Lestes tenuatus Rambur 1862
Creators: name: Mendoza-Penagos, Cristian Camilo
name: Pérez-Gutiérrez, León A.
name: Muzón, Javier
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Lestidae
Lestes
Lestes tenuatus

description: Lestes tenuatus Rambur, 1862
Fig. 5E–F (♁ and ♀ head), Fig. 8J–L (♁ pterothorax), Fig. 9Q–R (♁ genital ligula), Fig.11O–P (♁ caudal appendages), Fig. 13J–L (♀ pterothorax), Fig. 14H (♀ caudal appendages), Fig. 17 (distribution), Fig. 26 (♁ field photo).
Etymology: tçnűâtus latin for faint.
Type locality: Martinica.
Distribution: Belize; Colombia (Atlántico, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Meta, Sucre, Tolima, Valle del Cauca), Costa Rica, Cuba, República Dominicana, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, México, Panamá, Venezuela.
Female described: Yes Larva described: Yes— Calvert (1928), Geijskes (1941)
Altitudinal range: 0–1000 m IUCN status: LC— Paulson (2017)
Records in previous references: Calvert (1909), Pérez-Gutiérrez & Palacino-Rodríguez (2011)
Material examined: (31♁♁, 6♀♀). Colombia, Atlántico, Juan de Acosta, 10.8529N, 75.0567W, 240 m, 23-10- 2001, L. Pérez, K. Reatamoza, M. Pozo, J. Aguilar, O. Mejia leg., 3♁♁ (UARC 1035, 1036, 1038); Chocó, Nuquí, Termales, 5.6060N, 77.4411W, 7 m, 07-2023, J. Montes, leg., 1♁ (UARC 1328); Guajira, Albánia, 11.1021N, 72.6834W, 221 m, 1-11-2021, J. Montes, leg., 1♁ (UARC 1402); Magdalena, Santa Marta, 11.2875N, 73.9938W, 50 m, 21-10-2001, L. Pérez leg., 2♁♁ (UARC 1039, 1074, 1075); Antioquia, Gómez Plata, 6.5810N, 75.1950W, 1000 m, 09-07-2003, C. Bota leg., 2♁♁ (CEUA 40225, 40244); Remedios, finca la Brillantina, 6.8833N, 74.5666W, 500 m, 28-08-2011, C. Moreno, C. Bota leg., 3♁♁ (CEUA 81485, 81486, 81487); San Luis, El Prodigio, 6.0930N, 74.8144W, 500 m, 03-03-2012, 1♁ (CEUA 71128); Santander, Puerto Parra, Bocas del Carare, 6.7730N, 74.0994W, 96 m, 07-09-2013, 1♁ (CEUA 81392); Sucre, San Onofre, Berrugas, 9.7101N, 75.6666W, 0 m, 27-05-2009, C. Bota leg., 1♁ (CEUA 45509); Cundinamarca, Anolaima, 4.7618N, 74.4637W, 1657 m, 16-11-2016, E. Realpe leg., 1♁ (ANDES-E 22415); La Mesa, vereda la Doima, 4.6705N, 74.4433W, 1150 m, 01-04-2004, E. Realpe leg., 1♁ (ANDES-E 3819); Magdalena, Santa Marta, 11.1315N, 74.1225W, 680 m, 09-09-2001, L. Pérez leg., 2♁♁ (ANDES-E 16172, 17311); as the previous but, 11.2875N, 73.9939W, 50 m, 21-10-2001, L. Pérez leg., 2♁♁ (ANDES-E 16925, 16926); Sucre, Tolú, 9.4032N, 75.6780W, 0 m, 10-07-2013, L. Pérez leg., 2♁♁ (ANDES-E 22411, 22412); Tolima, Cunday, vereda El Edén, 3.9661N, 74.6331W, 1139 m, 1♁ (PUJ); Cundinamarca, Sasaima, 4.9741N, 74.4371W, 1071 m, 1♀ (ICN); Meta, San Martin, km 30 vía Villavicencio, 3.6761N, 73.7111W, 415 m, 1♁ (ICN); Tolima, Melgar, 4.1831N, 74.6571W, 331 m, 1♁ (ICN); Valle del Cauca, Cali, Univalle, 3.3731N, 76.5311W, 982 m, 2♁♁, 4♀♀ (MUSENUV); Pradera, La Buitrera, 3.4501N, 76.1491W, 1994 m, 1♁ (MUSENUV); Cali, Jardín botánico Juan María Céspedes, 3.4491N, 76.5721W, 1100 m, 2♁♁, 1♀ (MUSENUV).
Morphological characteristics: male head epicranium dark brown, labrum, clypeus, and mandibles pale blue (Fig. 5E). Male pterothorax coloration pattern blue and yellow, with two longitudinal green bands on the mesepisternum and blue antehumeral stripe (Fig. 8J); mesepimeron mostly brown; metepisternum and metepimeron mostly blue (Fig. 8K); posternum (PST) (pectum) with a couple of black dots adjacent to the latroventral carina, and with a black apex on metapostepimeron (PEM 3) (Fig. 7L). Genital ligula with rectangular shape (Fig. 9Q), the inner fold is well-developed and exceeds the anterior terminal fold of S2 (Fig. 9R). Male cerci long with an acute tooth in a basal region projected distally at a 90° angle; edge of medial portion straight with a row of denticles; primary curvature type II (Fig. 11O); secondary curvature type I (Fig. 11P). Paraprocts developed, apophyses almost 1/3 of length cerci, curved apices (Fig. 11P). Female head with a transversal black band, posterior margin blue (Fig. 5F). Female pterothorax coloration pattern as male (Fig. 13J–L). Basal plate with posterior (P) and ventral (V) sides divided in two (Fig. 14H).
Remarks: This species is distributed from the United States, through Central America (including Antilles) to Colombia and Venezuela. Due to its wide distribution area, it is categorized as LC (Least Concern) according to the IUCN (Paulson 2017). Here, we report the occurrence of this species in the departments of Cundinamarca, Sucre, and Tolima.
description: Published as part of Mendoza-Penagos, Cristian Camilo, Pérez-Gutiérrez, León A. & Muzón, Javier, 2024, A revision of Lestidae Calvert, 1901 (Odonata: Zygoptera) from Colombia, with the first record of Lestes dichrostigma Calvert, 1909, pp. 201-240 in Zootaxa 5415 (2) on pages 234-235, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5415.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10692884