally classified under this genus.

Analyzing the tandem linkage of species of Telebasis ( Fig. 2 ) and Helveciagrion ( Fig. 8 , 9 ) we can observe how the anatomical differences in the cerci of the males adapt differently to the anatomical differences in the thorax of the females of these two genera. In Telebasis , the cerci open and involve the anterior part of the female’s thorax, anchoring, through its medial surface, to the mesanepisternal grooves in the female’s thorax and the paraproctus attach to the sides (the longer ones) or to the central region (the short ones) of the prothorax. Regardless of the length of the cercus there is a mesanepisternal groove corresponding to its length, e.g.: T. willinki with very small cerci the groove is smaller and closer to the mediodorsal carina, while in T. carmesina Calvert, 1909 , with its long cerci, the groove is further away of the mediodorsal carina. In Helveciagrion the approximate condition of the cerci reduces the opening extension of those, being anchored by its dorsal chitinized tubercles to the mesepisternal fossae.

Species included: Telebasis abuna Bick & Bick, 1995 ; Telebasis aurea May, 1992 ; Telebasis bickorum Daigle, 2002 ; Telebasis blasi Bota –Sierra & Sandoval–H., 2022; Telebasis carmesina Calvert, 1909 ; Telebasis carminita Calvert, 1909 ; Telebasis carota Kennedy, 1936 ; Telebasis carvalhoi Garrison, 2009 ; Telebasis celiovallei Machado, 2010 ; Telebasis coccinea (Selys, 1876) ; Telebasis corallina (Selys, 1876) ; Telebasis digiticollis Calvert, 1902 ; Telebasis dominicana (Selys in Sagra, 1857); Telebasis erythrina (Selys, 1876) ; Telebasis farcimentum Garrison, 2009 ; Telebasis filiola ( Perty, 1834) ; Telebasis flammeola Kennedy, 1936 ; Telebasis garleppi Ris, 1918 ; Telebasis griffinii ( Martin, 1896) ; Telebasis inalata ( Calvert, 1961) ; Telebasis livida Kennedy, 1936 ; Telebasis milleri Garrison, 1997 ; Telebasis myrianae Machado, 2010 ; Telebasis pallida Machado, 2010 ; Telebasis paraensei Machado, 1956 ; Telebasis pataxo Machado, 2010 ; Telebasis salva ( Hagen, 1861) ; Telebasis sanguinalis Calvert, 1909 ; Telebasis simulata Tennessen, 2002 ; Telebasis theodori ( Navás, 1934) ; Telebasis versicolor Fraser, 1946 ; Telebasis vulnerata ( Hagen, 1861) ; Telebasis watsoni Bick & Bick, 1995 and Telebasis willinki Fraser, 1948 .

Distribution. From Mexico to Argentina.

For species identification: Garrison (2009); Machado (2010) and Bota–Sierra et al. (2022).

