Anatya guttata (Erichson. 1848), Erichson, 1848

DeMarmels, Jurg, 1992, Dragonflies (Odonata) From The Sierras Of Tapirapeco And Unturan, In The Extreme South Of Venezuela, Acta Biologica Venezuelica 14 (1), pp. 57-78 : 66

Anatya guttata (Erichson. 1848)

Figures 58-60

Material. 7♂, 5♀ Base Camp.

Remarks. The species was common in the forest. Copulae were also observed. Males with long anal appendages (" guttata ") and others with short ones ("normalis" Calvert) ( Figs. 58-59 ) thrived side by side and I consider them forms of the same species. No other difference can be detected in the males. and none in the females. An intermediate male from Tachira State is illustrated in Fig. 60 .

Figures

Plate VII: Figures. 58-60. Anatya guttata, male anal appendages, left lateral view. (58) "normalis" form; (59) "guttata" form (both Base Camp); (60) intermediate specimen (Venezuela, Tachira, La Fria). Figures 61-64. Erythrodiplax amazonica, male ultimate instar exuviae (61), Exuviae, dorsal view; (62) left antenna; (63) labium with right palp, dorsal view; (64) anal pyramid, dorsal view