Leptobasis lucifer ( Donnelly 1967 ) Donnelly, 1967

Garrison, Rosser W. & Ellenrieder, Natalia Von, 2010, Redefinition of Leptobasis Selys with the synonymy of Chrysobasis Rácenis and description of L. mauffrayi sp. nov. from Peru (Odonata: Coenagrionidae), Zootaxa 2438, pp. 1-36 : 7-8

Leptobasis lucifer ( Donnelly 1967) comb. nov.

Figs. 2 d, 3d, 7a, 12, 19c, 20d, 21d, 22b, 24, 27

Chrysobasis lucifer Donnelly 1967: 47 –50 (holotype 3, allotype Ƥ, Tenedores, 25 km E of Morales, along Atlantic highway at km 268, Izabal, Guatemala, 16 viii 1965, T.W. Donnelly leg., both in FSCA); — Paulson 1982: 253 ( Guatemala); — Davies & Tobin 1984: 77 (catalog); — González-Soriano 1993: 296 (new record for Mexico); — Bridges 1994: VII.138 (catalog); — González-Soriano & Novelo-Gutiérrez 1996: 163 ( Mexico); — Boomsma & Dunkle 1996: 25 (checklist); — González-Soriano & Novelo-Gutiérrez 1996: 163 ( Mexico); — Steinmann 1997: 285 (catalog); — Tsuda 2000: 29 (catalog); — Paulson 2000: 12 (record); — Förster 2001: 50 (key to genera), 59 (mention); Westfall & May 2006: 226 (description 3, Ƥ); — González-Soriano & Novelo-Gutiérrez 2007: 129 ( Mexico); — Paulson 2008: 17 (record); — Daigle 2008: 25 (record); — Daigle 2009: 9 –10 (record).

Specimens examined. Total: 7 3, 5 Ƥ: 4 3, 3 Ƥ, USA, Florida, Corkscrew Audubon Sanctuary, Hwy. 849, about 13.0 miles west of Immokalee, 26°22'31"N, 81°36'23"W, 4 m, 27 ii 2009, leg. J.J. Daigle; 1 3, Mexico, Campeche State, Laguna en Zoh Laguna, Reserva de la Biósfera de Calakmul, 18°51'23"N, 89°31'08"W, 260 m, 23 ix 1997, leg. E. González-Soriano, Sandra Montiel Barrón; 1 3, Belize, Orange Walk District, Gallon Jug, forest swamp, 17°34'N, 89°03'W, 15 x 1992, leg. Tineke Boomsma; 1 Ƥ, Costa Rica, Heredia Prov., Finca La Selva, 1.5 mi S Puerto Viejo, 10°28'N, 84°01'W, 20 ix 1966, leg. D.R. & M.L. Paulson, and 1 3, 1 Ƥ, same data but 10 iv 1967. All specimens deposited in RWG.

Diagnosis. This species is nearest L. buchholzi and is diagnosed under that species.

Dimensions. Males (n = 7; mean in parenthesis): Hw 14.1–16.1 (15.4); abdomen 25–29.5 (27.4); total length 30.0–35.5 (35.0). Females (n = 5; mean in parenthesis): Hw 16.9–17.4 (17.2); abdomen 26.0–27.5 (27.0); total length 31.0–33.0 (32.3).

Distribution. Southern Florida, USA, Guatemala, Belize, and Costa Rica ( Fig. 27 ).

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FIGURE 27. Distribution of Leptobasis buchholzi, L. candelaria, L. guanacaste, L. lucifer, and L. melinogaster.