Archilestes chocoanus Perez-Gutierrez 2012
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 chocoanus

description: Archilestes chocoanus Pérez-Gutiérrez, 2012
Fig. 4A–B (♁ and ♀ head), Fig. 6A–C (♁ pterothorax), Fig. 9A–B (♁ genital ligula), Fig. 10A–B (♁ caudal appendages), Fig. 12A–C (♀ pterothorax), Fig. 14A (♀ ovipositor), Fig. 15 (distribution), Fig. 19 (♁, field photo).
Etymology: chocoanus: in honor of the Pluvial Forest Pacific Chocoan rain forest.
Type locality: Salero, Chocó, Colombia.
Distribution: Colombia (Chocó, Risaralda, Valle del Cauca).
Female described: Yes Larva described: No
Altitudinal range: 129–429 m IUCN status: DD— Tennessen et al. (2016)
Records in previous references: Pérez-Gutiérrez (2012), Bota-Sierra et al. (2019)
Material examined: (10♁♁, 1♀). Colombia, Chocó, Salero, 5.3666N, 76.6533W, 129 m, 10-10-2005, L. Pérez, J. Montes-Fontalvo leg., 3♁♁ (holotype (UARC 10665), paratypes (1064 1062 )); as the previous but, 1♀, 13-10-2005 (allotype (UARC 1062 )); Valle del Cauca, Buenaventura, PNN Farallones de Cali, 3.602N, 76.881W, 424 m, 01-05-2017, J. Sandoval leg., 3♁♁ (CEUA 100030, 100031, 100032); Chocó, Tadó, río Guarato, 5.358N, 76.203W, 330 m, 22-11-2018, C. Bota, B. Cárdenas & S. Bustamante leg., 2♁♁ (CEUA 113435); Risaralda, Pueblo Rico, Santa Cecilia, 5.328N, 76.148W, 420 m, 08-10-2018, C. Bota leg., 1♁ (CEUA 113472); Valle del Cauca, Dagua, 3.6077N, 76.8891W, 18-09-2019, M. Sánchez, E. Realpe leg., 1♁ (ANDES-E 28463).
Morphological characteristics: male and female mostly green with metallic luster (Figs. 4A–B, 6A–C, 12A– C, 19), except labrum, clypeus, and mandibles pale green (Fig. 4A, B), metepisternum, metepimerum, and pectum yellow (Fig. 6A–C). Genital ligula ovoid, internal fold width more than 1/3 of S2, divided (Fig. 9A), exceeding anterior fold of S2 (Fig. 9B). Male cerci long and prominent, with a strong basal tooth, edge of medial portion convex with a row of small denticles, primary curvature type I (Fig. 10A) and secondary curvature type I (Fig. 10B). Paraprocts barely developed, almost vestigial, without apophyses (Fig. 10B). Lateral valves of the ovipositor with a row of small, barely perceptible denticles, basal plate with posterior and ventral margins split (Fig. 14A).
Remarks: This species is endemic to Colombia and recorded in a few localities at the departments of Chocó (Pérez-Gutiérrez 2012), Risaralda in the Tatamá National Park buffer area and Valle del Cauca (Anchicayá area, PNN Farallones de Cali) (Bota-Sierra et al. 2019). According to the IUCN it is classified as DD (Tennessen et al. 2016), however, it has been found in mining and deforested areas, so it is probably under some degree of direct threat in part of its range (Pérez-Gutiérrez 2012).
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 208-217, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5415.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10692884