Phyllogomphoides Belle, 1970

Mauffray, William F. & Tennessen, Kenneth J., 2019, A Catalogue and Historical Study of the Odonata of Ecuador, Zootaxa 4628 (1), pp. 1-265 : 138-139

Phyllogomphoides Belle, 1970

Another species-rich Neotropical genus, with five species recorded for Ecuador ( Fig. 77 ). See Belle (1984) for species identification. Habitat is small to large streams, open and forested.

* Phyllogomphoides aculeus Belle, 1982 . Publ. Recs. ECU: (H14). Also PER: (P16).

Addl. Data. SU: Lago Agrio : 1 ♀, drainage of Río Aguarico, 33 km ESE of Lago Agrio (0.0006, -76.6004), date not provided, data provided by WAH & DLW.

Phyllogomphoides brunneus Belle, 1981 . Publ. Recs. ECU: Paulson (1983), Davies & Tobin (1984), Tsuda (1986, 1991), Bridges (1993), Steinmann (1997b), De Marmels (1999), (H06), (P11), (H14); MS: * Belle (1981 — Holotype: [Morona], Macas, date?, leg.? [FSCA]; NA: Belle (1984); PA: Belle (1984), Tennessen (2006); SU * Belle (1981 — Allotype: [Shushufindi], Limoncocha, open path with puddles in forest, 16 ii 1972, leg. D. Pearson [DRP]; ZC: Belle (1984). Also VEN: (H06), (P11); plus PER: (H06); plus COL: Bota-Sierra et al. (2018).

Addl. Data. MS, Morona: Gualaquiza: 1 ♂, Bomboiza, 17 km S Gualaquiza, 20 ix 1990, leg. OSF, det.? [USNM]; 1 ♂, Macas Oriente, Acc. 788 (-2.30, -78.12, 1006m), date?, leg.?, det.? [FSCA]; OR, Loreto: 1 ♂, small stream, near Reserva Río Bigal, about 30 km N of Loreto (-0.5642, -77.4117, 900m), 15 v 2009, leg. & det. KJT [FSCA]; 1 ♂, stream about 12 km NE of Loreto (-0.6217, -77.2600, 365m), 12 x 2009, leg. & det. KJT [FSCA]; 1 ♂, same data but 15 x 2009 [FSCA]; 1 ♂, NE of Loreto, streams, (-0.6220 -77.2596, 384m), 26 x 2013, leg. & det. CDK [FSCA]; 1 ♂, S of Loreto, stream, (-0.8141, -77.3371, 305m), 3 xi 2013, leg. & det. CDK [FSCA]; PA, Mera: 1 ♂, Río Metolo, Los Copales cabanas between Mera and Shell, W of Puyo, Hwy. 50 (-1.4919, -78.0725, 1070m), 20 ix 2005, leg. & det. JJD [JJD]; SU, Lago Agrio: 1 ♂, Santa Cecillia 24 km W of Lago Agrío on road to Baeza, stream (-0.12, -77.07, 335m), 20 viii 1980, leg. KWK, det.? [FSCA]; Shushufindi: 5 ♀♀, with exuviae, 1 ♂, with exuvia, Limoncocha, Río Napo (-0.4000, -76.6167, 269m), 29 viii 1978, leg. KWK, det. MJW [FSCA]; 1 ♀, same data but 5 xi 1980, leg. MJW & D. Robinson, det. MJW [FSCA]; 1 ♀, same data but 12 xi 1980 [FSCA]; 2 ♂♂, same data but 15 xi 1980 [FSCA]; 1 ♀, same data but 17 xi 1980 [FSCA]; 1 ♀, same data but forest path, 28 i 1972, leg. D. Pearson, det. D. Paulson [DRP]; 1 ♀, same data but puddles on path in forest, 16 ii 1972 [DRP]; 1 ♀, same data but forest stream, 25 vii 1977, leg. & det. DRP [DRP]; 1 ♀, same data but forest edge, 26 vii 1977 [DRP]; 2 ♀♀, same data but 22 viii 1980, leg. & det. SWD [SWD]; 1 ♂, stream about 3 km NW of Shushufindi (-0.1664, -76.6917, 290m), 13 v 2009, leg. & det. KJT [KJT].

Phyllogomphoides camposi ( Calvert, 1909) . Publ. Recs. ECU: Saint Quentin (1967 —as Gomphoides camposi ), Paulson (1983), Davies & Tobin (1984), Tsuda (1986, 1991), Steinmann (1997b), (H06), (P11), (H14); LR: * Calvert (1909 —HOLOYPE ♂: [Quevedo] [about 70m], Quevedo, vi, leg. F. Campos [ANSP], Campion (1920), Campos (1922), Bridges (1993).

Note: This species is named after F. Campos, who we consider the “father of Ecuadorian Odonata studies .” Campos (1922) listed the date as June (vi), but Calvert (1909) did not give the date.

Phyllogomphoides lieftincki ( Belle, 1970) . Publ. Recs. ECU: * Tsuda (1986, 1991). (H06).Also BOL: (H06), (P11); plus PER: (H11).

Data. NA: Tena: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, road to airport and La Punta, E of Tena, shallow pond with lily pads and rocky stream outflow (-1.0482, -77.5861), date not provided, data provided by WAH & DLW (—as P. cf. lieftincki ); OR, Loreto: 1 ♂, about 2 km E of Loreto center; 2–3 m wide shallow rocky river; about 250 m to forest upstream (- 0.6756, -77.3101), date not provided, data provided by WAH & DLW (—as P. cf. lieftincki ); SU, Shushufindi: 1 ♀, [as “ Napo Prov], Limoncocha , 5 vi 1977, leg. W. E. Steiner, Jr., det. RWG [USNM]; 1 ♂, same except 3–16 vi 1977, leg. P. J. Spangler and D. R. Givens, det. RWG [USNM].

Phyllogomphoides semicircularis (Selys, 1854) . Publ. Recs. none. Also COL, VEN: (H06).

Addl. Data. * SU, Shushufindi : 1 ♂, Shushufindi, SW, forest edge (-0.2201, -76.6988), 29 x 2013, leg. & det. KJT [FSCA].

Figures

FIGURE 77. Phyllogomphoides brunneus ♂, ECUADOR, Orellana Prov., small forest stream, N of Loreto, near Reserva Río Bigal, 17 v 2009; photo K. J. Tennessen.