Neuraeschna Hagen 1867
Creators: name: Mauffray, William F.
name: Tennessen, Kenneth J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Aeshnidae
Neuraeschna

description: Neuraeschna Hagen, 1867
A genus of 15 large, dark species (Figs. 64a & 64b), seven of which are recorded in Ecuador. For species identification, see Belle (1989). Habitat is small streams in swampy woodlands; adults are crepuscular and seldom seen, therefore being rarely collected.
* Neuraeschna calverti Kimmins, 1951. Publ. Recs. ECU: (H14—as N. cf. calverti). Also BRA, PER: (H06), (P11); plus SUR, VEN:(P11).
Addl. Data. OR, Francisco de Orellana: 1 ♀, [Anangu] 100 km E Coca near La Selva, S across Río Napo, streams in hill forest (-0.53, -76.38, 290m), 13 x 1988, leg. & det. SWD [SWD]; 1 ♀, cf. Río Shiripuno Lodge, 27 km SE Río Shiripuno bridge, (-1.1047, -76.7317, 235m), date not provided; data provided by WAH & DLW; SU, Cuyabeno: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Nicky Lodge on Río Cuyabeno, 210m (-0.1977, -75.9243), date not provided; data provided by WAH & DLW; Shushufindi: 1 ♂, Limoncocha, Río Napo (-0.4000, -76.6167, 269m), 18 xi 1980, leg. D. Pat- terson, det. SWD, checked by WFM [FSCA].
Neuraeschna claviforcipata Martin, 1909. Publ. Recs. ECU: (H06), (P11), (H14); SU: * Belle (1989 —as “ Napo ”), De Marmels & Neiss (2013). Also BRA, GUF, SUR, VEN: (H06), (P11).
Addl. Data. SU, Shushufindi: 1 ♀, Limoncocha, Río Napo (-0.4000, -76.6167, 269m), 5 xi 1980, leg. & det. J. Belle [FSCA].
Neuraeschna costalis (Burmeister, 1839). Publ. Recs. ECU: (H06), (P11), (H14); PA: * Belle (1989). Also BRA, GUF, GUY, SUR, VEN: (P11).
Addl. Data. ES, San Lorenzo: 1 ♀, Concepcion (1.05, -78.83, 25m), date?, leg. F. Campos, det. MJW [ANSP]; PA, Mera: 1 ♂, Shell, Río Pastaza, Puyo [presumably W, just downriver from Shell] (-1.53, -78.05, 1000m), 21 xi 1936, leg. WCM, det. CHK [FSCA]. SU, Shushufindi: 1 ♀, cf. La Selva Lodge, (-0.4978, -76.3741), date not provided; data provided by WAH & DLW.
Neuraeschna dentigera Martin, 1909. Publ. Recs. ECU: (H14?). Also BRA, GUY, PER, SUR: (H06).
Addl. Data. OR, Francisco de Orellana: 1 ♀, Yasuni Scientific Station, Río Tiputini, 39 km SE of Pompeya, 61 km ESE of Coca (W-550) (-0.6741, -76.3974), date not provided; data provided by WAH & DLW.
* Neuraeschna harpya Martin, 1909. Also BRA, GUF, GUY, PER, SUR, VEN: (H06), (P11).
Addl. Data. NA, Tena: 1 ♀, J.S.B.S., near Tena, inside station (450m), 1 xii 1994, leg. A. Jaramillo, det. DRP [DRP]; OR, Francisco de Orellana: 1 ♀, T. B.S., Río Tiputini, 55 km SE of Pompeya, 94 km ESE of Coca (-0.6369, -76.1503), date not provided; data provided by WAH & DLW; SU, Cuyabeno: 1 ♂, Río San Francisco, 850 m N of Nicky Lodge on Río Cuyabeno (-0.1977, -75.9243, 210m), date not provided; data provided by WAH & DLW.
Neuraeschna maya Belle, 1989. Publ. Recs. ECU: *(H06), (P11). Also CEN: (H06), (P11). Addl. Data. MS, Santiago: 1 ♀, pond 5 km N of Mendez Junction, Hwy. 45, 8 xi 1997, leg. & det. JJD [JJD].
Neuraeschna titania Belle, 1989. Publ. Recs. ECU: Tsuda (1991), (H06), (P11), (H14); NA: * Belle (1989); PC: * Belle (1989 — Holotype: [Quito], Jaruqui [probably Yarugui] (-0.1500, -78.3167, 2728m), date?, leg. Staudinger [BMNH]); PA: *Belle (1989—Allotype: [Pastaza] Puyo, Río Pastaza watershed (1000m), 28 xi 1936, leg. WCM [UMMZ]; ZC: *Belle (1989), Bridges (1993). Also PER: (H06), (P11).
Addl. Data. MS, Morona: 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Mangosisa, Río Upano (-2.5244, -77.8947, 850m), date?, leg. L. Alonzo, det. NVE, from CHK; data provided by RWG [RWG, UMMZ]; NA, Archidona: 1 ♀, Archidona, at light (-0.9167, - 77.8000, 604m), 1–31 v 1971, leg. H. Real, det. J Belle [RWG]; OR, Francisco de Orellana: 1 ♂, Yasuni Scientific Station, Río Tiputini, 39 km SE of Pompeya, 61 km ESE of Coca (-0.6741, -76.3974), date not provided; data pro- vided by WAH & DLW; PA, Pastaza: 2 ♀♀, Puyo, Río Pastaza watershed [twilight] (-1.4667, -77.9833, 1000m), 21–28 xi 1936, leg. WCM, det. J. Belle; Santa Clara: 1 ♀, headwaters of Río Arajuno, Napo watershed (-1.0833, -77.5333, 1000m), 29 iv 1941, leg. WCM, det. RWG [UMMZ]; ZC, Zamora: 1 ♂, Zamora (-4.000, -78.9567, 700m), 3 xii 1941, leg. D. Laddey, det. J. Belle, from CHK; data provided by RWG [UMMZ].
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 120-122, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4628.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3335707