Erythemis Hagen 1861
Creators: name: Mauffray, William F.
name: Tennessen, Kenneth J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Libellulidae
Erythemis

description: Erythemis Hagen, 1861
Of the ten species in this genus, all eight that occur in South America have been recorded in Ecuador. See Kennedy (1923) and Williamson (1923b) for species identification. Adults are medium to large with diverse body coloration, including green, red, orange, brown and black (Figs. 94a & b). The habitats are mostly lentic, including ponds, lake edges and marshes, but they can be found also in slow streams.
Erythemis attala (Selys, 1857). Publ Recs. ECU: Ris (1911b), Maria (1938), Paulson (1983), Tsuda (1986, 1991), (H06), (P11), (H14); CR: * Calvert (1906), Campos (1922); EO: Campos (1927); GY: * Calvert (1906), Campos (1922, 1931), Palacino-Rodríguez et al. (2015); LR: * Calvert (1906), Campos (1922); MN: Ris (1911b). Also in ARG, BOL, BRA, CEN, COL, GUF, GUY, PRY, PER, SUR, VEN, URY: (H06), (P11).
Addl. Data. EO, Santa Rosa: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, pond, 12 km E of Arenillas, Hwy. 25 (-3.5244, -79.9831, 30m), 9 iv 2008, leg. & det. KJT [KJT]; GY, Daule: 1 ♂, Daule, date?, leg. F. Campos, det.? [USNM]; Duran: 1 ♀, Duran (-2.17, -79.83, 9m), 12 ii 1911, leg. S. Rhoads, leg.? [ANSP]; LR, Buena Fé: 1 cop. pair, 3 ♂♂, as “Pinchincha,” Río Palenque Biological Station, 47 km S of Santo Domingo de los Colorados (-0.5864, -79.3647, 150m), 8 x 1988, leg. & det. SWD [JJD, KJT, SWD, USNM]; 1 ♂, [Patricia Pilar], just S at Reserva Palenque [about 47 km S of Santo Domingo] (-0.66, -79.26, 110m), 9 x 1988, leg. & det. SWD [FSCA, SWD]; OR, Francisco de Orellana: 1 ♂, Lake Teracoa, 26 viii 1980, leg. & det. SWD [UTIC]; 1 ♂, same data but 9 vii 1983, leg. T. & P. Gantenbein, det. RWG [CSCA]; SU, Shushufindi: 3 ♂♂, Limoncocha, Río Napo (-0.4000, -76.6167, 269m), 6–21 xi 1980, leg. & det. MJW [FSCA]; 2 ♂♂, same data but 23 viii 1980, leg. & det. SWD [SWD]; 1 ♂, same data but edge of clearing, 11 viii 1972, leg. E. Stiles, det. DRP [DRP]; 2 ♂♂, same data but lakeshore, 24 vii 1977, leg. & det. DRP [DRP]; 1 ♂, La Selva, 100 km E of Coca, Garzacocha, 12 x 1988, leg. & det. SWD [UTIC].
Erythemis carmelita Williamson, 1923. Publ. Recs. SU: * Dunkle (1981). Also BRA COL, PER, VEN: (H06), (P11).
Addl. Data. SU, Shushufindi: 2 ♂♂, Limoncocha, Río Napo (-0.4000, -76.6167, 269m), 6 xi 1980, leg. & det. MJW [FSCA]; 1 ♂, same data but 8 xi 1980 [FSCA]; 1 ♂, same data but 25 xi 1980 [FSCA]; 1 ♂, same data but N end of boat dock, 22 viii 1980, leg. & det. SWD [SWD]; 1 ♀, same data but 25 viii 1980 [SWD].
* Erythemis credula (Hagen, 1861). Publ. Recs. ECU: (H14). Also ARG, BRA, CEN, COL, GUF, GUY, SUR, VEN: (H06), (P11); plus BOL: (H06); and TTO: (P11).
Addl. Data. PC, San Miguel Bancos: 1 ♀, Mindo (1500m), 24 i 1994, leg. & det.? [QZAC]; OR, Francisco de Orellana: 1 ♂, pond, Loreto Road, 12.3 km W jct. with Coca Road (-0.4750, -77.0747, 290m), 13 vi 1995, leg. & det. KJT [KJT]; 1 ♂, same data but leg. & det. SWD [SWD]; 2 ♂♂, pond, Loreto Road, 11.8 km W of Río Payamino ferry (0.4752, -77.0583, 285m), 18 xi 1997, leg. & det. KJT [KJT]; 1 ♂, same data but leg. & det. WFM [FSCA]; Anangu SE across Río Napo from Providencia Lago Anangu “on Río Napo ” (-0.5213, -76.4361, 300m), 9 v 1975, leg. T. Emmel, det.? [FSCA]; 1 ♂, same data but leg. B. Drummond III, det.? [FSCA].
