Ormenophlebia Garrison, 2006

Mauffray, William F. & Tennessen, Kenneth J., 2019, A Catalogue and Historical Study of the Odonata of Ecuador, Zootaxa 4628 (1), pp. 1-265 : 28

Ormenophlebia Garrison, 2006

Only one of the four species in this genus has been recorded in Ecuador. The adults are more elongate than the other calopterygid genera and are largely metallic green ( Fig. 11 ); females often have a reddish tinge in the wings. The nymphs inhabit small, high elevation forested streams often below waterfalls. The genus was revised by Garrison (2006), who also described the nymph of the one species in Ecuador.

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FIGURE 11. Ormenophlebia imperatrix ♂, ECUADOR, Napo Prov., small stream 5 km S of Baeza, 10 v 2009; photo K. J. Tennessen.