Polythore gigantea (Selys, 1853)

Novelo-Gutiérrez, Rodolfo & Bota-Sierra, Cornelio Andrés, 2023, The larvae of Cora inca Selys, 1873 and Polythore gigantea (Selys, 1853) from Colombia (Odonata: Polythoridae), with a larval diagnoses of some genera in the family, Zootaxa 5254 (4), pp. 517-533 : 526

Polythore gigantea (Selys, 1853) , supposition

Figs. 7–11

Material. 6 F-0 larvae (3 ♁♁, 3 ♀♀). COLOMBIA: Risaralda Department, Tatamá National Park, Pueblo Rico Municipality, Monte Bello Township , Montenegro stream, 5.2273°N, 76.0830°W, elev. 1363 m, 12 February 2019, C. Bota, R. Novelo, R.W. Sites leg, 1 ♁; same data but 20-26 June 2022, C. Bota, J. Ospina leg., 2 ♁♁, 3 ♀♀ .

Figures

FIG. 7. Polythore gigantea, habitus dorsal (a), ventral (b), and lateral (c) of F-0 female larva.

FIG. 8. Polythore gigantea, details of larval morphology, a) head and prothorax, dorsal view; b) left antenna, dorsal view; c) right mandible, mesal view; d) same, mesoventral view; e) left mandible, mesal view; f) same, ventral view.

FIG. 9. Polythore gigantea, details of larval morphology, a) right maxilla, ventral view; b) prementum, ventral view; c) ligula and palps, dorsal view.

FIG. 10. Polythore gigantea, details of larval morphology, a) propleural apophyses, dorsolateral view; b) abdomen profile and caudal gills of a F-0 male larva; c) sternites 9–10 showing male gonapophyses and cerci (paraprocts detached); d) female gonapophyses, ventral view; e) S10 and male cerci, laterocaudal view (paraprocts detached); f) S10, male cerci, and epiproct showing four projections (projection 5 not visible, it is in the opposite side of projection 4).

FIG. 11. Polythore gigantea, details of larval morphology, a) S8–10 and caudal gills, dorsocaudal view; b) left paraproct, lateral view, showing projections 1–4.