In addition to the original descriptions and previous revisions I examined specimens of the following species: T. bickorum 1♁—(NC 3581)— Bolivia: Santa Cruz Dept., Yotau, Floresta na margem esquerda das Cachuelas de Yotau (Rio San Julian), 16º 15′ 00″ S & 63º 05′ 53″ W, 236 m, 17.viii.2003, Leg. F.A.A.Lencioni; T. carmesina 1♁, 1♀ —(NC 499)— Brazil: Fazenda Santana do Rio Abaixo—Jacareí—SP, 23° 14′ 53″ S & 46° 0′ 11″ W, 10.xi.1996, Leg. F.A.A.Lencioni (in tandem); T. carmesina 2♁♁, 2♀♀ —(NC 2850–2851)— Brazil: Represa Vassununga— Luiz Antônio—SP, 21° 33′ 38″S & 47° 42′ 35″ W, 07.ix.2001, Leg. F.A.A. Lencioni; T. carmesina 1♁, 1♀ —(NC 4539)— Brazil: São Paulo, Salesópolis, 23º 35′ 51″ S & 45º 43′ 41″ W, 1074 m, 22.i.2011, Leg. F.A.A. Lencioni; T. carmesina 1♁, 1♀ —(NC 4549)— Brazil: São Paulo, Salesópolis, 23º 35′ 51″ S & 45º 43′ 41″ W, 1074 m, 19.ii.2011, Leg. F.A.A. Lencioni; T. carminita 3♁♁—(NC 3594, 3608, 3616)— Bolivia: Santa Cruz Dept., Ascencion de Guarayos, Fazenda Progresso—Lake with marsh, 15º 59′ 23″ S & 63º 07′ 9.9″ W, 209 m, 18.viii.2003, Leg. F.A.A. Lencioni; T. carota 1♁—(NC 2620)— Ecuador: Morona Santiago Province, Rio Pastanac seepage pool, Hwy. 45, 80, 5 km N of Sucua, 1° 54′ 41′′ S & 77° 49′ 36′′ W, 10.xi.1997, Leg. Jerrell J. Daigle; T. coccinea 1♁—(NC 3910)— Brazil: Goiás, Guarani de Goiás, Posto Daniel, 14º 03′ 25.1″ S & 46º 16′ 37″ W, 808 m, 17.i.2004, Leg. Patrícia S. F. Peruquetti & Rui C. Peruquetti; T. coccinea 2♁♁—(NC 3913–3914)— Brazil: Bahia, Luís Eduardo Magalhães ou Riachão das Neves, vereda próxima a BR, 11º 27′ 02.4″ S & 45º 42′ 14.6″ W, 740 m, 22.i.2004, Leg. Patrícia S. F. Peruquetti & Rui C. Peruquetti; T. coccinea 1♁—(NC 4431)— Brazil: Mato Grosso, Chapada dos Guimarães—córrego do monjolinho—Buriti, 15° 23′ 13″ S & 55° 50′ 14″ W, 27.x.1983, Leg. N. Santos e Ulisses (Ex-MNRJ collection); T. coccinea 2♁♁—(NC 4439)— Brazil: Maranhão (Igarapé), 2° 52′ 55″ S & 44° 20′ 34″ W, 13.ix.1973, Leg. H. Sandim (Ex-MNRJ collection); T. corallina 1♁—(NC 7)— Venezuela: Carabobo Prov.: Bejuma, 10° 10′ 44″ N & 68° 16′ 8″ W, 18.ii.1920, Leg. J.H., E.B. Williamson & W.H. Ditzler (donation); T. corallina 1♁—(NC 2338)— Guyana: Cashew Pond at Pirara Ranch, 3º 36.7′ N & 59º 40.5′ W, 27.iv.1995, Leg. O.S. Flint, Jr. (exchanged with Thomas W. Donnelly—Ex-Collection U.S. National Museum); T. corallina 1♀ —(NC 4070)— Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul: Porto Alegre: Banhado da grota, 30° 11′ 14′′ S & 51° 11′ 52′′ W, 28.xi.2003, Leg. Alessandra Marins; T. corallina 2♁♁—(NC 4229, 4231)—Guadaloupe: Grand–Terre, Mare Fidelin, Chazeau, D101, 16° 17′ 12′′ N & 61° 27′ 35′′ W, 