Revised version of 14 August, 2000
By Rosser W. Garrison
1030 Fondale St., Azusa, CA, 91702-0821, U.S.A.
E-Mail:rgarrison@southwest.net
Introduction:
A synonymic list of the New World Odonata was published as vol.
3(2) of Argia on 15 June 1991. Many nomenclatoral changes and
synonymies have taken place since that list was published. This
revised listing of the synonymic list (hereafter referred to as NWOL)
represents incorporations and changes up through January 2000 and is
available on the world-wide web at: http://www.ups.edu/biology/museum/NewWorldOD.html.
This NWOL represents a complete listing for all described Odonata of
North, Middle, and South America. Generic synonyms and species
misidentifications are not included. I have used the following
sources:
Kirby, W.F. 1890. A synonymic catalogue of Neuroptera Odonata, or dragonflies. Gurney and Jackson, London, ix + 202 pp.
Muttkowski, R.A. 1910. Catalogue of the Odonata. of North America. Bull. Publ. Mus. Milwaukee, l(l):1-207.
Paulson, D.R. 1969. The Odonata of North and Middle America. (Unpublished list).
Paulson, D.R. 1977. Odonata in Biota Acuatica de Sudamerica Austral, S.H. Hurlbert, ed., San Diego State University, 170-184.
Paulson, D.R. 1982. Odonata in Aquatic Biota of Mexico, Central America and the West Indies. H.H. Hurlbert and A. Villalobos-Figueroa, eds. San Diego State Univ., San Diego.
Paulson, D.R. 1983. Working list of the Odonata of South America. (Unpublished list).
Davies, D.A.L. and R Tobin. 1984. The dragonflies of the world: a systematic list of the extant species of Odonata. Vol. 1. Zygoptera, Anisozygoptera. Societas Internationalis Odonatologica Rapid Comm. (Suppl.) 3.
Davies, D.A.L. and P. Tobin. 1985. The dragonflies of the world: a systematic list of the extant species of Odonata. Vol. 2. Anisoptera. Societas Internationalis Odonatologica Rapid Comm. (Suppl.) 5.
Tsuda, Shigeru. 1986. A distributional list of world Odonata. Preliminary edition. Privately published. Osaka.
Tsuda, Shigeru. 1991. A distributional list of world Odonata. Privately published. Osaka. [Note: This is the revised edition of the 1986 work cited above; a review of this work can be found in Argia: 1991, Vol. 3 No. 1: 23-24.]
Bridges, Charles A. 1994. Catalogue of the family-group, genus-group and species group names of the Odonata of the world (third edition). Privately published by the author (now deceased) [Note: The first and second editions of this work appeared on 15 June 1991 and 1 February 1993, respectively. The first edition was reviewed by Garrison in Argia: 1991, Vol. 3 No. 1: 23-24. The second and third editions incorporated corrections and additions brought to the author's attention. The third edition has a new section, Part XIII, which includes figures of wings of almost all genera of Odonata.]
In addition, various lists of Odonata for the Americas are
included at various computer web sites and are updated at various
intervals. However, none of these appear to list all published names
from the literature.
This list reflects my own taxonomic views, and I have freely
synonymized some species based on my own analyses. I have sent
several versions of the list to the following Odonatists, who have
freely given their advice, opinions, and constructive criticisms: J.
Belle (The Netherlands), G. Bick (Florida), C. Cook (Kentucky), J.
Daigle (Florida), J. De Marmels (Venezuela), T. Donnelly (New York),
S. Dunkle (Texas), A. Machado (Brazil), P. Machet (France), K.
Tennessen (Alabama), S. Tsuda (Japan), J. van Tol (The
Netherlands).
I have not always followed the advice of all of my colleagues
regarding the establishment of certain genera or author citations,
and those errors that remain are mine. I have tried to be thorough in
establishing correct authorship for each taxon, and I hope that those
discovered errors will be addressed to me.
I have not always been successful in being consistent pertaining
to discussions of synonymy. For example, I am not in favor of
recognizing most subspecies; but upon advice from Dr. A.B.M. Machado
of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, I have retained many within the genus
Mecistogaster. On the other hand, I have synonymized
all of Schmidt's subspecific names under Microstigma,
because most Odonatists do not seem to use them. Similarly, I have
synonymized the various subspecies of Calopteryx
aequabilis, because they do not seem to be well defined; but
I have retained the status quo for subspecies of Remartinia
luteipennis and Staurophlebia reticulata,
because I have not decided upon their status due to limited knowledge
and/or specimens.
Similar problems have confronted me for correct dates and
authorship of various taxa. The Hagen/Se1ys authorship controversy
has been particularly troublesome; and I have decided on status by
examining each original description by these two authors. Philippe
Machet, of Saint-Cloud, France, has been particularly helpful in
providing correct dates for certain poorly known published taxa
described by Blanchard and others. Both he and Dr. Jurg De Marmels of
Maracay, Venezuela have also been most helpful in providing correct
endings for various species names.
The sequence and use of family names is largely traditional and is
based primarily on Fraser (1957. A reclassification of the Order
Odonata. Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales # 12, 133pp).
Phylogenetic studies will alter the classification considerably. Such
a new classification, including drastic changes in the higher
classification has recently been proposed by Bechly (1996.
Morphologische Untersuchungen am Flügelgeäder der rezenten
Libeeen und deren Stammgruppenvertreter (insecta; Pterygota; Odonata.
Petalura). Petalura). An abstracted English version (The phylogenetic
system of fossil and recent Odonatoptera).is available at the
following web site: http://members.aol.com/odonatadat/phylogeny/bechly.htm
The sequence of families is my own. I do not recognize the family
Rimanellidae of Davies and Tobin. Species are listed alphabetically
under genera, as are synonyms. Taxa treated as synonyms are listed as
they were originally cited. Thus limbata Se1ys, 1853
was originally described as Hetaerina tricolor race
limbata; therefore, its entry is: syn
tricolor race limbata Se1ys, 1853. Some
synonyms with a question mark before the name (e.g.,
?maxima McLachlan, 1879) I consider probable
synonyms.
This copy is derived from a DBXL file (compatible with DBASE) through Word 2000 for Windows 98, and can be edited at any time. I add new taxa as I discover them in the literature.
The abbreviations and letter fonts are defined as follows:
Following the list, I provide annotations for several taxa.
Because certain nomenclatoral changes introduced here are based on
information from others (usually by letter), or on my own unpublished
opinion, this list should not be considered a
publication. I particularly hope that the list will prove
helpful to others, especially in solving several vexing problems
which remain.
I owe much appreciation to the late Mr. Charles Bridges, of the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who corresponded with me
over the years regarding the status of many New World Odonata name
changes; he provided me with much help during the evolution of this
list. To Don Frack of Covina, California, I owe a special debt. He
provided me with a DBASE program, TAXON, which made the present list
possible. My wife, Jo, who has always helped me over the years,
helped with the data input.
I would be interested in hearing from anyone who finds errors, and
I also solicit reprints and/or correspondence from anyone who is
interested in New World Odonata.
Note: NOT TO BE CONSIDERED A PUBLICATION
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ODONATA Fabricius, 1793
ZYGOPTERA Selys, 1854
DICTERIADIDAE
Dicterias Selys, 1853
atrosanguinea
Selys, 1853
syn procera Hagen in Selys, 1859
Heliocharis
Selys, 1853
amazona
Selys, 1853
syn brasiliensis Hagen in Selys, 1859
syn cothurnata (Förster, 1906)
[Neocharis]
syn libera Selys, 1869
syn paraensis Costa & T. Santos, 1991
syn peruviana (Navás, 1920)
[Dicterias]
syn umbra (Ris, 1918) [Dicterias]
syn valga (Needham, 1903) [Cyanocharis]
POLYTHORIDAE
Chalcopteryx
Selys, 1853
radians
Ris, 1914
rutilans (Rambur, 1842) [Rhinocypha]
syn form confluens Schmidt, 1952
scintillans McLachlan, 1870
seabrai Santos & Machado, 1961
Chalcothore
De Marmels, 1985
montgomeryi
(Rácenis, 1968) [Euthore]
Cora
Selys, 1853
chirripa
chirripa Calvert, 1907
chirripa donnellyi Bick & Bick, 1990
confusa Kennedy, 1940
cyane Selys, 1853
syn incana Hagen in Selys, 1869
dorada Bick & Bick, 1991
dualis McLachlan, 1878
inca Selys, 1873
syn brasiliensis Montgomery, 1967
irene Ris, 1918
jocosa McLachlan, 1881
klenei Karsch, 1891
lugubris Navás, 1934
marina Selys, 1868
syn alcyone Selys, 1873
modesta Selys, 1869
syn bogotensis Förster, 1914
munda McLachlan, 1878
notoxantha Ris, 1918
obscura Ris, 1918
parda Bick & Bick, 1991
semiopaca Selys, 1878
skinneri Calvert, 1907
subfumata (nomen dubium) Förster, 1914
terminalis McLachlan, 1878
xanthostoma Ris, 1918
Euthore
Selys, 1869
fasciata
form fasciata (Hagen in Selys, 1853)
[Thore]
fasciata form plagiata Selys, 1873
fasciata form sulfurata De Marmels,
1982
fassli Ris, 1914
fastigiata (Selys, 1859) [Thore]
hyalina (Selys, 1853) [Thore]
inlactea Calvert, 1909
leroii Ris, 1918
meridana Selys, 1879
mirabilis McLachlan, 1878
Kalocora
Kennedy, 1940
aurea
(Ris, 1918) [Cora]
Miocora
Calvert, 1917
pellucida
Kennedy, 1940
