Perilestes Hagen in Selys, 1862

Mauffray, William F. & Tennessen, Kenneth J., 2019, A Catalogue and Historical Study of the Odonata of Ecuador, Zootaxa 4628 (1), pp. 1-265 : 93-95

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Perilestes Hagen in Selys, 1862
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Perilestes Hagen in Selys, 1862 View in CoL

Only one of the eight species of this genus is reported for Ecuador ( Fig. 50 View FIGURE 50 ). Species identification is based on Kennedy (1941a). Habitat appears to be slow, almost pooled stretches of small shaded streams, although very little is known of the biology.

Perilestes kahli Williamson & Williamson, 1924 . Publ. Recs. ECU: Tsuda (1986, 1991), Paulson (1983), Daigle (2005), (P11), (H14); NA: * Kennedy (1937b); OR: von Ellenrieder & Garrison (2011). Also BOL, BRA, VEN: (H08), (P11); plus COL: P&P (2011) and SUR: (P16).

Addl. Data. NA, Tena: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Río Chinchipino (-1.0728, -77.5864, 385m), 13 xi 1997, leg. & det. TWD [SWD]; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, same data but leg. & det. JJD [JJD]; 1 ♂, same data but leg. & det. KJT [KJT]; 1 ♂, same data but 10 x 2009 [KJT]; 1 ♂, same data but leg. & det. JTJ [JTJ]; 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, Jatun Yacu, Río Napo watershed (-1.0167, -77.8333, 700m), xii 1934, leg. WCM, det. CHK [UMMZ]; 1 ♀, Río Jatunyacu, Ilupulin Creek   GoogleMaps (vicinity of Napo) (-1.0167, -77.8333, 700m), i 1935, leg. W. Clarke-Macintyre, det. CHK [UMMZ]; OR, Francisco de Orellana: 1 ♀, S side of Río Napo, across from La Selva   GoogleMaps , streams in hill forest, 13 x 1988, leg. & det. SWD [SWD]; 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, P.N.Y., 1.8 km W of Waorani Reserve Road on Markus Oil Co Road PC 29-30, small stream (-0.6861, -76.4726, 200m), 16 xi 1997, leg. & det. WFM [FSCA, QZAC, USNM]; 1 ♂, P.N.Y., stream, (-0.7003, -76.4764, 200m), 16 xi 1997, leg. & det. WFM [SWD]; 1 ♂, small streams and forest trails 12 km E of Loreto, 2+ km S of Hwy. 45 (-0.6217, -77.2600, 365m), 12 x 2009, leg. & det JTJ [JTJ]; 1 ♀, T. B.S., USFQ, stream crossing Matapalo trail at marker 450 [in tandem with ♂, Perissolestes romulus ] (-0.6369, -76.1466, 245 m), 14 i 2009, leg. & det. RWG & NVE [NVE]; 1 ♀, Reserva Etnica Waorani, 1 km S Onkone Gare Camp (-0.6528, -76.4333, 220m), 4 x 1994, leg. T. Erwin, det.? [USNM]; 1 ♀, same data but 7 x 1994 [USNM]; 1 ♂, same data but 9 x 1994 [USNM]; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, same data but 10 x 1994 [USNM]; ZC, Nangaritza: 1 ♂, Mayaicu, Río Nangarizta   GoogleMaps (-4.0290, -78.6340, 900m), 2 v 1941, leg. D. Laddey, det. L. Gloyd, from UMMZ [RWG].

Perissolestes Kennedy, 1941

Very similar to Perilestes in appearance ( Fig. 51 View FIGURE 51 ) and reclusive behavior. Male cerci are white instead of the dark col- or of Perilestes. Five of the 11 species are recorded in Ecuador. For identification, see Kennedy (1937b, 1941a).

Daigle, J. J. (2005) Heteragrion bickorum spec. nov. from Ecuador (Zygoptera: Megapodagrionidae). Odonatologica, 34 (2), 165 - 168.

Kennedy, C. H. (1937 b) Perilestes castor and P. pollux, new dragonflies from Ecuador, with notes on P. kahli. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 30 (2), 410 - 424. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / aesa / 30.2.410

Kennedy, C. H. (1941 a) Perilestinae in Ecuador and Peru: Revisional notes and descriptions (Lestidae: Odonata). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 34 (3), 658 - 688.

Paulson, D. R. (1983) Odonata of South America. List compiled and distributed originally for the IUCN meeting in Calgary, Canada. [updated several times and later replaced by his web site; see Paulson, 2011, 2016]

Tsuda, S. (1986) A distributional list of world Odonata, Preliminary edition. Published by author, Osaka, 246 pp.

Tsuda, S. (1991) A distributional list of World Odonata. Published by author, Osaka, 362 pp.

von Ellenrieder, N. & Garrison, R. W. (2011) Odonata from Tiputini, Orellana Province, Ecuador. Agrion, 15 (2), 40 - 46.

Williamson, E. B. & Williamson, J. H. (1924) A remarkable new genus of Coenagrionidae from Brazil, with descriptions of three new species (Odonata). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 154, 1 - 24.

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FIGURE 50. Perilestes kahli ♂, ECUADOR, Napo Province, about 27 km E of Puerto Napo, Río Chinchipino, 10 x 2009, photo K. J. Tennessen.

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FIGURE 51. Perissolestes cornutus ♂, ECUADOR, Sucumbíos Province, small stream 3 km W of Shushufindi, 2+ km N off Hwy. 26 at km marker 17, 14 x 2009, photo K. J. Tennessen.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Odonata

Family

Perilestidae