Archilestes grandis
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
Archilestes
Archilestes grandis

description: Archilestes grandis (Rambur, 1842)
Fig. 4C–D (♁ and ♀ head), Fig. 6D–F (♁ pterothorax), Fig. 9C–D (♁ genital ligula), Fig. 10C–D (♁ caudal appendages), Fig. 12D–F (♀ pterothorax), Fig. 14B (♀ ovipositor), Fig. 15 (distribution), Fig. 20A–C (♁, ♀ and couple in tandem field photos)
Etymology: grandis, Latin for considerable size, big, large.
Type locality: Colombia.
Distribution: Belize, Canada, Colombia (Antioquia, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Santander, Valle del Cauca), Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, United States, Venezuela.
Female described: Yes Larva described: Yes— Needham (1904)
Altitudinal range: 39–2090 m IUCN status: LC— Paulson (2018a)
Records in previous references: Rambur (1842), Hagen (1861), Selys (1862), Calvert (1909), Ris (1918), Urrutia (2005), Pérez-Gutiérrez & Palacino-Rodríguez (2011)
Material examined (37♁♁, 10♀♀). Colombia, Magdalena, Santa Marta, 11.2877N, 74.0694W, 750 m, 27- 02-2002, L. Pérez leg., 2♁♁ (UARC 1063, 1078); Antioquia, Briceño, vereda Palmichal, 7.1597N, 75.6121W, 270 m, 02-02-2014, C. Bota leg., 1♁ (CEUA 81644); La Pintada, Ecolombia, 5.9016N, 75.6563W, 729 m, 27-07- 2007, C. Bota leg., 1♁ (CEUA 42399); as the previous but, 5.7232N, 75.6167W, 738 m, 1♁ (CEUA 42400); as the previous but, 750 m, 1♁ (CEUA 42401); Medellín, Barrio Robledo, 6.2759N, 75.5970W, 1450 m, 30-08-2009, S. Bota leg., 1♁ (CEUA 99980); San Jerónimo, vereda Loma Hermosa, 6.4291N, 75.7521W, 780 m, 12-12-2009, A. Clavijo leg., 3♁♁ (CEUA 99977, 99978, 99979); Santa Fé de Antioquia, 6.5597N, 75.8287W, 576 m, 01-10- 2013, S. Bota leg., 1♁ (CEUA 79920); Titiribí, 6.0626N, 75.7937W, 1539 m, 11-11-1994, A. Mesa leg., 1♁ (CEUA 44548); Magdalena, Santa Marta, Paso del Mango, 11.2000N, 74.0833W, 400 m, 02-01-2013, C. Moreno, R. Wedler, C. Bota leg., 2♁♁ (CEUA 71245, 71246); Santa Marta, Camino a Ciudad Perdida, 11.1000N, 73.8666W, 450 m, 27-12-2013, C. Moreno, C. Bota leg., 1♁ (CEUA 81309); Santander, Zapatoca, Vereda Palo Blanco, 6.9000N, 73.3166W, 2000 m, 09-08-2013, C. Flórez, C. Bota leg., 2♁♁, 1♀ (CEUA 74350, 74351); as the previous but, 6.8977N, 73.3192W, 1500 m, 14-08-2013, 1♁ (CEUA 74668); as the previous but, 6.8500N, 73.3166W, 1700 m, 12-08-2013, 1♁ (CEUA 74693); Casanare, Aguazul, veredea El Espinal, 5.1707N, 72.5490W, 279 m, 15-09- 2004, 4♁♁, 3♀♀ (ANDES-E 2832-2838); Cundinamarca, La Mesa, vereda La Doima, 4.6705N, 74.4433W, 1150 m, 01-04-2004, E. Realpe leg., 1♁ (ANDES-E 3818); Magdalena, Santa Marta, Minca, 11.1453N, 74.1117W, 680 m, 01-10-2000, L. Pérez leg., 1♁ (ANDES-E 16177); as the previous but, 11.1176N, 74.1197W, 828 m, 07-10- 2016, C. Mendoza leg., 1♁ (ANDES-E 28436); as the previous but, 11.1315N, 74.1225W, 680 m, 09-09-2021, L. Pérez leg., 1♁ (ANDES-E 16171); as the previous but, quebrada la Gloria, 11.0966N, 74.0635W, 2000 m, 15-06- 2005, L. Pérez leg., 5♁♁ (ANDES-E 3825-3829); as the previous but, quebrada Neguanje, 11.2878N, 74.0694W, 750 m, 27-02-2002, L. Pérez leg., 1♁, 3♀♀ (ANDES-E 16184-16193); as the previous but, rio Piedras transvase, 11.2165N, 74.0396W, 350 m, 18-11-2001, L. Pérez leg., 1♁, (ANDES-E 16911); Cundinamarca, Puerto Salgar, 5.4510N, 74.6580W, 160m, 1♁(PUJ); Fusagasugá, 4.3210N, 74.3950W, 1495 m, 1♁ (ICN); Magdalena, Minca, 11.1400N, 74.1230W, 600 m, 1♁ (ICN); Santander, Suaita, 6.0970N, 73.3460W, 1578 m, 1♁ (ICN); Valle del Cauca, La Plata, 4.7000N, 75.7190W, 1390 m, 1♁ (ICN); vereda El Palomar, 3.4770N, 76.5990W, 1534 m; 1♀ (MUSENUV); Cali, Jardín botánico Juan María Céspedes, 3.4490N, 76.5720W, 1100 m, 1♁, 1♀ (MUSENUV).
Morphological characteristics: male and female mostly brown (Figs. 4C–D, 6D–F, 12D–F, 20A–C), except for pale areas (pale blue in life) on the posterior side of the epicranium, labrum, clypeus, and mandibles; mesepisternum and mesepimeron with a metallic green longitudinal band. Genital ligula circular, internal fold width more than 1/3 of S2 (Fig. 9C), surface entire, reaching anterior fold of S2 (Fig. 9D). Male cerci long and prominent, with a strong basal tooth, edge of median portion irregular without denticles; primary curvature type III (Fig. 10C); secondary curvature type I (Fig. 10D). Apophyses of paraprocts less than 1/3 of the cerci length, apices straight (Fig. 10D).
Lateral valves of the ovipositor with a row of small denticles that grow from the base to the apex, and basal plate with posterior and ventral margins split (Fig. 14B).
Remarks: this species has the largest distribution area in the genus, with a continuous occurrence from Canada to Colombia and Venezuela. In Colombia, it is found along the western slopes of the Cordillera Oriental, the Cordillera Central, the Cauca River valley, and the vicinity of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, in lateral pools of streams, between 30 and 2100 m (Fig. 13).
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 217-218, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5415.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10692884