peraltica Calvert, 1917
syn subapicalis Kennedy, 1940
Polythore
Calvert, 1917
aurora
(Selys, 1879) [Thore]
batesi (Selys, 1869) [Thore]
beata (McLachlan, 1869) [Thore]
syn race? inaequalis (Selys, 1869) [Thore]
boliviana (McLachlan, 1878) [Thore]
concinna (McLachlan, 1881) [Thore]
syn pulchella (Kirby, 1889) [Sapho]
derivata (McLachlan, 1881) [Thore]
syn derivata race adjuncta Fraser, 1946
syn derivata race ambigua Fraser, 1946
syn picta race originata Fraser, 1946
gigantea (Selys, 1853) [Thore]
lamerceda Bick & Bick, 1985
manua Bick & Bick, 1990
mutata (McLachlan, 1881) [Thore]
neopicta Bick & Bick, 1990
ornata (Selys, 1879) [Thore]
syn montana (Förster, 1914) [Thore]
syn pozuzina (Förster, 1914) [Thore]
picta (Rambur, 1842) [Euphaea]
syn race picturata (Selys, 1873) [Thore]
syn saundersii (Selys, 1853) [Thore]
procera (Selys, 1869) [Thore]
terminata Fraser, 1946
victoria (McLachlan, 1869) [Thore]
vittata (Selys, 1869) [Thore]
syn acostai (Navás, 1924) [Thore]
syn albovittata (Selys, 1873) [Thore]
syn picta (Selys (nec Rambur, 1842), 1869)
[Thore]
syn race? aequatorialis (Selys, 1873)
[Thore]
syn tincta (Navás, 1924) [Thore]
williamsoni (Förster, 1903)
[Thore]
Stenocora
Kennedy, 1940
percornuta
Kennedy, 1940
AMPHIPTERYGIDAE
Amphipteryx
Selys, 1853
agrioides
Selys, 1853
longicaudata Gonzalez, 1991
Rimanella
Needham, 1934
arcana
(Needham, 1933) [Rima]
CALOPTERYGIDAE
Calopteryx
Leach, 1815
aequabilis
Say, 1839
syn aequabilis californicum Kennedy, 1917
syn aequabilis coloradicum Cockerell, 1913
syn aequabilis yakima Hagen, 1889
syn hudsonica Hagen, 1875
syn virginica Selys, 1853
amata Hagen, 1889
angustipennis (Selys, 1853)
[Sylphis]
syn elegans (Hagen in Selys, 1853)
[Sylphis]
dimidiata Burmeister, 1839
syn apicalis Burmeister, 1839
syn cognata Rambur, 1842
maculata (Beauvois, 1805) [Agrion]
syn holosericea Burmeister, 1839
syn maculata floridana Huggins, 1927
syn materna Say, 1839
syn opaca Say, 1839
syn papilionaria Rambur, 1842
Hetaerina
Hagen in Selys, 1853
amazonica
Sjöstedt, 1918
americana (Fabricius, 1798) [Agrion]
syn basalis (Say, 1839) [Lestes]
syn basalis Hagen in Selys, 1859
syn californica Hagen in Selys, 1859
syn pseudamericana Walsh, 1863
syn scelerata Walsh, 1863
syn texana Walsh, 1863
auripennis (Burmeister, 1839)
[Calopteryx]
syn divina Hagen in Selys, 1854
syn purpurea Selys, 1854
aurora Ris, 1918
brightwelli (Kirby, 1823) [Agrion]
caja caja (Drury, 1773) [Libellula]
syn hera (nomen nudum) Hagen in Selys, 1854
caja dominula Hagen in Selys, 1853
capitalis Selys, 1873
syn ?maxima McLachlan, 1879
syn ?smaragdalis De Marmels, 1985
syn capitalis var. colombiana Navás, 1923
syn crassidens (nomen nudum) De Marmels, 1982
syn tolteca Calvert, 1901
charca Calvert, 1909
cruentata (Rambur, 1842)
[Calopteryx]
syn brasiliensis (nomen nudum) Selys, 1853
syn lineata (nomen nudum) Hagen in Selys, 1853
syn luteola (Rambur, 1842) [Calopteryx]
curvicauda Garrison, 1990
duplex Selys, 1869
erythrokalamus Garrison, 1990
flavipennis Garrison, 1990
fuscoguttata Selys, 1878
gallardi Machet, 1989
hebe Selys, 1853
syn sanguinolenta Hagen in Selys, 1853
indeprensa Garrison, 1990
infecta Calvert, 1901
laesa Hagen in Selys, 1853
syn klugi Schmidt, 1952
syn papavarina Fraser, 1946
longipes Hagen in Selys, 1853
syn carnifex Hagen in Selys, 1853
syn carnifex race fulgens Selys, 1853
majuscula Selys, 1853
medinai Rácenis, 1968
mendezi Jurzitza, 1982
miniata Selys, 1879
moribunda Hagen in Selys, 1853
mortua Hagen in Selys, 1853
occisa Hagen in Selys, 1853
syn heterosticta Selys, 1854
syn macropus Selys, 1853
syn occisa race albistigma Hagen in Selys,
1853
syn occisa var. asticta Selys, 1873
syn occisa var. sublimbata Selys, 1873
pilula Calvert, 1901
proxima Selys, 1853
syn bogotensis (nomen nudum) Förster, 1914
rosea Selys, 1853
syn donna Selys, 1873
rudis Calvert, 1901
sanguinea Selys, 1853
syn brevistyla Selys, 1879
sempronia Hagen in Selys, 1853
simplex Selys, 1853
syn perplex Selys, 1869
titia (Drury, 1773) [Libellula]
syn rupamnensis Walsh, 1863
syn rupinsulensis Walsh, 1863
syn septentrionalis Selys, 1853
syn titia race? bipartita Selys, 1873
syn tricolor (Burmeister, 1839)
[Calopteryx]
syn tricolor race limbata Selys, 1853
vulnerata Hagen in Selys, 1853
westfalli Rácenis, 1968
Iridictyon
Needham & Fisher, 1940
myersi
Needham & Fisher, 1940
trebbaui Rácenis, 1968
Mnesarete
Cowley, 1934
aenea
(Selys, 1853) [Lais]
astrape De Marmels, 1989
borchgravii (Selys, 1869)
[Hetaerina]
cupraea (Selys, 1853) [Lais]
syn scintilla Rácenis, 1968
devillei (Selys, 1880) [Lais]
fulgida (Selys, 1879) [Lais]
fuscibasis (Calvert, 1909)
[Hetaerina]
globifer (Hagen in Selys, 1853)
[Lais]
grisea (Ris, 1918) [Lais]
guttifera (Selys, 1873) [Lais]
hauxwelli (Selys, 1869) [Lais]
hyalina (Hagen in Selys, 1853)
[Lais]
imperatrix (McLachlan, 1878) [Lais]
marginata (Selys, 1879) [Lais]
mariana Machado, 1996
metallica (Selys, 1869) [Lais]
syn hincksi Fraser, 1946
pruinosa (Hagen in Selys, 1853)
[Lais]
pudica phryne Costa, 1986
pudica pudica (Hagen in
Selys, 1853) [Lais]
regina (Ris, 1918) [Lais]
rollinati (Martin, 1897) [Lais]
saltuum (Ris, 1918) [Lais]
smaragdina (Selys, 1869) [Lais]
LESTIDAE
Archilestes
Selys, 1862
californicus
McLachlan, 1895
exoletus (Hagen in Selys, 1862)
[Lestes]
grandis (Rambur, 1842) [Lestes]
guayaraca De Marmels, 1982
latialatus Donnelly, 1981
neblina Garrison, 1982
regalis Gloyd, 1944
tuberalatus (Williamson, 1921)
[Cyptolestes]
Lestes
Leach, 1815
alacer
Hagen, 1861
syn sublatus Hagen in Selys, 1862
apollinaris Navás, 1934
auritus Hagen in Selys, 1862
basidens Belle 1997
bipupillatus Calvert, 1909
congener Hagen, 1861
curvatus Belle, 1997
debellardi De Marmels, 1992
dichrostigma Calvert, 1909
disjunctus australis Walker, 1952
disjunctus disjunctus Selys, 1862
dryas Kirby, 1890
syn uncatus Kirby, 1890
eurinus Say, 1839
falcifer Sjöstedt, 1918
syn edentatus Belle, 1997
forcipatus Rambur, 1842
syn hamata Hagen, 1861
forficula Rambur, 1842
syn striatus Selys, 1862
helix Ris, 1918
henshawi Calvert, 1907
inaequalis Walsh, 1862
syn virgo (nomen nudum) Calvert, 1897
jarrelli Tennessen, 1997
jurzitzai Muzon, 1994
mediorufus Calvert, 1909
minutus Selys, 1862
paulistus Calvert, 1909
pictus Hagen in Selys, 1862
quadristriatus Calvert, 1909
rectangularis Say, 1839
scalaris Gundlach, 1888
syn scalaris Calvert, 1909
secula May, 1993
sigma Calvert, 1901
simplex Hagen, 1861
spatula Fraser, 1946
spumarius Hagen in Selys, 1862
sternalis Navás, 1930
syn confusus Fraser, 1950
syn pallidus Navás (nec Rambur, 1842), 1924
stultus Hagen, 1861
tenuatus Rambur, 1842
tikalus Kormondy, 1959
trichonus Belle, 1997
tricolor Erichson, 1848
undulatus Say, 1839
syn viridivittatus (Blanchard, 1851)
[Agrion]
syn vittatus Hagen in Selys, 1850
unguiculatus Hagen, 1861
urubamba Kennedy, 1942
vidua Hagen, 1861
vigilax Hagen in Selys, 1862
PERILESTIDAE
Perilestes
Hagen in Selys, 1862
attenuatus
Selys, 1886
bispinus Kimmins, 1958
fragilis Hagen in Selys, 1862
gracillimus Kennedy, 1941
kahli Williamson & Williamson, 1924
minor Williamson & Williamson, 1924
solutus Williamson & Williamson, 1924
Perissolestes
Kennedy, 1941
aculeatus
Kennedy, 1941
castor (Kennedy, 1937) [Perilestes]
cornutus (Selys, 1886) [Perilestes]
flinti De Marmels, 1989
guianensis (Williamson & Williamson, 1924)
[Perilestes]
klugi Kennedy, 1941
magdalenae (Williamson & Williamson, 1924)
[Perilestes]
paprzyckii Kennedy, 1941
pollux (Kennedy, 1937) [Perilestes]
remotus (Williamson & Williamson, 1924)
[Perilestes]
remus Kennedy, 1941
romulus Kennedy, 1941
SYNLESTIDAE
Phylolestes
Christiansen, 1947
ethelae
Christiansen, 1948
MEGAPODAGRIONIDAE
Agnophilogenia
Kennedy, 1941
monotis
Kennedy, 1941
Allopodagrion
Förster, 1910
contortum
(Hagen in Selys, 1862) [Podagrion]
curtum Selys, 1886
erinys Ris, 1913
lepidum Rácenis, 1959
macropus (Selys, 1862) [Podagrion]
mercenarium (Hagen, 1869)
[Podagrion]
syn nebulosum Selys, 1886
muzana (Navás, 1934) [Argia]
oscillans (Selys, 1862) [Podagrion]
setigerum Selys, 1886
temporale (Selys, 1862) [Podagrion]
venale (Hagen in Selys, 1862)
[Podagrion]
Archaeopodagrion
Kennedy, 1939
bicorne
Kennedy, 1939
bilobatum Kennedy, 1946
Dimeragrion
Calvert, 1913
mesembrinum
De Marmels, 1989
percubitale Calvert, 1913
secundum Needham, 1933
unturanense De Marmels, 1992
Heteragrion
Selys, 1862
aequatoriale
Selys, 1886
albifrons Ris, 1918
alienum Williamson, 1919
angustipenne Selys, 1886
atrolineatum Donnelly, 1992
aurantiacum Selys, 1862
syn amazonicum Selys, 1886
azulum Dunkle, 1989
bariai De Marmels, 1989
beschkii Hagen in Selys, 1862
breweri De Marmels, 1989
calendulum Williamson, 1919
chlorotaeniatum De Marmels, 1989
chrysops Hagen in Selys, 1862
consors Hagen in Selys, 1862
dorsale Selys, 1862
eboratum Donnelly, 1965
erythrogastrum Selys, 1886
flavidorsum Calvert, 1909
syn speciosum Sjöstedt, 1918
flavovittatum Selys, 1862
ictericum Williamson, 1919
icterops Selys, 1862
syn ?romani Sjöstedt, 1918
inca Calvert, 1909
macilentum Hagen in Selys, 1862
majus Selys, 1886
melanurum Williamson, 1919
mitratum atroterminatum Donnelly, 1992
mitratum mitratum Williamson, 1919
muryense Costa & T. Santos, 2000
obsoletum Selys, 1886
ochraceum Hagen in Selys, 1862
syn cinnamomeum Hagen in Selys, 1862
ovatum Selys, 1862
pemon De Marmels, 1987
peregrinum Williamson, 1919
petiense Machado, 1988
rubrifulvum Donnelly, 1992
silvarum Sjöstedt, 1918
simulatum Williamson, 1919
triangulare Hagen in Selys, 1862
tricellulare Calvert, 1901
valgum Donnelly, 1992
Heteropodagrion
Selys, 1885
sanguinipes
Selys, 1885
superbum Ris, 1918
Hypolestes
Gundlach, 1888
clara
(Calvert, 1891) [Ortholestes]
