Brechmorhoga praecox praecox ( Hagen, 1861 )

Meurgey, François, 2016, The genus Brechmorhoga Kirby, 1894, in the West Indies, with a proposed new status for Brechmorhoga archboldi (Donnelly) (Odonata; Libellulidae), Zootaxa 4079 (1), pp. 53-64 : 60

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.

Figures

FIGURES 16 – 19. Brechmorhoga praecox praecox: (16) male Mexico, Veracruz, habitus. (17) head, frontal view. (18) (19) male, abdomen S 6 – 10 and cerci, lateral view.