Coryphaeschna Williamson 1903
Creators: name: Mauffray, William F.
name: Tennessen, Kenneth J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Aeshnidae
Coryphaeschna

description: Coryphaeschna Williamson, 1903
Five of the eight species of Coryphaeschna occur in Ecuador. For identification, refer to Paulson (1994) and Tennessen (2001). These large dragonflies (Fig. 62) occupy shallow weedy ponds and slow reaches of streams, usually in forested areas.
Coryphaeschna adnexa (Hagen, 1861). Publ. Recs. ECU: Martin (1909, 1911 —both as Aeschna adnexa), Hincks (1934), Geijskes (1943), Paulson (1983), Tsuda (1986, 1991), Steinmann (1997b), (H06)) (P11), (H14); GY: * Calvert (1906)), Campos (1922, 1931 —both as A. adnexa), Calvert (1956); EO: Campos (1927); NA: Calvert (1956), Daigle (1996). Also ARG, BRA, CEN, COL, GUF, PRY, PER, SUR, VEN: (H06), (P11); plus TTO (P11).
Addl. Data. LR, Buena Fé: 1 ♀, [Consumulo] S Río Palenque (-0.58, -79.35, 175m), 11 vi 1974, leg. J. Longi- no, det. JJD [FSCA]; 1 ♂, Babahoyo, swamp at Babahoyo, 21 vi 1975, leg. J. Cohen, A. Langley & P. Monnig, leg.? [USNM]; NA, Tena: 1 ♂, Río Sinde, pond, 5 km E of Puerto Napo (-1.0517, -77.7544, 450m), 13 vii 1996, leg. & det. KJT [KJT]; 1 ♂, same data but 22 vii 1996, leg. & det. JJD [JJD]; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, same data but leg. & det. WFM [FSCA, LSAM]; 1 ♂, J.S.B.S., 23 km E of Puerto Napo, Tropical Wet Forest, 18 x 1988, leg. & det. SWD [UTIC]; 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Río Napo slough, 3.2 km E of Puerto Napo, 23 vii 1996, leg. & det. JJD [JJD]; OR, Francisco de Orellana: 1 ♂, pond near trib. of Río Payamino, road to Loreto, 1.7 km W of Coca Road (-0.4367, -77.0017, 258m), 13 vi 1995, leg. & det. KJT [FSCA]; 1 ♂, same data but 18 xi 1997 [KJT]; 1 ♀, P.N.Y., 2.1 km E of Yasuni Biological Research Sta., pond and swamp (-0.6741, -76.3685, 244m), 15 xi 1997, leg. & det. WFM [FSCA]; SU, Shushufindi: Limoncocha (-0.4000, -76.6167, 269m), 24 vii 1977, leg. & det. DRP [DRP]; 1 ♂, same data but 23 viii 1980, leg. & det. SWD [FSCA, KJT]; 1 ♀, same data but 25 viii 1980 [UTIC]; 1 ♂, same data but lawn, 23 viii 1980, leg. & det. SWD [JJD]; 1 ♂, same data but 24 viii 1980 [UTIC]; 1 ♀, same data but forest trail, 24 vii 1971, leg. D. Pearson, det. DRP [DRP]; 1 ♀, same data but Río Napo, 16 xi 1973, leg. B. Drummond III, det.? [FSCA]; 1 ♀, same data but 15 i 1964; 1 ♂, same data but 19 iv 1974 [FSCA]; same data but 6 xi 1980, leg. & det. MJW [FSCA]; 2 ♂♂, same data but 1 xi 1980 [FSCA]; 1 ♂, same data but 18 xi 1980; 1 ♂, same data but Thorn Palm Swamp “on Río Napo,” xi 1980, leg. & det. MJW [FSCA]; “La Selva, 100 km E of Coca, Manicocha,” 12 x 1988, leg. & det. SWD [FSCA].
Coryphaeschna amazonica De Marmels, 1989. Publ. Recs. ECU:*(H14). Also BRA, CEN, GUF, PER, SUR, VEN: (H06), (P16).
Addl. Data. ES, Quininde: 1 ♂, Río Hoja Blanca, 3 km N of Río Canande Reserve, 35 km NE of Quininde (0.5439, -79.2035), date not provided, data provided by WAH & DLW; PA, Pastaza: 1 ♂, Comuna San Ramon (- 1.3786, -77.8670), date not provided; data provided by WAH & DLW.
Coryphaeschna diapyra Paulson, 1994. Publ. Recs. ECU: (H06)), (P11), (H14); SU: * Paulson (1994). Also CEN, VEN: (H06), (P11).
Addl. Data. SU, Shushufindi: 3 ♂♂, Limoncocha, Thorn Palm Swamp “on Río Napo ” (-0.4000, -76.6167, 269m), 26 xi 1980, leg. MJW, det. DRP [FSCA].
Coryphaeschna huaorania Tennessen, 2001. Publ. Recs. ECU: (Paulson 2004a) (P11), (H14); MS: * Tennessen (2001 — Holotype & Allotype: [Patuca], [about 1 ml N], 43.4 km S of Sucua, large pond [about 5 km N of Mendez road jct] (-2.7283, -78.2700, 600m), 6 xi 1997, leg. TWD [FSCA]); NA: * Tennessen (2001); OR: * Tennessen (2001). Note: So far reported only from Ecuador.
Addl. Data. NA, Tena: 1 ♀, pool near Río Napo, 3.2 km E of Puerto Napo (-1.0456, -77.7467, 420m), 23 vii 1996, leg. & det. KJT [KJT]; OR, Francisco de Orellana: 1 ♂, P. N.Y., pool near Río Sabaleto, 17 vii 1996, leg. & det. KJT [KJT]; 1 ♂, pond, Loreto Road, 11 km W of Río Payamino ferry [now bridge] (-0.4800, -77.0800, 300m), 18 xi 1997, leg. & det. KJT [KJT]; 1 ♂, 11.8 km W on Loreto Road, large pond (-0.4742, -77.0583, 285m), 18 xi 1997, leg. WFM, det. KJT [FSCA].
Coryphaeschna viriditas Calvert, 1952. Publ. Recs. ECU: Paulson (1983), Tsuda (1986, 1991), (H06), (P11), (H14); GY: Calvert (1956); LJ: * Campos (1925 —as C. virens). Also BOL, BRA, CEN, COL, GUF, GUY, PRY, PER, VEN, SUR: (H06), Paulson (2009); plus TTO: (P11).
Addl. Data. PA, Pastaza: 1 ♀, old road to Tena, 22 km E of Puyo, 2 m wide polluted stream bordered by forest and cutover area (-1.424, -77.874), date not provided; data provided by WAH & DLW.
description: Published as part of Mauffray, William F. & Tennessen, Kenneth J., 2019, A Catalogue and Historical Study of the Odonata of Ecuador, pp. 1-265 in Zootaxa 4628 (1) on pages 115-117, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4628.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3335707