trinitatis (Gundlach, 1888) [Lestes
(Hypolestes)]
syn abbotti (Calvert, 1894) [Ortholestes]
Megapodagrion
Selys, 1885
megalopus
(Selys, 1862) [Podagrion]
syn arachne Rácenis, 1959
Mesagrion
Selys, 1885
leucorrhinum
Selys, 1885
Neuragrion
Karsch, 1891
mysticum
Karsch, 1891
Oxystigma
Selys, 1862
caerulans
De Marmels, 1987
cyanofrons Williamson, 1919
petiolatum (Selys, 1862)
[Heteragrion]
williamsoni Geijskes, 1976
Paraphlebia
Selys, 1862
duodecima
Calvert, 1901
hyalina Brauer, 1871
quinta Calvert, 1901
syn abrogata Calvert, 1907
zoe Selys, 1862
Philogenia
Selys, 1862
augusti
Calvert, 1924
berenice Higgins, 1901
boliviana Bick & Bick, 1988
buenavista Bick & Bick, 1988
carrillica Calvert, 1907
cassandra Hagen in Selys, 1862
championi Calvert, 1901
compressa Dunkle, 1990
cristalina Calvert, 1924
ebona Dunkle, 1986
elisabeta Calvert, 1924
expansa Calvert, 1924
ferox Rácenis, 1959
helena Hagen, 1869
iquita Dunkle, 1990
lankesteri Calvert, 1924
leonora Westfall & Cumming, 1956
macuma Dunkle, 1986
mangosisa Bick & Bick, 1988
margarita Selys, 1862
syn terminalis (nomen nudum) Hagen, 1861
[Euclea]
minteri Dunkle, 1986
peacocki Brooks, 1989
peruviana Bick & Bick, 1988
polyxena Calvert, 1924
raphaella Selys, 1886
redunca Cook, 1989
schmidti Ris, 1918
silvarum Ris, 1918
strigilis Donnelly, 1989
sucra Dunkle, 1986
terraba Calvert, 1907
tinalandia Bick & Bick, 1988
umbrosa Ris, 1918
zeteki Westfall & Cumming, 1956
Sciotropis
Rácenis, 1959
cyclanthorum
Rácenis, 1959
lattkei De Marmels, 1994
Thaumatoneura
McLachlan, 1897
inopinata
McLachlan, 1897
syn pellucida Calvert, 1904
PSEUDOSTIGMATIDAE
Anomisma
McLachlan, 1877
abnorme
McLachlan, 1877
syn terminatum (McLachlan, 1877)
[Microstigma]
Mecistogaster
Rambur, 1842
amalia
(Burmeister, 1839) [Agrion]
syn filiformis Rambur, 1842
syn leucostigma Rambur, 1842
syn linearis Rambur (nec Fabricius, 1776), 1842
syn linearis (Blanchard, (nec Fabricius, 1776) 1840)
[Agrion]
syn virgata Rambur, 1842
amazonica Sjöstedt, 1918
asticta Selys, 1860
buckleyi McLachlan, 1881
syn ?garleppi Förster, 1903
jocaste jocaste Hagen, 1869
jocaste sincera McLachlan, 1877
jocaste vicentius Ris, 1918
linearis infumata Fraser, 1946
linearis linearis (Fabricius, 1776)
[Agrion]
syn filigera Rambur, 1842
syn flavistigma Rambur, 1842
lucretia hauxwelli Selys, 1886
lucretia lucretia (Drury, 1773)
[Libellula]
syn fila Rambur, 1842
syn linearis (Olivier, 1792) [Agrion]
syn longissima (Fee, 1832) [Libellula]
syn marchali Rambur, 1842
syn pedicillata Rambur, 1842
syn signata Rambur, 1842
syn tullia (Burmeister, 1839) [Agrion]
martinezi Machado, 1985
modesta iphigenia Selys, 1886
modesta modesta Selys, 1860
syn ?marchali var. selysia Navás, 1923
ornata acutipennis Selys, 1886
ornata ornata Rambur, 1842
syn luctuosa Hagen in Selys, 1860
pronoti Sjöstedt, 1918
Megaloprepus
Rambur, 1842
caerulatus
(Drury, 1782) [Libellula]
syn caerulatus brevistigma Selys, 1860
Microstigma
Rambur, 1842
anomalum
Rambur, 1842
syn anomalum sjoestedti Schmidt, 1958
syn anomalum var. minor Selys, 1886
syn anomalum vicinum Schmidt, 1958
syn calcipenne Fraser, 1946
syn proximum Rambur, 1842
maculatum Hagen in Selys, 1860
syn maculatum albopictum Schmidt, 1958
syn maculatum fassli Schmidt, 1958
rotundatum Selys, 1860
syn rotundatum exustum Selys, 1860
syn rotundatum lunatum Selys, 1860
Pseudostigma
Selys, 1860
aberrans
Selys, 1860
accedens Selys, 1860
PLATYSTICTIDAE
Palaemnema
Selys, 1860
abbreviata
Kennedy, 1938
angelina Selys, 1860
apicalis Navás, 1924
azupizui Calvert, 1931
baltodanoi Brooks, 1989
bilobulata Donnelly, 1992
brevignoni Machet, 1990
brucei Calvert, 1931
brucelli Kennedy, 1938
carmelita Ris, 1918
chiriquita Calvert, 1931
clementia Selys, 1886
collaris Donnelly, 1992
croceicauda Calvert, 1931
cyclohamulata Donnelly, 1992
dentata Donnelly, 1992
desiderata Selys, 1886
distadens Calvert, 1931
domina Calvert, 1903
edmondi Calvert, 1931
gigantula Calvert, 1931
joanetta Kennedy, 1940
lorena Kennedy, 1942
martini Cowley, 1934
melanocauda Kennedy, 1942
melanostigma Hagen in Selys, 1860
melanota Ris, 1918
melanura Donnelly, 1992
mutans Calvert, 1931
nathalia Selys, 1886
orientalis De Marmels, 1989
paulicaxa Calvert, 1931
paulicoba Calvert, 1931
paulina (Drury, 1773) [Libellula]
paulirica Calvert, 1931
paulitaba Calvert, 1931
paulitoyaca Calvert, 1931
peruviana Ris, 1918
picicaudata Kennedy, 1938
reventazoni Calvert, 1931
spinulata Donnelly, 1992
tepuica De Marmels, 1989
PROTONEURIDAE
Epipleoneura
Williamson, 1915
albuquerquei
Machado, 1964
capilliformis (Selys, 1886)
[Protoneura]
syn incusa Williamson, 1915
fernandezi Rácenis, 1960
fuscaenea Williamson, 1915
haroldoi Santos, 1964
humeralis (Selys, 1886) [Protoneura]
kaxuriana Machado, 1985
lamina Williamson, 1915
syn protostictoides (Fraser, 1946)
[Protoneura]
letitia Donnelly, 1992
machadoi Rácenis, 1960
manauensis Santos, 1964
metallica Rácenis, 1955
ocuene De Marmels, 1989
pallida Rácenis, 1960
pereirai Machado, 1964
peruviensis (Fraser, 1946)
[Protoneura]
solitaria De Marmels, 1989
spatulata Rácenis, 1960
tariana Machado, 1985
uncinata De Marmels, 1989
venezuelensis Rácenis, 1955
waiwaiana Machado, 1985
westfalli Machado, 1986
williamsoni Santos, 1957
Epipotoneura
Williamson, 1915
nehalennia
Williamson, 1915
Forcepsioneura
Lencioni, 1999
ephippigera
(Selys, 1886) [Protoneura]
garrisoni Lencioni, 1999
itatiaiae Santos, 1970 [Phasmoneura]
sancta Hagen in Selys, 1860
[Protoneura]
syn ciganae Santos, 1968
[Phasmoneura]
Idioneura
Selys, 1860
ancilla
Selys, 1860
Junix
Rácenis, 1968
elumbis
Rácenis, 1968
Microneura
Hagen in Selys, 1886
caligata
Hagen in Selys, 1886
Neoneura
Selys, 1860
aaroni
Calvert, 1903
amelia Calvert, 1903
bilinearis Selys, 1860
carnatica Selys, 1886
cristina Rácenis, 1955
denticulata Williamson, 1917
syn pardalina Sjöstedt, 1918
desana Machado, 1989
esthera Williamson, 1917
ethela Williamson, 1917
fulvicollis Selys, 1886
gaida Rácenis, 1953
joana Williamson, 1917
jurzitzai Garrison, 1999
luzmarina De Marmels, 1989
maria (Scudder, 1866) [Agrion]
syn palustris Hagen, 1867
mariana Williamson, 1917
myrthea Williamson, 1917
paya Calvert, 1907
rubriventris Selys, 1860
rufithorax Selys, 1886
schreiberi Machado, 1975
sylvatica Hagen in Selys, 1886
waltheri Selys, 1886
Peristicta
Hagen in Selys, 1860
aeneoviridis
Calvert, 1909
forceps Hagen in Selys, 1860
gauchae Santos, 1968
lizeria Navás, 1920
misionera Jurzitza, 1981
Phasmoneura
Williamson, 1916
exigua
(Selys, 1886) [Protoneura]
syn olmyra Williamson, 1915
janirae Lencioni, 1999
Proneura
Selys, 1889
prolongata
Selys, 1889
Protoneura
Selys in Sagra, 1857
ailsa
Donnelly, 1961
amatoria Calvert, 1907
aurantiaca Selys, 1886
calverti Williamson, 1915
capillaris (Rambur, 1842) [Agrion]
cara Calvert, 1903
corculum Calvert, 1907
cupida Calvert, 1903
dunklei Daigle, 1990
klugi Cowley, 1941
macintyrei Kennedy, 1939
paucinervis Selys, 1886
peramans Calvert, 1902
rojiza Gonzalez, 1992
sanguinipes Westfall, 1987
scintilla Gloyd, 1939
sulfurata Donnelly, 1989
tenuis Selys, 1860
viridis Westfall, 1964
woytkowskii Gloyd, 1939
Psaironeura
Williamson, 1915
bifurcata
(Sjöstedt, 1918) [Protoneura]
syn machadoi De Marmels, 1989
remissa (Calvert, 1903) [Protoneura]
selvatica Esquivel 1993
tenuissima (Selys, 1886)
[Protoneura]
syn cerasina Williamson, 1915
Roppaneura
Santos, 1966
beckeri
Santos, 1966
COENAGRIONIDAE
Acanthagrion
Selys, 1876
ablutum
Calvert, 1909
abunae Leonard, 1977
adustum Williamson, 1916
amazonicum Sjöstedt, 1918
apicale Selys, 1876
syn apicale descendens Fraser, 1946
ascendens Calvert, 1909
chacoense Calvert, 1909
chararum Calvert, 1909
cuyabae Calvert, 1909
syn cuyabae fimense Calvert, 1909
syn cuyabae freirense Calvert, 1909
syn leonardi Jurzitza, 1980
dichrostigma De Marmels, 1985
floridense Fraser, 1946
fluviatile (De Marmels, 1984)
[Oxyagrion]
gracile (Rambur, 1842) [Agrion]
syn gracile var. cuneatum Selys, 1876
syn gracile var. maculae Sjöstedt, 1918
syn race? minarum Selys, 1876
hermosae Leonard, 1977
hildegarda Gloger, 1967
imeriense De Marmels, 1989
indefensum Williamson, 1916
inexpectum Leonard, 1977
jessei Leonard, 1977
kennedii Williamson, 1916
lancea Selys, 1876
latapistylum Calvert, 1899
longispinosum Leonard, 1977
luteum Rácenis, 1958
minutum Leonard, 1977
obsoletum (Förster, 1914)
[Myagrion]
syn leonora Gloger, 1967
syn luna Ris, 1916
peruanum Schmidt, 1952
syn deceptum Leonard, 1977
peruvianum Leonard, 1977
phallicorne Leonard, 1977
quadratum Selys, 1876
rubrifrons Leonard, 1977
speculum Garrison, 1985
taxaense Santos, 1965
temporale Selys, 1876
tepuiense De Marmels, 1985
trilobatum Leonard, 1977
truncatum Selys, 1876
vidua Selys, 1876
syn risi Leonard, 1977
viridescens Leonard, 1977
williamsoni Leonard, 1977
yungarum Ris, 1918
Acanthallagma
Williamson & Williamson, 1924
caeruleum
Williamson & Williamson, 1924
luteum Williamson & Williamson, 1924
strohmi Williamson & Williamson, 1924
Aeolagrion
Williamson, 1917
axine
Dunkle, 1991
chimantai De Marmels, 1988
dorsale (Burmeister, 1839) [Agrion]
syn argenteolineatum (Förster, 1906)
[Hylaeagrion]
flammeum (Selys, 1876) [Leptagrion]
fulvum Needham, 1933
inca (Selys, 1876) [Leptagrion]
syn ?foliaceum (Sjöstedt, 1918)
[Leptagrion]
neblinae De Marmels, 1989
Amphiagrion
Selys, 1876
abbreviatum
(Selys, 1876) [Pyrrhosoma]
saucium (Burmeister, 1839) [Agrion]
syn ?amphion Selys, 1876
syn discolor (Burmeister, 1839) [Agrion]
Andinagrion
Bulla, 1973
peterseni
(Ris, 1908) [Oxyagrion]
saliceti (Ris, 1904) [Oxyagrion]
Anisagrion
Selys, 1876
allopterum
Selys, 1876
syn allopterum rubicundum Selys, 1876
inornatum (Selys, 1876)
[Leptagrion?]
