A Catalogue and Historical Study of the Odonata of Ecuador
Author
Mauffray, William F.
Author
Tennessen, Kenneth J.
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Zootaxa
2019
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Miocora
Calvert, 1917
Medium-sized damselflies with clear wings, sometimes with an apical brown spot on the hindwing (
Fig. 57
). One of the two known species occurs in
Ecuador
. Habitat is sluggish small streams, oviposition taking place in damp logs. See
Kennedy (1940)
for identification.
Miocora peraltica
Calvert, 1917
. Publ. Recs.
ECU
: (H14), (P16); *
ES
:
Daigle
et al.
(1997)
. Also CEN, COL: (H08), (P11).
Addl. Data.
ES
,
San Lorenzo
:
2 ♂♂
, stream
5 km
NW of Lita along RR tracks (
0.8847
,
-78.4667
,
500m
),
5 ii 1997
, leg. & det. JJD [JJD, KJT];
1 ♂
, Lita along RR track
1–5 km
W adjacent to Río Baboso seeps, pools & streams (
0.8792
,
-78.4589
,
535m
),
5 ii 1997
, leg. & det. WFM [FSCA];
1 ♂
, Río Canande Reserve,
35 km
NE of Quininde, tributary of Río Hoja Blanca, swampy trickle in forest (
0.5264
,
-79.2122
,
345m
),
20 x 2012
, leg. Fred Morrison & WAH, det. WAH [WAH].
Note: Questions remain concerning the synonymy of
M. subapicalis
with
M. peraltica
(Bota-Sierra, pers. comm.).