06.ii.2006, Leg. Jerrell J. Daigle (Ex-Jerrell J. Daigle Collection—noon); T. digiticollis 1♁—(NC 113)— Belize: Cayo District small stream 3 mi W of Ontario Village on Western Highway. narrow shady riffles and wider pools, 17° 13′ 26′′ N & 88° 54′ 21′′ W, 20.iii.1986, Leg. S.W. Dunkle (donation); T. dominicana 1♁—(NC 73)— Puerto Rico: Municipo de Manati, Laguna Tortuguero, southeast end near Hwy. 587, 18° 27′ 47′′ N & 66° 26′ 51′′ W, 15.ix.1979, Leg. R.W. & J.A. Garrison (donation); T. dominicana 2♁♁—(NC 131)— Dominican Republic: La Vega Prov., Balneario Bayacanes on Rio Camu at jct Rio Yami abt 15 km NE Jarabacoa, wide rocky river, 19° 13′ 43′′ N & 70° 35′ 13′′ W, 30.v.1989, Leg. S.W. Dunkle (donation); T. erythrina 2♁♁—(NC 4531–4532)— Brazil: São Paulo, Salesópolis, 23º 35′ 51» S & 45º 43′ 41» W, 1074 m, 22.i.2011, Leg. F.A.A. Lencioni; T. erythrina 3♁♁—(NC 4447–4449)— Brazil: São Paulo, Salesópolis, 23º 35′ 51» S & 45º 43′ 41» W, 1074 m, 29.i.2011, Leg. F.A.A.Lencioni; T. filiola 1♁, 1♀ —(NC 81)— Venezuela: Aragua State, Lago Taiguaiguay, on Cagua Rd., 10° 7′ 48′′ N & 67° 30′ 6′′ W, 19.iX.1980, Leg. R.W. & J.A. Garrison (donation); T. filiola 1♁—(NC 4125)— Brazil: Minas Gerais: Viçosa—Campus da Universidade Federal, 20° 45′ 40′′ S & 42° 52′ 12′′ W, 18.ii.2003, Leg. Furieri, K.S.; T. filiola 1♁—(NC 4126)— Brazil: Espirito Santo: Conceição da Barra— RBCG, 18º 16′ 52″ S & 39º 48′ 1.9″ W, 28.i.2006, Leg. Furieri, K.S., Van de Koken, A.F., Loiola, G.R.; T. filiola 1♁—(NC 4128)— Brazil: Espirito Santo: Conceição da Barra—RBCG, 18º 16′ 19.3″ S & 39º 48′ 54.8″ W, 17. xii.2005, Leg. Furieri, K.S., Van de Koken, A.F., Loiola, G.R.; T. filiola 1♁—(NC 4437)— Brazil: Pará: Belém: Museu Goeldi, 1° 27′ 8′′ S & 48° 28′ 36′′ W, 04.viii.1959, Leg. N. Santos (Ex-MNRJ collection); T. flammeola 1♁—(NC 2621)— Ecuador: Napo Province, Seep 19, 1 km E of Puerto Napo, Jatun Sacha Rd, 1° 27′ 8′′ S & 77° 41′ 5′′ W, 23.vii.1996, Leg. Jerrell J. Daigle (exchanged with Jerrell Daigle—4:00 PM); T. griffinii 1♁—(NC 195)— Brazil: Sitio Primavera—Rio Claro—SP, 22° 24′ 31′′ S & 47° 36′ 44′′ W, 31.xii.1995, Leg. F.A.A. Lencioni; T. griffinii 1♁, 1♀ —(NC 570)— Brazil: Sitio Primavera—Rio Claro—SP, 22° 24′ 31′′ S & 47° 36′ 44′′ W, 27.xii.1997, Leg. F.A.A. Lencioni (in tandem); T. griffinii 1♁, 1♀ —(NC 638)— Brazil: Sitio Primavera—Rio Claro—SP, 22° 24′ 31′′ S & 47° 36′ 44′′ W, 29.xii.1997, Leg. F.A.A. Lencioni (in tandem); T. griffinii 1♁, 1♀ —(NC 651)— Brazil: Sitio Primavera—Rio Claro—SP, 22° 24′ 31′′ S & 47° 36′ 44′′ W, 31.xii.1997, Leg. F.A.A. Lencioni (in tandem); T. griffinii 1♁—(NC 3165)— Ecuador: Napo Prov., pond, Rio Sinde, E of Puerto Napo, 1° 27′ 