syn meridionale Rácenis, 1953
kennedyi Leonard, 1937
truncatipenne Calvert, 1902
Antiagrion
Ris, 1904
antigone
Ris, 1928
blanchardi (Selys, 1876)
[Erythromma?]
gayi (Selys, 1876) [Erythromma?]
grinbergsi Jurzitza, 1974
Apanisagrion
Kennedy, 1920
lais
(Brauer in Selys, 1876) [Nehalennia]
Argia
Rambur, 1842
adamsi
Calvert, 1902
syn huallaga Fraser, 1946
agrioides Calvert, 1895
alberta Kennedy, 1918
albistigma Hagen in Selys, 1865
syn fosteri Calvert, 1909
anceps Garrison, 1996
apicalis (Say, 1839) [Agrion]
barretti Calvert, 1902
bicellulata (Calvert, 1909)
[Diargia]
bipunctulata (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
syn bipustulata (lapsus) Kirby, 1890
botacudo Calvert, 1909
calida (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
syn wilsoni Calvert, 1902
carlcooki Daigle, 1995
chapadae Calvert, 1909
chelata Calvert, 1902
claussenii Selys, 1865
concinna (Rambur, 1842) [Agrion]
croceipennis Selys, 1865
syn missionensis Fraser, 1948
cupraurea Calvert, 1902
syn fulgida Navás, 1934
cuprea (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
cyathigera Navás, 1934
syn ambigua Navás, 1934
deami Calvert, 1902
difficilis Selys, 1865
syn ?forficula Fraser, 1946
syn ?machadina Förster, 1914
dives Förster, 1914
eliptica Selys, 1865
emma Kennedy, 1915
euphorbia Fraser, 1946
extranea (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
syn mista Navás, 1934
fissa Selys, 1865
fraudatricula Förster, 1914
frequentula Calvert, 1907
fumigata Hagen in Selys, 1865
fumipennis atra Gloyd, 1968
fumipennis fumipennis (Burmeister, 1839)
[Agrion]
syn obscura Rambur, 1842
fumipennis violacea (Hagen, 1861)
[Agrion]
funcki (Selys, 1854) [Hyponeura]
funebris (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
garrisoni Daigle, 1991
gaumeri Calvert, 1907
gerhardi Calvert, 1909
syn medinensis Navás, 1935
hamulata Fraser, 1946
harknessi Calvert, 1899
hasemani Calvert, 1909
herberti Calvert, 1902
hinei Kennedy, 1918
huanacina Förster, 1914
immunda (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
impura Rambur, 1842
inculta Hagen in Selys, 1865
indicatrix Calvert, 1902
syn dagnina Förster, 1914
syn stigmatica Navás, 1934
syn umbriaca Fraser, 1946
indocilis Navás, 1934
infrequentula Fraser, 1946
infumata Selys, 1865
insipida Hagen in Selys, 1865
syn ierea Geijskes, 1932
iralai Calvert, 1909
jocosa Hagen in Selys, 1865
joergenseni Ris, 1913
johannella Calvert, 1907
jujuya Ris, 1913
kokama Calvert, 1909
syn ?makoka Fraser, 1946
lacrimans (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
leonorae Garrison, 1994
lilacina Selys, 1865
syn thisma Calvert, 1909
limitata Navás, 1924
lugens (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
medullaris Hagen in Selys, 1865
syn augustana Navás, 1934
syn charalana Navás, 1924
syn columbiana Navás, 1924
syn rectangula Navás, 1920
mishuyaca Fraser, 1946
modesta Selys, 1865
moesta (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
syn intruda Williamson, 1912
syn putrida (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
mollis Hagen in Selys, 1865
munda Calvert, 1902
syn rita Kennedy, 1919
nahuana Calvert, 1902
syn saalasi Valle, 1942
nigrior Calvert, 1909
syn ?mariensis Calvert, 1941
oculata Hagen in Selys, 1865
syn ?icterica Navás, 1934
oenea Hagen in Selys, 1865
orichalcea Hagen in Selys, 1865
pallens Calvert, 1902
syn solita Kennedy, 1918
percellulata Calvert, 1902
pima Garrison, 1994
pipila Calvert, 1907
plana Calvert, 1902
syn spegazzinii Navás, 1934
pocomana Calvert, 1907
popoluca Calvert, 1902
pulla Hagen in Selys, 1865
syn lobata Navás, 1924
reclusa Selys, 1865
rhoadsi Calvert, 1902
rogersi Calvert, 1902
sabino Garrison, 1994
sedula (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
serva Hagen in Selys, 1865
smithiana Calvert, 1909
sordida Hagen in Selys, 1865
syn dimissa Selys, 1865
subapicalis Calvert, 1909
talamanca Calvert, 1907
tamoyo Calvert, 1909
tarascana Calvert, 1902
terira Calvert, 1907
tezpi Calvert, 1902
thespis Hagen in Selys, 1865
syn ?collata Selys, 1865
syn mollusca Fraser, 1946
tibialis (Rambur, 1842)
[Platycnemis]
syn binotata (Walsh, 1862) [Agrion]
syn fontium (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
tinctipennis Selys, 1865
tonto Calvert, 1902
translata Hagen in Selys, 1865
syn espinalensis Navás, 1935
tupi Calvert, 1909
ulmeca Calvert, 1902
underwoodi Calvert, 1907
variabilis Selys, 1865
variata Navás, 1935
variegata Förster, 1914
syn trifoliata Fraser, 1946
vivida Hagen in Selys, 1865
syn kurilis Hagen in Selys, 1865
westfalli Garrison, 1996
Calvertagrion
St. Quentin, 1960
dicellulare
St. Quentin, 1960
Chromagrion
Needham, 1903
conditum
(Selys, 1876) [Erythromma?]
Chrysobasis
Rácenis, 1959
buchholzi
Rácenis, 1959
lucifer Donnelly, 1967
Coenagrion
Kirby, 1890
angulatum
Walker, 1912
interrogatum (Selys, 1876) [Agrion]
resolutum (Selys, 1876) [Agrion]
syn race servum (Selys, 1876) [Agrion]
syn walkeri (Muttkowski, 1911) [Enallagma]
Cyanallagma
Kennedy, 1920
acutum
(Ris, 1918) [Acanthagrion]
bonariense (Ris, 1913)
[Acanthagrion]
demarmelsi Cruz, 1986
gaianii De Marmels, 1997
hebdomatica Navás, 1934
[Argia]
interruptum (Selys, 1876)
[Acanthagrion]
laterale (Selys, 1876)
[Acanthagrion]
syn ternarium (Navás, 1934) [Argia]
syn trinum (Navás, 1934) [Argia]
nigrinuchale (Selys, 1876)
[Acanthagrion]
ovigerum (Calvert, 1909) [Enallagma]
risi De Marmels, 1997
tamaense De Marmels, 1988
tepuianum De Marmels, 1997
thelkterion De Marmels, 1997
trimaculatum (Selys, 1876)
[Acanthagrion]
Diceratobasis
Kennedy, 1920
macrogaster
(Selys in Sagra, 1857) [Agrion]
melanogaster Garrison, 1986
Enacantha
Donnelly & Alayo, 1966
caribbea
Donnelly & Alayo, 1966
Enallagma
Charpentier, 1840
anna
Williamson, 1900
syn culicinorum Byers, 1927
antennatum (Say, 1839) [Agrion]
syn fischeri Kellicott, 1895
aspersum (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
basidens Calvert, 1902
boreale Selys, 1875
syn calverti Morse, 1895
carunculatum Morse, 1895
civile (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
syn civile plebeium Selys, 1876
syn civile race? simile Selys, 1876
clausum Morse, 1895
coecum (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
syn cardenium Hagen in Selys, 1876
syn krugii Kolbe, 1888
concisum Williamson, 1922
cyathigerum cyathigerum (Charpentier, 1840)
[Agrion]
syn annexum (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
syn hastulatum (Stephens (nec Charpentier, 1825), 1835)
[Agrion]
syn robustum Selys, 1875
cyathigerum vernale Gloyd, 1943
daeckii (Calvert, 1903) [Telagrion?]
davisi Westfall, 1943
divagans Selys, 1876
doubledayi (Selys, 1850) [Agrion]
dubium Root, 1924
durum (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
ebrium (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
eiseni Calvert, 1895
exsulans (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
geminatum Kellicott, 1895
syn piscinarium Williamson, 1899
hageni (Walsh, 1863) [Agrion]
laterale Morse, 1895
minusculum Morse, 1895
novaehispaniae Calvert, 1907
syn ypsilon Needham, 1942
pallidum Root, 1923
pictum Morse, 1895
pollutum (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
praevarum (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
syn ?rua Donnelly, 1968
recurvatum Davis, 1913
semicirculare Selys, 1876
signatum (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
syn dentiferum (Walsh, 1863) [Agrion]
sulcatum Williamson, 1922
traviatum traviatum Selys, 1876
traviatum westfalli Donnelly, 1964
truncatum (Gundlach, 1888) [Agrion]
vesperum Calvert, 1919
syn laurenti Calvert, 1919
weewa Byers, 1927
Helveciagrion
Machado, 1980
chirihuanum
(Calvert, 1909) [Acanthagrion]
simulacrum (Calvert, 1909)
[Skiallagma]
syn lacustris Jurzitza & Rácenis, 1984
[Telebasis]
vulcanoae Machado, 1980
Hesperagrion
Calvert, 1902
heterodoxum
(Selys, 1868) [Amphiagrion]
syn var. flavescens (Selys, 1868) [Agrion]
Homeoura
Kennedy, 1920
ambigua
(Ris, 1904) [Enallagma]
chelifera (Selys, 1876)
[Acanthagrion?]
syn chelifera ?rustica Calvert, 1909
[Acanthagrion?]
lindneri (Ris, 1928) [Acanthagrion]
nepos (Selys, 1876) [Agrion?]
