Mesamphiagrion demarmelsi (Cruz, 1986)

Bota-Sierra, Cornelio Andrés & Echeverri, Martha Isabel Wolff, 2013, Taxonomic revision of Mesamphiagrion Kennedy, 1920 from Colombia (Odonata: Coenagrionidae), with the description of four new species, Zootaxa 3718 (5), pp. 401-440 : 427

Mesamphiagrion demarmelsi (Cruz, 1986)

Figs. 11 e (habitus ♂), 13k (S7– 10 ♂), 14s (S7–10 ♀), 16 (map)

Cianallagma [sic] demarmelsi: Cruz 1986: 743 –747, figs. 1–6 (description)

Cyanallagma demarmelsi: De Marmels 1989: 246 (generic discution);—Garrison 1991: 11 (synonymic list);—Bridges 1994: VII.66 (synonymic list);—De Marmels 1997: 135–156, figs. 1, 8, 14, 20, 26, 32, 39, 44, 50, 56, 65, and 82 (in part, redescription, key, map, and illustration of diagnostic characters);—Tsuda 2000: 31 ( Colombia);—Heckman 2008: 540, fig. 364 (keys for adults and known larvae).

Mesamphiagrion demarmelsi : von Ellenrieder & Garrison 2008: 1–51, figs. 20, 43, 65, and 76 (keys, illustrations, map, and added to the genus Mesamphiagrion );—Garrison et al. 2010: 275–279, figs. 1735, 1741, 1752, 1753, 1772 (in part, synonymic list, illustrations);—Pérez-Gutiérrez & Palacino-Rodríguez 2011: 213 (Colombian species check list).

Specimens examined (10 Specimens, Fig. 11 e). Cundinamarca: ICN: 1♂ Paratype, Municipality Bogotá, Parque La Florida, N4°43'45" W74°9'1" 2550m. 10.v.1985, Leg: F. Cruz. ANDES: Municipality El Rosal: 2♂, N4°54’ W74°16’, 2400 m, 3.ii.2008, Leg. E. Realpe. 2♂, Township El Rodeo, 2.iii.2008. 3♂ and 1♀ 4.ix.2004, Leg: S. Cardona. 1♂, Municipality Facatativá, Quebrada Manzilla, N4°48’ W74°20’ 2600m, 2.ii.2006, Leg: E. Realpe. 1♂, Municipality Guasca, Finca El Ají, N4°7,934' W73°9,23131', 3050 m, 14.ii.2009, Leg: M. Sánchez. CEUA: 1♂, Municipality Guatavita, 4°59’ N 73°47’ 2850m. 26.vii.12, Leg: C. Bota, E. Realpe & E. Ussa.

Habitat and biology. Artificial reservoirs in pasture lands and lagoons.

Distribution. Cundiboyacense highlands at the Cordillera Oriental, between 2,600 and 3,050 m.a.s.l. ( Fig. 16 ).

Figures

FIGURE 11. Mesamphiagrion laterale (Cundinamarca, Guatavita): (a) Mature male; (b) Female; (d) Juvenile male. M. tamaense (Santander, Suratá): (c) Juvenile male showing red coloration on S 3. M. demarmelsi (Cundinamarca, Guatavita): (e) Mature male

FIGURE 16. New distributional records of Mesamphiagrion demarmelsi, M. gaudiimontanum, M. ovigerum and M. risi in Colombia.