8′′ S & 77° 41′ 5′′ W, 13.vii.1996, Leg. K. J. Tennessen (7/13—1—exchanged with K.J. Tennessen); T. griffinii 1♁—(NC 3241)— Brazil: Fazenda Santana do Rio Abaixo—Jacareí—SP, 23° 14′ 53″ S & 46° 0′ 11″ W, 12.x.2002, Leg. F.A.A. Lencioni; T. griffinii 1♁—(NC 4440)— Brazil: Distrito Federal: Brasília—Rio Guará, 15° 51′ 7′′ S & 47° 56′ 23′′ W, 10.ii.1965, Leg. N. Santos e Machado (Ex-MNRJ collection—Exc. 246—col. 11); T. inalata 2♁♁—(NC 133)— Peru: Loreto Dept., Explorama Lodge, 50 mi NE Iquitos on Amazon River at junction with Yanamomo River, Manati River and pasture pond at Lodge on this date, 3° 26′ 38′′ S & 72° 50′ 44′′ W, 16.viii.1989, Leg. S.W. Dunkle (donation); T. livida 2♁♁—(NC 128)— Ecuador: Napo Prov., Jatun Sacha Biological Sta., 23 km E Puerto Napo, Tropical wet Forest, ponds nearby, 400 m, 1° 27′ 9′′ S & 77° 41′ 6′′ W, 18.x.1988, Leg. S.W. Dunkle (donation); T. milleri 1♁—(NC 124)— Peru: Madre de Dios: Paktiza Reserved Zone, Parque Nac. Manu, Trail 2, 12º 07′ S & 70º 58′ W, 250 m, 22.iX.1988, Leg. Oliver S. Flint, Jr. (donation— paratype —1997. Odonatologica 26(4): 467–472); T. myrianae 1♁—(NC 4576)— Brazil: Bahia, Itamaraju, 17° 4′ S & 39° 32′ W, 61 m, 00. ii.1988, Leg. L.F. Reys and J. Bento (paratype); T. myrianae 2♁♁—(NC 4434–4435)— Brazil: Espírito Santo, Baixo Guandú, Estrada para Ibituba, km 13, Margem direita, capoeira com lagoa próxima, 19° 32′ 30.7428′′ S & 41° 0′ 49.3632′′ W, 1–7.xi.1970, Leg. Elias & Paulo (exchange—Ex-MNRJ collection); T. paraensei 1♁—(NC 4430)— Brazil: Minas Gerais: Governador Valadares, Lagoa do Palmital, 18° 50′ 38′′ S & 41° 56′ 7′′ W, 09.xi.1953, Leg. N. Santos e Machado (Ex-MNRJ collection 24120); T. paraensei 1♀ — Brazil: Tocantins: Araguaína, rio lontra, 7° 12′ 19″ S & 48° 14′ 55″ W, 24.vi.2018, Leg. Julia S. Silva; T. salva 2♁♁—(NC 39)— USA: Arizona, Cochise Co., pond at Slaughter Ranch, San Bernardino Valley, 15 mi., E. of Douglas, Elev. 3800 ft., 31° 20′ 14′′ N & 109° 16′ 14′′ W, 02.viii.1974, Leg. R.W. Garrison (donation); T. salva 2♁♁—(NC 155)— USA: Texas, Parker Co., pond and stream 5.8 mi E 113N on 180, 32° 48′ 58′′ N & 97° 59′ 17′′ W, 01.vi.1994, Leg. S.W. Dunkle (donation); T. salva 1♁, 1♀ —(NC 181)— USA: Arizona: Cochise Co., Slaughter Ranch, 17 mi., E. Douglas, 31° 20′ 14′′ N & 109° 16′ 14′′ W, 09.viii.1995, Leg. S.W. Dunkle (donation—pair in tandem); T. sanguinalis 1♁—(NC 11)— Brazil: Amazonas State: Manaus—AM, 3° 7′ 47′′ S & 60° 0′ 59′′ W, 20.vi.1922, Leg. J.H.Williamson & J.W. Strohm (donation); T. sanguinalis 1♁—(NC 3158)— Bolivia: Cochabamba Dep., Carrasco Prov., pond E of Chimore, 16° 59′ 8′′ S & 65° 7′ 8′′ W, 14.xi.2001, Leg. K. J. Tennessen (exchanged with K.J. Tennessen); T. simulata 1♁, 1♀ —(NC 4629)— Brazil: Maranhão, Feira Nova, Piscicultura, Fazenda Bebedouro, 06° 01′ 03″ S & 50° 34′ 58″ W, 17.xii.2007, Leg. Dutra, S.L.; Pinto, N.S.; Nóbrega, C.C. & Santos, E. (in copula); T. simulata 1♁—(NC 4649)— Brazil: Pará, Belterra, Igarapé 357–5, 03° 15′ 33″ S & 54° 53′ 01″ W, 12.vii.2010, Leg. Juen, L. & Dias–Silva, K. (Esfria saco 357–5); T. theodori 1♁—(NC 4228)— Brazil: Santa Catarina, Nova Teutônia (now Seara), 27º 11′ 0″ S & 52º 23′ 00″ W, 400 m, 01.xii.1972, Leg. Fritz Plaumann (Ex-R.W. Garrison collection); T. theodori 1♁—(NC 4432)— Brazil: Paraná, Curitiba, 25° 28′ 22′′ S & 49° 16′ 56′′ W, 01.xii.1969, Leg. O. Mielki (Ex-MNRJ collection); T. theodori 1♀ —(NC 4433)— Brazil: Paraná, Curitiba, 25° 28′ 22′′ S & 49° 16′ 56′′ W, 14.xii.1969, Leg. O. Mielki (Ex-MNRJ collection); T. vulnerata 2♁♁—(NC 93)— Puerto Rico: Mun. Rio Grande, Bosque experimental Luquillo, Campamento Elisa Calberg, by Hwy. 186, 200m., Caribbean Nat’l For., 22.iii.1982, 18° 20′ 20′′ N & 65° 49′ 33′′ W, Leg. R.W. Garrison (donation); T. vulnerata 2♁♁—(NC 150)— Dominican Republic: La Vega Prov., small streams and temporary forest pond at the undeveloped Raquet Club N of Hotel Montana, NE of Buena Vista, 19° 10′ 48′′ N & 70° 35′ 25′′ W, 24.v.1991, Leg. S.W. Dunkle (donation); T. willinki 1♁—(NC 75)— Argentina: Buenos Aires: 10 km N, Zarate toll bridge, 34° 7′ 5′′ S & 59° 0′ 43′′ W, 11.xii.1979, Leg. C.M. & O.S. Flint, Jr. (donation); T. willinki 1♁, 1♀ —(NC 816)— Brazil: Sitio Primavera—Rio Claro—SP, 22° 24′ 31′′ S & 47° 36′ 44′′ W, 22.ii.1998, Leg. F.A.A. Lencioni (in tandem); T. willinki 1♁, 1♀ —(NC 838)— Brazil: Sitio Primavera—Rio Claro—SP, 22° 24′ 31′′ S & 47° 36′ 44′′ W, 23.ii.1998, Leg. F.A.A. Lencioni (in tandem); T. willinki 1♁—(NC 2121)— Brazil: Sitio Primavera—Rio Claro—SP, 22º 24′ 33″ S & 47º 36′ 44″ W, 569 m, 22.i.2001, Leg. F.A.A. Lencioni (lake); T. willinki 1♁—(NC 3985)— Brazil: São Paulo: Jacareí—Fórum, 23° 18′ 23′′ S & 45° 58′ 27′′ W, 25.viii.2005, Leg. Angela S.L. Rodrigues; T. willinki 1♀ —(NC 4359)— Brazil: Univap—Campus Urbanova—São José dos Campos—SP, 23°12′26.45″S & 45°56′54.79″W, 540 m, 17.xi.2006, Leg. F.A.A. Lencioni.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Generic characters of female Telebasis: A—flap–like structure; B—mesanepisternal groove.

FIGURE 2. Tandem pair of Telebasis carmesina.

FIGURE 3. Telebasis cercus: A—medial view; B—ventral view.

FIGURE 4. Telebasis erythrina male, Salesópolis—S.P., 22.i.2011 (FAAL).

FIGURE 8. Tandem pair of Helveciagrion obsoletum.

FIGURE 9. Detail of the contact between cercus and mesepisternal fossae.