Miocora Calvert, 1917

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Miocora Calvert, 1917

Medium-sized damselflies with clear wings, sometimes with an apical brown spot on the hindwing ( Fig. 57 ). One of the two known species occurs in Ecuador. Habitat is sluggish small streams, oviposition taking place in damp logs. See Kennedy (1940) for identification.

Miocora peraltica Calvert, 1917 . Publ. Recs. ECU: (H14), (P16); * ES: Daigle et al. (1997). Also CEN, COL: (H08), (P11).

Addl. Data. ES, San Lorenzo: 2 ♂♂, stream 5 km NW of Lita along RR tracks (0.8847, -78.4667, 500m), 5 ii 1997, leg. & det. JJD [JJD, KJT]; 1 ♂, Lita along RR track 1–5 km W adjacent to Río Baboso seeps, pools & streams (0.8792, -78.4589, 535m), 5 ii 1997, leg. & det. WFM [FSCA]; 1 ♂, Río Canande Reserve, 35 km NE of Quininde, tributary of Río Hoja Blanca, swampy trickle in forest (0.5264, -79.2122, 345m), 20 x 2012, leg. Fred Morrison & WAH, det. WAH [WAH].

Note: Questions remain concerning the synonymy of M. subapicalis with M. peraltica (Bota-Sierra, pers. comm.).

Figures

FIGURE 57. Miocora peraltica ♂, ECUADOR, Esmeraldas Province, Río Canande Reserve, 35 km NE of Quininde, tributary of Río Hoja Blanca, swampy trickle in forest, 20 x 2012; photo W.A. Haber.