syn ?minutissimum (Selys, 1876) [Agrion]
silviae (Bulla, 1971) [Argentagrion]
Hylaeonympha
Rácenis, 1968
magoi
Rácenis, 1968
Inpabasis
Santos, 1961
eliasi
Santos, 1961
hubelli Santos, 1961
machadoi Santos, 1961
Ischnura
Charpentier, 1840
barberi
Currie, 1903
syn utahensis Muttkowski, 1910
capreolus (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
cervula Selys, 1876
cruzi De Marmels, 1987
damula Calvert, 1902
demorsa (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
denticollis (Burmeister, 1839)
[Agrion]
syn exstriata Calvert, 1895
erratica Calvert, 1895
fluviatilis Selys, 1876
syn bizonata Selys, 1876
gemina (Kennedy, 1917) [Celaenura]
hastata (Say, 1839) [Agrion]
syn anomala (Rambur, 1842) [Agrion]
syn venerinotata (Haldeman, 1844) [Agrion]
indivisa (Ris, 1918) [Ceratura]
kellicotti Williamson, 1898
perparva Selys, 1876
posita acicularis Donnelly, 1965
posita atezca Novelo & Pena, 1989
posita posita (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
prognata (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
ramburii (Selys, 1850) [Agrion]
syn var. aurantiaca (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
syn credula (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
syn defixa (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
syn experta (nomen nudum) (Hagen, 1861)
[Agrion]
syn iners (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
syn tuberculata (Selys in Sagra, 1857)
[Agrion]
rufovittata (Blanchard, 1845)
[Agrion]
sobrina Schmidt, 1952
ultima Ris, 1908
syn indefinata (nomen nudum)Fraser, 1947
verticalis (Say, 1839) [Agrion]
syn canadense (Provancher, 1876) [Agrion]
Leptagrion
Selys, 1876
aculeatum
Santos, 1965
acutum Santos, 1961
andromache Hagen in Selys, 1876
auriceps St. Quentin, 1960
autazense Sjöstedt, 1918
beebeanum Calvert, 1948
bocainense Santos, 1979
capixabae Santos, 1965
croceum (Burmeister, 1839) [Agrion]
dardanoi Santos, 1968
dispar Selys, 1876
elongatum Selys, 1876
fernandezianum Rácenis, 1958
garbei Santos, 1961
macrurum (Burmeister, 1839) [Agrion]
syn briseis (nomen nudum) (Hagen, 1861)
[Agrion]
obsoletum Selys, 1876
perlongum Calvert, 1909
porrectum Selys, 1876
prothoracicum (Kimmins, 1945)
[Telagrion]
rufum Selys, 1876
siqueirai Santos, 1968
vriesianum Santos, 1978
Leptobasis
Selys, 1877
candelaria
Alayo, 1968
costalimai Santos, 1957
inversa (Selys, 1876) [Telagrion]
syn tuberculata Santos, 1961
mammilaris Calvert, 1909
raineyi (Williamson, 1915)
[Telagrion]
vacillans Hagen in Selys, 1877
syn crocea (Förster, 1906)
[Hylaeagrion]
syn vacillans ecuadorica Calvert, 1909
syn vacillans guianae Calvert, 1909
syn var. atrodorsum Calvert, 1902
yanomami De Marmels, 1992
Leucobasis
Rácenis, 1959
candicans
Rácenis, 1959
Mesamphiagrion
Kennedy, 1920
occultum
(Ris, 1918) [Enallagma]
Mesoleptobasis
Sjöstedt, 1918
acuminata
Santos, 1961
cantralli Santos, 1961
incus Sjöstedt, 1918
Metaleptobasis
Calvert, 1907
amazonica
Sjöstedt, 1918
bicornis (Selys, 1877) [Leptobasis]
bovilla Calvert, 1907
brysonima Williamson, 1915
cyanolineata Wasscher, 1998
fernandezi Rácenis, 1955
foreli Ris, 1918
incisula De Marmels, 1989
manicaria Williamson, 1915
mauritia Williamson, 1915
quadricornis (Selys, 1877)
[Leptobasis]
rosea (Selys, 1877) [Leptobasis]
selysi Santos, 1956
tetragena Calvert, 1948
weibezahni Rácenis, 1955
westfalli Cumming, 1954
Minagrion
Santos, 1965
caldense
Santos, 1965
canaanense Santos, 1967
mecistogastrum (Selys, 1876)
[Telagrion]
ribeiroi (Santos, 1962) [Telagrion]
waltheri (Selys, 1876) [Agrion?]
syn serracipoense (Santos, 1956)
[Telagrion]
Nehalennia
Selys, 1850
gracilis
Morse, 1895
integricollis Calvert, 1913
irene (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
syn carlotta Butler, 1914
minuta minuta (Selys in
Sagra, 1857) [Trichocnemys]
syn adunca (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
minuta selysi Kirby, 1890
syn sophia Selys (nec Selys, 1840), 1876
pallidula Calvert, 1913
Neoerythromma
Kennedy, 1920
cultellatum
(Selys, 1876) [Enallagma]
gladiolatum Williamson & Williamson, 1930
Oxyagrion
Selys, 1876
basale
Selys, 1876
brevistigma Selys, 1876
bruchi Navás, 1924
cardinale Fraser, 1946
chapadense Costa, 1978
egleri (Santos, 1961) [Acanthagrion]
evanescens Calvert, 1909
fernandoi Costa, 1988
haematinum Selys, 1876
hempeli Calvert, 1909
impunctatum Calvert, 1909
machadoi Costa, 1978
microstigma Selys, 1876
syn divaricatum Calvert, 1909
miniopsis Selys, 1876
pavidum Hagen in Selys, 1876
pseudocardinale Costa, Irineu, T. Santos 2000
rubidum (Rambur, 1842) [Agrion]
syn rufulum (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
santosi Martins, 1967
simile Costa, 1978
sulinum Costa, 1978
sulmatogrossense Costa, Irineu, T. Santos 2000
tennesseni Mauffray, 1999
terminale Selys, 1876
Oxyallagma
Kennedy, 1920
dissidens
(Selys, 1876) [Oxyagrion]
syn runtuni (Kennedy, 1939) [Protallagma]
Protallagma
Kennedy, 1920
titicacae
(Calvert, 1909) [Amphiagrion]
syn andinum (Förster, 1909)
[Amphiagrion]
Skiallagma
Förster, 1906
baueri
Förster, 1906
Telagrion
Selys, 1876
cornicauda
(Calvert, 1909) [Metaleptobasis]
diceras (Selys, 1877) [Leptobasis]
fulvellum Selys, 1876
longum Selys, 1876
syn ?tenax (St. Quentin, 1960) [Leptobasis]
syn longissimum (nomen nudum) (Hagen, 1861)
[Agrion]
syn sooretamae (Santos, 1957)
[Metaleptobasis]
macilentum (Rambur, 1842) [Agrion]
mourei Santos, 1970
oreas Ris, 1918
quadricolor Ris, 1918
Telebasis
Selys, 1865
abuna
Bick & Bick, 1995
aurea May, 1992
bastiaani Bick & Bick, 1996
boomsmae Garrison, 1994
brevis Bick & Bick, 1995
byersi Westfall, 1957
carmesina Calvert, 1909
carminita Calvert, 1909
carota Kennedy, 1936
coccinata Calvert, 1909
syn dispar (nomen nudum) (Hagen, 1861)
[Agrion]
syn rubens (nomen nudum) (Hagen, 1861)
[Agrion]
coccinea (Selys, 1876)
[Erythragrion]
collopistes Calvert, 1902
corallina (Selys, 1876)
[Erythragrion]
demararum (Williamson, 1917)
[Aeolagrion]
syn fluviatilis St. Quentin, 1960
digiticollis Calvert, 1902
dominicana (Selys in Sagra, 1857)
[Agrion]
dunklei Bick & Bick, 1995
erythrina (Selys, 1876)
[Erythragrion]
filiola (Perty, 1834) [Agrion]
flammeola Kennedy, 1936
garleppi Ris, 1918
garrisoni Bick & Bick, 1995
griffinii (Martin, 1896)
[Erithragrion]
inalata (Calvert, 1961) [Aeolagrion]
incolumis Williamson & Williamson, 1930
isthmica Calvert, 1902
limoncocha Bick & Bick, 1995
livida Kennedy, 1936
milleri Garrison, 1997
paraensei Machado, 1956
racenisi Bick & Bick, 1995
rubricaudata Bick & Bick, 1995
salva (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
syn boucardi Selys, 1868
sanguinalis Calvert, 1909
selaopyge De Marmels, 1989
theodori (Navás, 1934)
[Argia]
syn aureipennis Jurzitza, 1980
versicolor Fraser, 1946
vulnerata (Hagen, 1861) [Agrion]
watsoni Bick & Bick, 1995
willinki Fraser, 1948
Tigriagrion
Calvert, 1909
aurantinigrum
Calvert, 1909
Zoniagrion
Kennedy, 1917
exclamationis
(Selys, 1876) [Agrion?]
ANISOPTERA
Selys, 1854
PETALURIDAE
Phenes
Rambur, 1842
raptor
centralis Jurzitza, 1989
raptor raptor Rambur, 1842
Tachopteryx
Uhler in Selys, 1859
thoreyi
(Hagen in Selys, 1858) [Uropetala]
Tanypteryx
Kennedy, 1917
hageni
(Selys, 1879) [Tachopteryx]
AUSTROPETALIIDAE
Hypopetalia
McLachlan, 1870
pestilens
McLachlan, 1870
Phyllopetalia
Selys, 1858
apicalis
Selys, 1858
syn decorata Selys, 1878
apollo Selys, 1878
pudu Dunkle, 1985
stictica Hagen in Selys, 1858
AESHNIDAE
Aeshna
Fabricius, 1775
absoluta
Calvert, 1952
biliosa Kennedy, 1938
bonariensis Rambur, 1842
syn litigatrix Navás, 1911
syn var. lutea Navás, 1920
brevifrons Hagen, 1861
californica Calvert, 1895
canadensis Walker, 1908
syn maritimus (nomen oblitum) (Provancher, 1895)
[Anax]
clepsydra Say, 1839
confusa Rambur, 1842
constricta Say, 1839
cornigera cornigera Brauer, 1865
cornigera planaltica Calvert, 1952
decessus Calvert, 1953
diffinis Rambur, 1842
draco Rácenis, 1958
dugesi Calvert, 1905
eduardoi Machado, 1984
elsia Calvert, 1952
eremita Scudder, 1866
syn hudsonica Selys, 1875
galapagoensis Currie, 1901
haarupi Ris, 1908
interrupta interna Walker, 1908
interrupta interrupta Walker, 1908
interrupta lineata Walker, 1908
syn interrupta nevadensis Walker, 1908
intricata Martin, 1908
jalapensis Williamson, 1908
joannisi Martin, 1897
juncea (Linnaeus, 1758) [Libellula]
syn juncea americana Bartenef, 1929
maita (Förster, 1909)
[Rhionaeschna]
manni Williamson & Williamson, 1930
marchali Rambur, 1842
multicolor Hagen, 1861
syn furcifera Karsch, 1891
mutata Hagen, 1861
nubigena De Marmels, 1989
pallipes Fraser, 1947
palmata Hagen, 1856
syn arida Kennedy, 1918
pauloi Machado 1994
persephone Donnelly, 1961
psilus Calvert, 1947
syn ?dominicana (nomen nudum) Hagen, 1861
punctata Martin, 1908
syn depravata (nomen nudum) Hagen, 1861
syn lobata (nomen nudum) Hagen, 1861
septentrionalis Burmeister, 1839
sitchensis Hagen, 1861
subarctica subarctica Walker, 1908
tuberculifera Walker, 1908
umbrosa occidentalis Walker, 1912
umbrosa umbrosa Walker, 1908
variegata Fabricius, 1775
syn diffinis var. risi Enderlein, 1912
syn peralta Ris, 1918
vazquezae Gonzalez, 1986
verticalis Hagen, 1861
syn propinqua Scudder, 1866
vigintipunctata Ris, 1918
walkeri Kennedy, 1917
williamsoniana Calvert, 1905
Allopetalia
Selys, 1873
pustulosa
Selys, 1873
reticulosa Selys, 1873
syn striatus (Kirby, 1899) [Anax]
Anax
Leach, 1815
amazili
(Burmeister, 1839) [Aeschna]
syn maculatus Rambur, 1842
concolor Brauer, 1865
junius (Drury, 1773) [Libellula]
syn spiniferus Rambur, 1842
longipes Hagen, 1861
walsinghami McLachlan, 1883
syn validus (nomen nudum) Hagen, 1875
Andaeschna
De Marmels, 1995
andresi
(Rácenis, 1958) [Aeshna]
rufipes (Ris, 1918) [Aeschna]
timotocuica De Marmels, 1995
unicolor (Martin, 1908) [Aeschna]
Basiaeschna
Selys, 1883
janata
(Say, 1839) [Aeschna]
syn minor (Rambur, 1842) [Aeschna]
