Uracis Rambur 1842
Creators: name: Mauffray, William F.
name: Tennessen, Kenneth J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Libellulidae
Uracis

description: Uracis Rambur, 1842
See Ris (1911a) and Costa & Santos (1997) for species identification. Adults (Fig. 115) perch in shaded forest for the most part but can be found also in partly shaded spots near the forest edge. Females oviposit in damp mud in forested swales that will flood and hold water for a short period of time. No nymphs have been described. Five species of Uracis occur in Ecuador.
Uracis fastigiata (Burmeister, 1839). Publ. Recs. ECU: Campos (1922 “por comm. Ris), Maria (1938), Paulson (1983), Tsuda (1986, 1991), (H06), (P11), (H14); ES: Daigle et al. (1997); IM: * Ris (1911a); OR: von Ellenrieder & Garrison (2011); PA: (Ris 1911a); SU: Donnelly (1998). Also BOL, BRA, CEN, COL, GUF, GUY, PER, TTO, VEN: (H06), (P11); plus SUR: (P16).
Addl. Data. ES, San Lorenzo [FSCA, QZAC, USNM]; NA, Carlos Julio Arsemena Tola: [FSCA]; Tena: [DRP, FSCA, SWD, USNM]; OR, Francisco de Orellana: [DRP, FSCA, KJT, LSAM, NVE, QZAC, SWD, USFQ, USNM]; PA, Mera: [FSCA, JTJ, KJT, QZAC, USNM]; Santa Clara: [USNM]; SU, Cascales: [FSCA]; Lago Agrío: [SWD, USNM]; Putumayo: [USNM]; Shushufindi: [DRP, FSCA, UTIC, SWD, SWD]; ZC, Zamora: [UTIC].
Uracis imbuta (Burmeister, 1839). Publ. Recs. ECU: *Ris (1911), Campos (1922), Racenis (1954), (H06), (P11), (H14); OR: von Ellenrieder & Garrison (2011); ZC: Tennessen & Johnson (2008). Also ARG, BOL, BRA, CEN, COL, GUF, GUY, PER, SUR, TTO, VEN: (H06), (P11).
Addl. Data. ES, San Lorenzo: [ANSP, FSCA, JJD, KJT, QZAC]; MS, Santiago: [SWD]; NA, Carlos Julio Arsemena Tola: [FSCA, USNM]; El Chaco: [SWD]; Tena: [DRP, FSCA, UTIC, KJT, SWD, USNM]; OR, Francisco de Orellana: [FSCA, KJT, LSAM, NVE, QZAC, SWD, TWD, USFQ, USNM]; Loreto: [FSCA, KJT]; SU, Cascales: [UTIC, KJT, SWD, USNM]; Lago Agrío: [FSCA, KJT, QZAC, SWD, USNM]; Putumayo: [USNM]; Shushufindi: [DRP, FSCA, KJT, SWD, USNM]; ZC, Zamora: [KJT].
* Uracis infumata (Rambur, 1842). Publ. Recs. ECU: (H14): BOL, BRA, GUF, GUY, PER, VEN: (H06), (P11); plus COL: (P&P); and SUR (P16).
Addl. Data. OR, Francisco de Orellana: 1 ♀, forest pool, Río Savaleto, P.N.Y., 17 xi 1997, leg. & det. KJT [KJT]; adult, Shiripuno Lodge, Río Shiripuno, 26 km SE of bridge on the Auca Road from Coca. [-1.1047, -76.4827, 273 m), no date provided, data provided by WAH & DLW; SU: Cuyabeno Reserve, 16.7 km E of Cuyabeno village, 3 km SE of Cuyabeno Lodge, no date provided, data provided by WAH & DLW.
Uracis ovipositrix Calvert, 1909. Publ. Recs. ECU: Paulson (1983), Tsuda (1986, 1991), (H06), (P11), (H14). Also BRA, GUF, GUY, PER, SUR, VEN: (H06), (P11).
Addl. Data. OR, Francisco de Orellana: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Yasuni Scientific Station, Río Tiputini, 39 km SE of Pom- peya, 61 km ESE of Coca, muddy trail in forest (-0.674, -76.397, 205m), 18 i 2012. leg. DLW, WAH, Fred Morrison, Tim Kell, Vicki Liu, det. WAH [image vetted by DRP] [WAH].
Uracis siemensi Kirby, 1897. Publ. Recs. ECU: * Paulson(1983), (H06), (P11), (H14). Also BRA, GUF, SUR, PER, VEN: (H06), (P11); plus COL: (P&P).
Addl. Data. NA, El Chaco: 1 ♂, El Chaco, 52 km NE on road to Lago Agrio, marsh, 18 viii 1980, leg. & det. SWD [FSCA]; OR, Francisco de Orellana: 1 ♂, [La Nueva Esperanza], [across Río Napo from] near Primavera “Limoncocha” Río Napo & lake Taracoa, forest trail to lake (-0.45, -76.77, 300m), 27 vii 1977, leg. & det. DRP [DRP]; 1 ♂, same data but 4 xi 1980, leg. & det. MJW [FSCA].
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 205-206, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4628.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3335707