Erythemis haematogastra (Burmeister, 1839). Publ. Recs. ECU: Maria (1938), Paulson (2011), (H14); CR: * Calvert (1906), Campos (1922); EO: Campos (1927); GY: * Calvert (1906); Ris (1911b), Campos (1922); LR: * Campos (1922); OR: Tennesen (1998), von Ellenrieder & Garrison (2011), Palacino-Rodríguez (2011 —as “ Napo ”). Also in BRA, CEN, COL, GUF, GUY, PRY, PER, SUR, VEN: (H06), (P11); plus ARG: (H06); and TTO: (P11).
Addl. Data. LR, Babahoyo: Babahoyo (-1.80, -79.53, 10m), date?, leg. F Campos, det. P. Calvert [FSCA]; OR, Francisco de Orellana: 1 ♂, [La Nueva Esperanza] [across Río Napo from], near Primavera “Limoncocha”, Río Napo & Lake Taracoa (-0.45, -76.77, 300m), 27 vii 1977, leg. DRP & S. Hills, det. DRP (DRP); 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀, same data but 26 viii 1980, leg. & det. SWD [KJT, SWD]; 3 ♂♂, same data but 4 xi 1980, leg. & det. MJW [FSCA]; 2 ♂♂, P.N.Y., 2.1 km E of Yasuni Biological Research Sta., pond and swamp, (-0.6741, -76.3685, 245m), 15 xi 1997, leg. & det. WFM [FSCA, QZAC]; 1 ♂, P.N.Y., small stream at km 38 on Yasuni Road (-0.6333, - 76.5000), 12 vi 1995, leg. & det. SWD [SWD]; 1 ♂, pond on Coca-Loreto road (-0.4800, -77.0800, 300m), 18 xi 1997, leg. & det. TWD [SWD]; La Joya de los Sachas: 1 ♂, La Joya de los Sachas, E, pond (-0.2202, -76.6987, 260m), 29 x 2013, leg. & det. CDK [FSCA]; SU, Shushufindi: 1 ♀, Limoncocha, Río Napo (-0.4000, -76.6167, 290m), 3–16 vi 1977, leg. P. Spangler & D. Givens, det.? [USNM]; 2 ♂♂, same data but 14 xi 1980, leg. & det. MJW [FSCA]; 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀, same data but forest edge & swamp, 25–26 vii 1977, leg. & det. DRP [DRP]; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, La Selva, Garzacocha, 100 km E Coca, 12 x 1988, leg. & det. SWD [FSCA, SWD]; 1 ♀, Shushufindi, SW, pond (-0.2201, -76.6988), 29 x 2013, leg. & det. KJT [FSCA].
Erythemis mithroides (Brauer, 1900). Publ. Recs. ECU: (H14); SU: * Dunkle (1981). Also BOL, BRA, CEN, COL, GUF, GUY, PRY, PER, SUR, TTO, VEN: (H06), (P11).
Addl. Data. EO, Santa Rosa: 1 ♂, pond, 12 km E of Arenillas, Hwy. 25 (-3.5244, -79.9831, 30m), 9 iv 2008, leg. & det. KJT [KJT]; LR, Quevedo: 1 ♀, Pichilingue Río Palenque (-1.10, -79.48, 65m), 2 ii 1955, leg. E Schlinger, det.? [FSCA]; SU, Shushufindi: 1 ♂, Limoncocha, Río Napo (-0.4000, -76.6167, 269m), 4 xi 1980, leg. & det. MJW [FSCA]; 1 ♂, same data but 27 viii 1980, leg. & det. SWD [SWD]; 2 ♂♂, La Selva, Garzacocha, 100 km E Coca, 12 x 1988, leg. & det. SWD [FSCA, SWD].
Erythemis peruviana (Rambur, 1842). Publ. Recs. ECU: Maria (1938), Paulson (1983), Tsuda (1986, 1991), (H06), (P11), (H14); CR: * Calvert (1906), Campos (1922); EO: Campos (1927); GY: * Calvert (1906), Ris (1911b), Campos (1922); NA: Ris (1911b). Also in ARG BOL, BRA, CEN, COL, GUF, GUY, PRY, PER, SUR, TTO, VEN: (H06), (P11); plus TTO: (P11).