Boyeria
McLachlan, 1896
grafiana
Williamson, 1907
vinosa (Say, 1839) [Aeschna]
syn quadriguttata (Burmeister, 1839)
[Aeschna]
Castoraeschna
Calvert, 1952
castor
(Brauer, 1865) [Aeschna]
colorata (Martin, 1908) [Aeschna]
coronata (Ris, 1918) [Coryphaeschna]
decurvata Dunkle & Cook, 1984
januaria (Hagen, 1867) [Aeschna]
longfieldae (Kimmins, 1929)
[Coryphaeschna]
margarethae Jurzitza, 1979
tepuica De Marmels, 1989
Coryphaeschna
Williamson, 1903
adnexa
(Hagen, 1861) [Aeschna]
syn cyanifrons (nomen nudum) (Hagen, 1861)
[Aeschna]
syn. guyanensis Machet, 1991
syn macromia (Brauer, 1865) [Aeschna]
amazonica De Marmels, 1989
apeora Paulson, 1994
diapyra Paulson, 1994
ingens (Rambur, 1842) [Aeschna]
syn abboti (Hagen, 1863) [Aeschna]
perrensi (McLachlan, 1887) [Aeschna]
syn rufina (nomen nudum) (Hagen, 1875)
[Aeschna]
viriditas Calvert, 1952
syn virens (Rambur (nec Charpentier 1840), 1842)
[Aeschna]
Epiaeschna
Hagen, 1877
heros
(Fabricius, 1798) [Aeschna]
syn multicincta (Say, 1839) [Aeschna]
Gomphaeschna
Selys, 1871
antilope
(Hagen, 1874) [Aeschna]
furcillata (Say, 1839) [Aeschna]
syn quadrifida (Rambur, 1842) [Gynacantha]
Gynacantha
Rambur, 1842
adela
Martin, 1909
syn martini Navás, 1911
auricularis Martin, 1909
bifida Rambur, 1842
syn robusta Kolbe, 1888
caudata Karsch, 1891
chelifera McLachlan, 1896
syn aratrix (Förster, 1905)
[Selysiophlebia]
convergens Förster, 1908
syn limai Navás, 1916
croceipennis Martin, 1897
ereagris Gundlach, 1888
gracilis (Burmeister, 1839)
[Aeschna]
helenga Williamson & Williamson, 1930
interioris Williamson, 1923
jessei Williamson, 1923
klagesi Williamson, 1923
laticeps Williamson, 1923
litoralis Williamson, 1923
membranalis Karsch, 1891
syn jubilaris Navás, 1915
mexicana Selys, 1868
nervosa Rambur, 1842
remartinia Navás, 1934
tenuis Martin, 1909
tibiata Karsch, 1891
Limnetron
Förster, 1907
antarcticum
Förster, 1907
?syn viridivittatum (Fraser, 1947) [Aeshna]
debile (Karsch, 1891) [Epiaeschna]
Nasiaeschna
Selys in Förster, 1900
pentacantha
(Rambur, 1842) [Aeschna]
Neuraeschna
Hagen, 1867
calverti
Kimmins, 1951
capillata Machet, 1990
claviforcipata Martin, 1909
clavulata Machet, 1990
cornuta Belle, 1989
costalis (Burmeister, 1839)
[Aeschna]
syn ferox (Erichson, 1848) [Gynacantha]
syn var. hyalinata Belle, 1989
syn var. marginata Belle 1989
dentigera Martin, 1909
syn inarmata Kimmins, 1951
harpya Martin, 1909
maxima Belle, 1989
maya Belle, 1989
mayoruna Belle, 1989
mina Williamson & Williamson, 1930
producta Kimmins, 1933
titania Belle, 1989
Oplonaeschna
Selys, 1883
armata
(Hagen, 1861) [Aeschna]
syn var. polernista Navás, 1917
magna Gonzalez, 1998
Racenaeschna
Calvert, 1958
angustistrigis
Calvert, 1958
Remartinia
Navás,1911
luteipennis
florida (Hagen, 1861) [Aeschna]
luteipennis luteipennis (Burmeister, 1839)
[Aeschna]
syn barbiellina Navás, 1911
syn excisa (Brauer, 1865) [Aeschna]
luteipennis peninsularis (Calvert, 1941) [Aeshna
(Coryphaeschna)]
restricta Carvalho, 1992
rufipennis (Kennedy, 1941) [Aeshna]
secreta (Calvert, 1952)
[Coryphaeschna]
Staurophlebia
Brauer, 1865
auca
Kennedy, 1937
bosqi Navás, 1927
gigantula Martin, 1909
reticulata guatemalteca Walker, 1915
reticulata obscura Walker, 1915
reticulata reticulata (Burmeister, 1839)
[Aeschna]
syn ?platyura Navás, 1920
syn gigas (Rambur, 1842) [Aeschna]
syn magnifica Brauer, 1865
wayana Geijskes, 1959
Subaeschna
Martin, 1909
francesca
Martin, 1909
Triacanthagyna
Selys, 1883
caribbea
Williamson, 1923
dentata (Geijskes, 1943)
[Coryphaeschna]
ditzleri Williamson, 1923
?syn nympha (Navás, 1933)
[Gynacantha]
obscuripennis (Blanchard, 1845)
[Aeschna]
satyrus (Martin, 1909) [Gynacantha]
septima (Selys in Sagra, 1857)
[Gynacantha]
trifida (Rambur, 1842) [Gynacantha]
syn needhami Martin, 1909
GOMPHIDAE
Agriogomphus
Selys, 1869
ericae
(Belle, 1966) [Ischnogomphus]
jessei (Williamson, 1918)
[Ischnogomphus]
sylvicola Selys, 1869
syn aquicola Fraser, 1943
tumens (Calvert, 1905)
[Cyanogomphus(?)]
Anomalophlebia
Belle, 1995
nitida
Belle, 1995
Aphylla
Selys, 1854
alia
Calvert, 1948
angustifolia Garrison, 1986
barbata Belle, 1994
boliviana Belle, 1972
brasiliensis Belle, 1970
brevipes Selys, 1854
syn albinensis Belle, 1970
caraiba Selys, 1854
syn cubana (Navás, 1917)
[Cyclophylla]
caudalis Belle, 1987
dentata Selys, 1859
syn simulata Belle, 1964
distinguenda (Campion, 1920)
[Gomphoides]
edentata Selys, 1869
exilis Belle, 1994
janirae Belle, 1994
linea Belle, 1994
molossus Selys, 1869
producta Selys, 1854
syn ?curvata (Navás, 1933)
[Gomphoides]
protracta (Hagen in Selys, 1859)
[Cyclophylla]
syn ambigua (Selys, 1873) [Gomphoides]
robusta Belle, 1976
scapula Belle, 1992
silvatica Belle, 1992
spinula Belle, 1992
tenuis Selys, 1859
syn elegans Belle, 1970
syn obscura (Kirby, 1899) [Cyclophylla]
theodorina (Navás, 1933)
[Gomphoides]
williamsoni (Gloyd, 1936)
[Gomphoides]
Archaeogomphus
Williamson, 1919
densus
Belle, 1982
furcatus Williamson, 1923
globulus Belle, 1994
hamatus (Williamson, 1918)
[Agriogomphus]
infans (Ris, 1913) [Agriogomphus]
nanus Needham, 1944
vanbrinkae Machado, 1994
Arigomphus
Needham, 1897
cornutus
(Tough, 1900) [Gomphus]
syn whedoni (Muttkowski, 1913) [Gomphus]
furcifer (Hagen in Selys, 1878)
[Gomphus]
lentulus (Needham, 1902) [Gomphus]
syn subapicalis (Williamson, 1914)
[Gomphus]
maxwelli (Ferguson, 1950) [Gomphus]
pallidus (Rambur, 1842) [Gomphus]
syn pilipes (Hagen in Selys, 1858)
[Gomphus]
submedianus (Williamson, 1914)
[Gomphus]
villosipes (Selys, 1854) [Gomphus]
Brasiliogomphus
Belle,1995
uniseries
Belle, 1995
Cacoides
Cowley, 1934
latro
(Erichson, 1848) [Ictinus]
Cyanogomphus
Selys, 1873
comparabilis
Belle, 1994
conchinus Williamson, 1916
demerarae Selys, 1894
syn strumens (Needham, 1944) [Ebegomphus]
minutus Belle, 1970
pumilus Belle, 1986
schroederi Belle, 1970
waltheri Selys, 1873
Desmogomphus
Williamson, 1920
paucinervis
(Selys, 1873) [Progomphus?]
tigrivensis Williamson, 1920
Diaphlebia
Selys, 1854
angustipennis
Selys, 1854
syn rokitanskyi (St. Quentin, 1973)
[Zonophora]
syn semilibera Selys, 1869
nexans Calvert, 1903
Dromogomphus
Selys, 1854
armatus
Selys, 1854
spinosus Selys, 1854
spoliatus (Hagen in Selys, 1858)
[Gomphus]
Epigomphus
Hagen in Selys, 1854
armatus
Ris, 1918
camelus Calvert, 1905
clavatus Belle, 1980
compactus Belle, 1994
corniculatus Belle, 1989
crepidus Kennedy, 1936
donnellyi Gonzalez & Cook, 1988
echeverrii Brooks, 1989
flinti Donnelly, 1989
gibberosus Belle, 1988
houghtoni Brooks, 1989
hylaeus Ris, 1918
syn gracilis Belle, 1970
jannyae Belle, 1993
llama Calvert, 1903
maya Donnelly, 1989
obtusus Selys, 1869
occipitalis Belle, 1970
paludosus Hagen in Selys, 1854
paulsoni Belle, 1981
pechumani Belle, 1970
quadracies Calvert, 1903
subobtusus Selys, 1878
subquadrices Kennedy, 1946
subsimilis Calvert, 1920
sulcatistyla Donnelly, 1989
tumefactus Calvert, 1903
verticicornis Calvert, 1908
westfalli Donnelly, 1986
Erpetogomphus
Selys, 1858
agkistrodon
Garrison, 1994
boa Selys, 1859
bothrops Garrison, 1994
compositus Hagen in Selys, 1858
syn coluber Williamson & Williamson, 1930
constrictor Ris, 1918
cophias Selys, 1858
crotalinus (Hagen in Selys, 1854)
[Ophiogomphus]
designatus Hagen in Selys, 1858
erici Novelo, 1999
elaphe Garrison, 1994
elaps Selys, 1858
eutainia Calvert, 1905
syn diadophis Calvert, 1905
heterodon Garrison, 1994
lampropeltis lampropeltis Kennedy, 1918
lampropeltis natrix Williamson & Williamson,
1930
leptophis Garrison, 1994
liopeltis Garrison, 1994
ophibolus Calvert, 1905
sabaleticus Williamson, 1918
schausi Calvert, 1919
sipedon Calvert, 1905
tristani Calvert, 1912
viperinus Selys, 1868
Gomphoides
Selys, 1854
infumata
(Rambur, 1842) [Diastatomma]
perdita (Förster, 1914)
[Ammogomphus]
praeviaSt. Quentin, 1967
Gomphus
(Gomphurus) Leach, 1815
crassus
Hagen in Selys, 1878
syn walshii Kellicott, 1899
dilatatus Rambur, 1842
externus Hagen in Selys, 1858
syn consobrinus Walsh, 1863
fraternus fraternus (Say, 1839)
[Aeshna]
fraternus manitobanus Walker, 1958
gonzalezi Dunkle, 1992
hybridus Williamson, 1902
lineatifrons Calvert, 1921
lynnae Paulson, 1983
modestus Needham, 1942
ozarkensis Westfall, 1975
septima Westfall, 1956
syn secundus Steinnmann, 1997
vastus Walsh, 1862
ventricosus Walsh, 1863
Gomphus
(Gomphus) Leach, 1815
abbreviatus
Hagen in Selys, 1878
adelphus Selys, 1858
syn brevis Hagen in Selys, 1878
apomyius Donnelly, 1966
australis (Needham, 1897)
[Arigomphus]
borealis Needham, 1901
cavillaris Needham, 1902
syn brimleyi Muttkowski, 1911
consanguis Selys, 1879
descriptus Banks, 1896
syn argus Needham, 1943
syn mortimer Needham, 1943
diminutus Needham, 1950
exilis Selys, 1854
syn flavocaudatus Walker, 1940
geminatus Carle, 1979
graslinellus Walsh, 1862
hodgesi Needham, 1950
kurilis Hagen in Selys, 1858
syn confraternus Selys, 1873
syn donneri Kennedy, 1917
syn sobrinus Selys, 1873
lividus Selys, 1854
syn sordidus Hagen in Selys, 1854
syn umbratus Needham, 1897
militaris Hagen in Selys, 1858
minutus Rambur, 1842
oklahomensis Pritchard, 1935
parvidens Currie, 1917
syn carolinus Carle, 1979
quadricolor Walsh, 1863
syn alleni Howe, 1922
rogersi Gloyd, 1936
sandrius Tennessen, 1983
spicatus Hagen in Selys, 1854
viridifrons Hine, 1901
westfalli Carle & May, 1987
Hagenius
Selys, 1854
brevistylus
Selys, 1854
Idiogomphoides
Belle, 1984
demoulini
(St. Quentin, 1967) [Gomphoides]
emmeli Belle, 1995
ictinia (Selys, 1878) [Gomphoides]
Lanthus
Needham, 1897
parvulus
(Selys, 1854) [Gomphus]
vernalis Carle, 1980
Melanocacus
Belle, 1986
interioris
Belle, 1986
mungo (Needham, 1940) [Cacus]
Mitragomphus
Needham, 1944
ganzanus
Needham, 1944
Neogomphus
Selys, 1858
bidens
Selys, 1878
edenticulatus Carle & Cook, 1984
molestus (Hagen in Selys, 1854)
[Hemigomphus]
Octogomphus
Selys, 1873
specularis
(Hagen in Selys, 1859) [Neogomphus?]
Ophiogomphus
Selys, 1854
acuminatus
Carle, 1981
syn bouchardi Louton, 1982
anomalus Harvey, 1898
arizonicus Kennedy, 1917
aspersus Morse, 1895
australis Carle, 1992
bison Selys, 1873
syn sequoiarum Butler, 1914
carolus Needham, 1897
colubrinus Selys, 1854
edmundo Needham, 1951
howei Bromley, 1924
incurvatus alleghaniensis Carle, 1982
incurvatus incurvatus Carle, 1982
mainensis fastigiatus Donnelly, 1987
mainensis mainensis Packard, 1863
syn johannus Needham, 1897
morrisoni Selys, 1879
syn morrisoni nevadensis Kennedy, 1917
occidentis Hagen, 1882
syn occidentis californicus Kennedy, 1917
syn phaleratus Needham, 1902
rupinsulensis (Walsh, 1862)
[Herpetogomphus]
syn carolinus Hagen, 1885
syn pictus (Needham, 1897) [Herpetogomphus]
severus montanus Selys, 1878
severus severus Hagen, 1874
susbehcha Vogt & Smith, 1993
westfalli Cook & Daigle, 1985
Perigomphus
Belle, 1972
pallidistylus
(Belle, 1972) [Diaphlebia (Perigomphus)]
Peruviogomphus
Klots, 1944
moyobambus
Klots, 1944
pearsoni Belle, 1979
Phyllocycla
Calvert, 1948
anduzei
(Needham, 1943) [Cyclophylla]
argentina (Hagen in Selys, 1878)
[Cyclophylla]
syn eugeniae (Navás, 1927)
[Gomphoides]
armata Belle, 1977
baria Belle, 1987
bartica Calvert, 1948
basidenta Dunkle, 1987
brasilia Belle, 1988
breviphylla Belle, 1975
diphylla (Selys, 1854) [Cyclophylla]
elongata (Selys, 1858) [Cyclophylla]
foliata Belle, 1988
gladiata (Hagen in Selys, 1854)
[Cyclophylla]
hamata Belle, 1990
hespera (Calvert, 1909) [Gomphoides]
malkini Belle, 1970
medusa Belle, 1988
modesta Belle, 1970
murrea Belle, 1988
neotropica Belle, 1970
ophis (Selys, 1869) [Cyclophylla]
syn pachystyla (Needham, 1944)
[Cyclophylla]
pallida Belle, 1970
pegasus (Selys, 1869) [Cyclophylla]
propinqua Belle, 1972
signata (Hagen in Selys, 1854)
[Cyclophylla]
sordida (Selys, 1854) [Cyclophylla]
speculatrix Belle, 1975
titschacki (Schmidt, 1952)
[Gomphoides]
uniforma Dunkle, 1987
vesta Belle, 1972
viridipleuris (Calvert, 1909)
[Gomphoides]
volsella (Calvert, 1905)
[Gomphoides]
Phyllogomphoides
Belle, 1970
aculeus
Belle, 1982
albrighti (Needham, 1950)
[Gomphoides]
andromeda (Selys, 1869)
[Cyclophylla]
angularis Belle, 1982
annectens (Selys, 1869)
[Gomphoides?]
apiculatus Cook & Gonzalez, 1990
appendiculatus (Kirby, 1899)
[Gomphoides]
atlanticus (Belle, 1970)
[Negomphoides]
audax (Hagen in Selys, 1854)
[Gomphoides]
bifasciatus (Hagen in Selys, 1878)
[Gomphoides]
brunneus Belle, 1981
burgosi Brooks, 1989
calverti (Kirby, 1897) [Cyclophylla]
camposi (Calvert, 1909) [Gomphoides]
cassiopeia (Belle, 1975)
[Gomphoides]
cepheus Belle, 1980
cornutifrons (Needham, 1944)
[Aphylla]
cristatus (Needham, 1944)
[Gomphoides]
danieli Gonzalez & Novelo, 1990
duodentatus Donnelly, 1979
fuliginosus (Hagen in Selys, 1854)
[Gomphoides]
imperator Belle, 1976
indicatrix Belle, 1989
insignatus Donnelly, 1979
joaquini Rodrigues, 1992
lieftincki (Belle, 1970)
[Negomphoides]
litoralis Belle, 1984
luisi Gonzalez & Novelo, 1990
major Belle, 1984
nayaritensis Belle, 1987
pacificus (Selys, 1873) [Gomphoides]
pedunculus Belle, 1984
praedatrix Belle, 1982
pseudangularis Belle, 1994
pseudoundulatus Belle, 1984
pugnifer Donnelly, 1979
regularis (Selys, 1873) [Gomphoides]
selysi (Navás, 1924)
[Gomphoides]
semicircularis (Selys, 1854)
[Gomphoides]
singularis Belle, 1979
spiniventris Belle, 1994
stigmatus (Say, 1839) [Aeschna]
suasillus Donnelly, 1979
suasus (Selys, 1859) [Gomphoides]
syn perfidus (Hagen, 1861) [Gomphoides]
suspectus Belle, 1994
undulatus (Needham, 1944)
[Gomphoides]
Praeviogomphus
Belle, 1995
proprius
Belle, 1995
Progomphus
Selys, 1854
abbreviatus
Belle, 1973
aberrans Belle, 1973
adaptatus Belle, 1973
alachuensis Byers, 1939
amarillus Tennessen, 1992
amazonicus Belle, 1973
angeloi Belle, 1994
anomalus Belle, 1973
approximatus Belle, 1966
auropictus Ris, 1911
australis Belle, 1973
basalis Belle, 1994
basistictus Ris, 1911
bellei Knopf & Tennessen, 1980
belyshevi Belle, 1991
bidentatus Belle, 1994
boliviensis Belle, 1973
borealis McLachlan in Selys, 1873
syn ?meridionalis (nomen nudum) Hagen, 1885
brachycnemis Needham, 1944
clendoni Calvert, 1905
syn williamsi Needham, 1943
complicatus Selys, 1854
conjectus Belle, 1966
costalis Hagen in Selys, 1854
delicatus Belle, 1973
dorsopallidus Byers, 1934
elegans Belle, 1973
fassli Belle, 1973
flinti Belle, 1975
formalis Belle, 1973
geijskesi Needham, 1944
gracilis Hagen in Selys, 1854
guyanensis Belle, 1966
herrerae Needham & Etcheverry, 1956
incurvatus bivittatus De Marmels, 1991
incurvatus incurvatus Belle, 1973
integer Hagen in Selys, 1878
intricatus Hagen in Selys, 1858
joergenseni Ris, 1908
kimminsi Belle, 1973
lepidus Ris, 1911
longistigma Ris, 1918
maculatus Belle, 1984
mexicanus Belle, 1973
microcephalus Belle, 1994
montanus Belle, 1973
nervis Belle, 1973
nigellus Belle, 1990
obscurus (Rambur, 1842)
[Diastatomma]
occidentalis Belle, 1983
perithemoides Belle, 1980
perpusillus Ris, 1918
phyllochromus Ris, 1918
pijpersi Belle, 1966
polygonus Selys, 1879
pygmaeus Selys, 1873
racenisi De Marmels, 1983
recticarinatus Calvert, 1909
recurvatus Ris, 1911
risi Williamson, 1920
serenus Hagen in Selys, 1878
superbus Belle, 1973
tantillus Belle, 1973
tennesseni Daigle, 1996
tibialis Belle, 1973
victor St. Quentin, 1973
virginiae Belle, 1973
zephyrus Needham, 1941
zonatus Hagen in Selys, 1854
Stylogomphus
Fraser, 1922
albistylus
(Hagen in Selys, 1878) [Gomphus]
syn naevius (Hagen in Selys, 1878)
[Gomphus]
Stylurus
Needham, 1897
amnicola
(Walsh, 1862) [Gomphus]
syn abditus (Butler, 1914) [Gomphus]
falcatus Gloyd, 1944
intricatus (Hagen in Selys, 1858)
[Gomphus]
ivae Williamson, 1932
laurae Williamson, 1932
notatus (Rambur, 1842) [Gomphus]
syn fluvialis (Walsh, 1862) [Gomphus]
syn jucundus (Needham, 1943) [Gomphus]
olivaceus (Selys, 1873) [Gomphus]
syn olivaceus nevadensis (Kennedy, 1917)
[Gomphus]
plagiatus (Selys, 1854) [Gomphus]
syn elongatus (Selys, 1854) [Gomphus]
potulentus (Needham, 1942) [Gomphus]
scudderi (Selys, 1873) [Gomphus]
spiniceps (Walsh, 1862)
[Macrogomphus?]
syn segregans Needham, 1897
townesi Gloyd, 1936
Tibiagomphus
Belle, 1992
noval
(Rodrigues, 1985) [Cyanogomphus]
uncatus (Fraser, 1947)
[Cyanogomphus]
Zonophora
Selys, 1854
batesi
Selys, 1869
syn bodkini Campion, 1920
calippus calippus Selys, 1869
calippus klugi Schmidt, 1941
calippus spectabilis Campion, 1920
campanulata annulata Belle, 1983
campanulata campanulata (Burmeister, 1839)
[Diastatomma]
campanulata machadoi St. Quentin, 1973
diversa Belle, 1983
nobilis Belle, 1983
regalis Belle, 1976
solitaria obscura Belle, 1976
solitaria solitaria Rácenis, 1970
supratriangularis Schmidt, 1941
surinamensis Needham, 1944
wucherpfennigi Schmidt, 1941
NEOPETALIIDAE
Neopetalia
Cowley, 1934
punctata
(Hagen in Selys, 1854) [Petalia]
CORDULEGASTRIDAE
Cordulegaster
Leach, 1815
bilineata
(Carle, 1983) [Zoraena]
diadema diadema Selys, 1868
diadema godmani McLachlan, 1878
diastatops (Selys, 1854)
[Thecaphora]
syn lateralis Scudder, 1866
dorsalis deserticola Cruden, 1969
dorsalis dorsalis Hagen in Selys, 1858
erronea Hagen in Selys, 1878
maculata Selys, 1854
obliqua fasciata Rambur, 1842
obliqua obliqua (Say, 1839)
[Aeschna]
sayi Selys, 1854
CORDULIIDAE
Macromiinae
Didymops Rambur, 1842
floridensis
Davis, 1921
transversa (Say, 1839) [Libellula]
syn cinnamomea (Burmeister, 1839)
[Epophthalmia]
syn servillii Rambur, 1842
Macromia
Rambur, 1842
alleghaniensis
Williamson, 1909
annulata Hagen, 1861
syn caderita Needham, 1950
illinoiensis georgina (Selys, 1878)
[Epophthalmia]
syn australensis Williamson 1909
illinoiensis illinoiensis Walsh, 1862
magnifica McLachlan in Selys, 1874
syn rickeri Walker 1937
margarita Westfall, 1947
pacifica Hagen, 1861
syn flavipennis Walsh, 1862
taeniolata Rambur, 1842
Corduliinae
Aeschnosoma Selys, 1870
auripennis
Geijskes, 1970
elegans Selys, 1871
forcipula Hagen in Selys, 1871
syn peruviana Cowley, 1934
marizae Santos, 1981
rustica Hagen in Selys, 1871
Cordulia
Leach, 1815
shurtleffii
Scudder, 1866
syn bifurcata (nomen nudum) Hagen, 1861
Dorocordulia
Needham, 1901
lepida
(Hagen in Selys, 1871) [Cordulia]
libera (Selys, 1871) [Cordulia]
Epitheca
(Epicordulia) Selys, 1871
princeps
princeps (Hagen, 1861) [Epitheca]
princeps regina (Hagen in Selys, 1871)
[Cordulia]
Epitheca
(Tetragoneuria) Burmeister, 1839
canis
McLachlan, 1886
costalis (Selys, 1871) [Cordulia]
syn williamsoni Muttkowski, 1911
cynosura (Say, 1839) [Libellula]
syn ?tomentosa (?nomen oblitum) (Fabricius, 1775)
[Libellula]
syn complanata (Rambur, 1842) [Cordulia]
syn cynosura race? basiguttata (Selys, 1871)
[Cordulia]
syn cynosura simulans Muttkowski, 1911
syn lateralis (Burmeister, 1839)
[Epophthalmia]
syn morio Muttkowski, 1911
petechialis Muttkowski, 1911
semiaquea (Burmeister, 1839)
[Libellula]
syn diffinis (nomen nudum) Hagen, 1861
[Tetragoneuria]
syn semiaquea calverti Muttkowski, 1915
sepia Gloyd, 1933
spinigera Selys, 1871 [Cordulia]
syn indistincta Morse, 1895
spinosa (Hagen in Selys, 1878)
[Cordulia]
stella Williamson in Muttkowski, 1911
Gomphomacromia
Brauer, 1864
chilensis
Martin, 1921
fallax McLachlan, 1881
mexicana Needham, 1933
nodisticta Ris, 1928
paradoxa Brauer, 1864
syn chilensis (nomen nudum) (Hagen, 1861)
[Cordulia]
syn var. effusa Navás, 1918
syn etcheverryi Fraser, 1957
syn var. tincta Navás, 1918
Helocordulia
Needham, 1901
selysii
(Hagen in Selys, 1878) [Cordulia?]