Addl. Data. EO, Santa Rosa: 1 ♂, pond, 12 km E of Arenillas, Hwy. 25 (-3.5244, -79.9831, 30m), 9 iv 2008, leg. & det. KJT [KJT]; GY, Guayaquil: 5 ♂♂, Guayaquil (-2.20, -79.90, 8m), ii, iv & viii, leg. F. Campos, det.? [FSCA]; Daule: 1 ♂, Nobol, 5.5 km N, 1 xii 1978, leg. P. Spangler & J. Anderson, det.? [USNM]; Yaguachi: 2 ♀♀, Casiguana, date?, leg. F. Campos, det.? [USNM]; LR, Babahoyo: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, swamp at Babahoyo, 21 vi 1975, leg. J. Cohen, A. & M. Langley, det.? [USNM]; 1 ♂, 20 km N Babahoyo, 22 vi 1975, leg. J. Cohen, A. & M. Langley, det.? [USNM]; OR, Francisco de Orellana: 1 ♂, 1 cop. pair, trib. of Río Payamino, road to Loreto, 1.7 km W of jct. with Coca Road (-0.4367, -77.0017, 258m), 13 vi 1995, leg. & det. KJT [KJT]; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, same data but leg. & det. WFM [LSAM, QZAC, USNM]; 1 ♂, same data but leg. & det. SWD [SWD]; 2 ♂♂, same data but 18 xi 1997 [QZAC, USNM]; 2 ♂♂, same data but leg. & det. TWD [SWD]; 2 ♂♂, same data but leg. & det. JJD [JJD]; 1 ♀, same data but leg. & det. KJT [KJT]; PC, San Miguel Bancos: 1 ♂, Mindo, 7 viii 1994, leg. & det.? [QZAC]; SD: 1 ♂, Palmeras, 26 xi 1988, leg. & det.? [QZAC]; SU, Shushufindi: 1 ♀, Limoncocha, Río Napo (-0.4000, -76.6167, 269m), 1 ♂, same data but 22 viii 1971, leg. D. Pearson, det. DRP [DRP]; 1 ♀, same data but 31 xii 1973, leg. B. Drummond III, det. KWK [FSCA]; ♀, same data but 11–16 v 1975 [FSCA]; 2 ♂♂, same but leg. T. Emmel [FSCA]; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, same data but 3–16 vi 1977, leg. P. Spangler & D. Givens, det.? [USNM]; 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, same data but 27 viii 1980, leg. & det. SWD [KJT, SWD]; 5 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, same data but 31 x 1980, leg. & det. MJW [FSCA]; 11 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀, same data but 1–29 xi 1980 [FSCA]; 1 ♀, same data but lake edge, 5 vii 1971, leg. D. Pearson, det. DRP [DRP].
Erythemis plebeja (Burmeister, 1839). Publ. Recs. ECU: Paulson (1983), Tsuda (1986, 1991), (H06), (P11), (H14); CR: * Calvert (1906), Campos (1922); CB: Campos (1922); EO: Campos (1927); GY: * Calvert (1906), Ris (1911b), Campos (1922); LR: * Calvert (1906), Campos (1922). Also ARG, BOL, BRA, CEN, COL, GUF, GUY, PRY PER, SUR, VEN: (H06), (P11); Plus TTO: (P11).
Addl. Data. CN, La Troncal: [FSCA]; ES, Esmeraldas: [DRP]; GY, Duran: [FSCA, USNM]; Guayaquil: [ANSP, FSCA, USNM]; Naranjal: [FSCA]; Samborondon: [UTIC]; IM, Ibarra: [FSCA]; LR, Babahoyo: [USNM]; Buena Fé: [UTIC]; NA, Tena: [FSCA, UTIC, KJT, LSAM, QZAC]; SD: [FSCA]; SU, Shushufindi: [FSCA].
Erythemis vesiculosa (Fabricius, 1775). Publ. Recs. ECU: Paulson (1983), Tsuda (1986, 1991 —as Lepthemis vesiculosa), (H06), (P11), (H14); CR: * Campos (1900), Calvert (1906 —as L. vesiculosa), Campos (1922 —as L. vesiculosa); CB: Campos (1922 —as L. vesiculosa); EO: Campos (1927); ES: Campos (1922 —as L. vesiculosa); GA: Muddeman (2007); GY: * Campos (1900 as L. vesiculosa), Calvert (1906 —as L. vesiculosa), Ris (1911b—as L. vesiculosa), Campos (1922 —as L. vesiculosa); LR: Calvert (1906 —as L. vesiculosa), Campos (1922 —as L. vesiculosa). Also in ARG, BOL, BRA, CEN, COL, GUF, GUY, PRY, PER, SUR, VEN: (H06), (P11); plus TTO: (P11).
Addl. Data. EO, Piñas: [ACRP]; Santa Rosa: [KJT]; ES, San Lorenzo: [QZAC]; GA, Isabela: [USNM]; San Cristóbal: [ACRP]; GY, Duran: [ANSP]; Guayaquil: [ANSP, FSCA, USNM]; Naranjal [FSCA]; LR, Babahoyo: [USNM]; Montalvo: [JJD]; MN, El Carmen: [QZAC]; Sucre: [QZAC]; NA, Tena: [UTIC]; OR, Francisco de Orellana: [KJT]; SE, Santa Elena: [USNM]; SD: [LSAM]; SU, Shushufindi: [FSCA, UTIC].
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 158-162, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4628.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3335707