uhleri (Selys, 1871) [Cordulia]
Lauromacromia
Geijskes, 1970
dubitalis
(Fraser, 1939) [Gomphomacromia]
luismoojeni (Santos, 1967)
[Neocordulia]
Navicordulia
Machado & Costa, 1995
amazonica
Machado & Costa, 1995
atlantica Machado & Costa, 1995
errans (Calvert, 1909)
[Dorocordulia]
kiautai Machado & Costa, 1995
leptostyla Machado & Costa, 1995
longistyla Machado & Costa, 1995
mielkei Machado & Costa, 1995
miersi Machado & Costa, 1995
nitens De Marmels, 1991
[Dorocordulia]
vagans De Marmels, 1989
[Dorocordulia]
Neocordulia
Selys, 1882
androgynis
(Selys, 1871) [Gomphomacromia]
batesi batesi (Selys, 1871)
[Gomphomacromia]
batesi longipollex Calvert, 1909
biancoi Rácenis, 1970
campana May and Knopf, 1988
carlochagasi Santos, 1967
griphus May, 1992
setifera (Hagen in Selys, 1871)
[Gomphomacromia]
syn valga (nomen nudum) (Hagen, 1861)
[Cordulia]
volxemi (Selys, 1874)
[Gomphomacromia]
Neurocordulia
Selys, 1871
alabamensis
Hodges in Needham & Westfall, 1955
molesta (Walsh, 1863) [Cordulia]
syn clara Muttkowski, 1910
obsoleta (Say, 1839) [Libellula]
syn polysticta (Burmeister, 1839)
[Libellula]
virginiensis Davis, 1927
xanthosoma (Williamson, 1908)
[Platycordulia]
yamaskanensis (Provancher, 1875)
[Aeshna]
syn jamascarensis (Hagen in Selys, 1878)
[Epitheca?]
Paracordulia
Martin, 1906
sericea
(Selys, 1871) [Cordulia]
Rialla
Navás, 1915
villosa
(Rambur, 1842) [Cordulia]
syn membranata Navás, 1915
Santosia
Costa & T. Santos, 1992
machadoi
Costa & T. Santos, 2000
marshalli Costa & T. Santos, 1992
newtoni Costa & T. Santos, 2000
Somatochlora
Selys, 1871
albicincta
(Burmeister, 1839) [Epophthalmia]
syn eremita (Scudder, 1866) [Cordulia]
syn form massettensis Whitehouse, 1941
brevicincta Robert, 1954
calverti Williamson and Gloyd, 1933
cingulata (Selys, 1871) [Epitheca]
elongata (Scudder, 1866) [Cordulia]
syn saturata (nomen nudum) (Hagen, 1861)
[Cordulia]
ensigera Martin, 1907
syn charadraea Williamson, 1907
filosa (Hagen, 1861) [Cordulia]
forcipata (Scudder, 1866) [Cordulia]
syn chalybea (nomen nudum) (Hagen, 1861)
[Cordulia]
franklini (Selys, 1878) [Epitheca]
syn macrotona Williamson, 1909
georgiana Walker, 1925
hineana Williamson, 1931
hudsonica (Hagen in Selys, 1871)
[Epitheca]
incurvata Walker, 1918
kennedyi Walker, 1918
linearis (Hagen, 1861) [Cordulia]
syn lateralis (lapsus) Needham, 1901
syn procera (Selys, 1871) [Epitheca]
margarita Donnelly, 1962
minor Calvert, 1898
ozarkensis Bird, 1933
provocans Calvert, 1903
sahlbergi Trybom, 1889
syn walkeri Kennedy, 1917
semicircularis (Selys, 1871)
[Epitheca]
syn nasalis (Selys, 1874) [Epitheca]
septentrionalis (Hagen, 1861)
[Cordulia]
syn richardsoni (nomen nudum) (Hagen, 1861)
[Cordulia]
tenebrosa (Say, 1839) [Libellula]
syn tenebrica (nomen nudum) (Hagen, 1861)
[Cordulia]
walshii (Scudder, 1866) [Cordulia]
whitehousei Walker, 1925
williamsoni Walker, 1907
Williamsonia
Davis, 1913
fletcheri
Williamson, 1923
syn vacua (nomen nudum) (Hagen, 1867)
[Diplax]
lintneri (Hagen in Selys, 1878)
[Cordulia]
LIBELLULIDAE
Anatya
Kirby, 1889
guttata
(Erichson, 1848) [Libellula]
syn anomala Kirby, 1889
syn difficilis (Selys, 1879) [Agrionoptera]
syn normalis Calvert, 1899
syn theresiae Selys, 1900
januaria Ris, 1911
Antidythemis
Kirby, 1889
nigra
Buchholz, 1952
trameiformis Kirby, 1889
Argyrothemis
Ris, 1911
argentea
Ris, 1911
Brachymesia
Kirby, 1889
furcata
(Hagen, 1861) [Erythemis]
syn australis Kirby, 1889
syn smithii (Kirby, 1894) [Cannacria]
gravida (Calvert, 1890) [Lepthemis]
herbida (Gundlach, 1889) [Libellula]
syn batesii (Kirby, 1889) [Cannacria]
syn fumipennis (Currie, 1901) [Cannacria]
Brechmorhoga
Kirby, 1894
diplosema
Ris, 1913
flavopunctata (Martin, 1897)
[Dythemis]
syn flavoannulata Lacroix, 1920
innupta Rácenis, 1954
latialata Gonzalez, 1999
mendax (Hagen, 1861) [Dythemis]
neblinae De Marmels, 1989
nubecula (Rambur, 1842) [Libellula]
syn catharina (Karsch, 1890) [Macrothemis]
pertinax eurysema Ris, 1913
pertinax pertinax (Hagen, 1861)
[Dythemis]
syn sallaei (Selys, 1868) [Libellula
(Dythemis)]
pertinax peruviana Ris, 1913
praecox grenadensis Kirby, 1894
praecox postlobata Calvert, 1898
praecox praecox (Hagen, 1861)
[Dythemis]
praedatrix Calvert, 1909
rapax crocosema Ris, 1913
rapax rapax Calvert, 1898
syn apollinaris (Navás, 1915)
[Nothemis]
tepeaca Calvert, 1908
travassosi Santos, 1946
valida (Navás, 1916)
[Macrothemis]
vivax Calvert, 1906
Cannaphila
Kirby, 1889
insularis
funerea (Carpenter, 1897) [Misagria]
insularis insularis Kirby, 1889
syn angustipennis (Rambur (nec Stephens, 1835), 1842)
[Libellula]
mortoni Donnelly, 1992
vibex (Hagen, 1861) [Libellula]
syn merida (Selys, 1868) [Libellula]
Celithemis
Hagen, 1861
amanda
(Hagen, 1861) [Diplax]
syn pulchella (Burmeister (nec Drury, 1773), 1839)
[Libellula]
bertha Williamson, 1922
syn bertha leonora Westfall, 1952
elisa (Hagen, 1861) [Diplax]
eponina (Drury, 1773) [Libellula]
syn camilla (Rambur, 1842) [Libellula]
syn lucilla (Rambur, 1842) [Libellula]
fasciata Kirby, 1889
syn monomelaena Williamson, 1910
martha Williamson, 1922
ornata (Rambur, 1842) [Libellula]
verna Pritchard, 1935
Crocothemis
Brauer, 1868
servilia
servilia (Drury, 1773) [Libellula]
syn ferruginea (Fabricius, 1793)
[Libellula]
syn reticulata Kirby, 1886
syn soror (Rambur, 1842) [Libellula]
Dasythemis
Karsch, 1889
esmeralda
Ris, 1910
essequiba Ris, 1919
mincki clara Ris, 1908
mincki mincki (Karsch, 1890)
[Malamarptis]
venosa (Burmeister, 1839)
[Libellula]
syn liriope (nomen nudum) (Hagen, 1861)
[Dythemis]
syn macrostigma Förster, 1907
Diastatops
Rambur, 1842
dimidiata
(Linnaeus, 1758) [Libellula]
syn fenestrata Hagen, 1855
syn marginata (De Geer, 1773) [Libellula]
emilia Montgomery, 1940
estherae Montgomery, 1940
intensa Montgomery, 1940
maxima Montgomery, 1940
nigra Montgomery, 1940
obscura (Fabricius, 1775)
[Libellula]
syn tincta Rambur, 1842
pullata (Burmeister, 1839)
[Libellula]
syn fuliginea Rambur, 1842
Dythemis
Hagen, 1861
fugax
Hagen, 1861
maya Calvert, 1906
multipunctata multipunctata Kirby, 1894
syn nigra Martin, 1897
syn tabida (nomen nudum) Hagen, 1861
multipunctata reducta De Marmels, 1989
nigrescens Calvert, 1899
rufinervis (Burmeister, 1839)
[Libellula]
syn conjuncta (Rambur, 1842) [Libellula]
syn vinosa (Scudder, 1866) [Libellula]
sterilis Hagen, 1861
syn broadwayi Kirby, 1894
velox Hagen, 1861
Edonis
Needham, 1905
helena
Needham, 1905
Elasmothemis
Westfall, 1988
alcebiadesi
(Santos, 1945) [Dythemis]
cannacrioides (Calvert, 1906)
[Dythemis]
constricta (Calvert, 1898)
[Dythemis]
syn willinki (Fraser, 1947) [Macrothemis]
kiautai (De Marmels, 1989)
[Dythemis]
schubarti (Santos, 1945) [Dythemis]
williamsoni (Ris, 1919) [Dythemis]
Elga
Ris, 1911
leptostyla
Ris, 1911
syn santosi Machado, 1954
newtonsantosi Machado, 1992
Erythemis
Hagen, 1861
attala
(Selys in Sagra, 1857) [Libellula]
syn annulata (nec Beauvois, 1805) (Rambur, 1842)
[Libellula]
syn annulosa (Selys in Sagra, 1857)
[Libellula]
syn mithra (Selys in Sagra, 1857)
[Libellula]
carmelita Williamson, 1923
collocata (Hagen, 1861) [Mesothemis]
credula (Hagen, 1861) [Diplax]
haematogastra (Burmeister, 1839)
[Libellula]
mithroides (Brauer, 1900)
[Mesothemis]
peruviana (Rambur, 1842) [Libellula]
syn ?rubriventris (Blanchard, 1845)
[Libellula]
syn bicolor (Erichson, 1848) [Libellula]
plebeja (Burmeister, 1839)
[Libellula]
syn verbenata (Hagen, 1861) [Lepthemis]
simplicicollis (Say, 1839)
[Libellula]
syn ?imbuta (Say, 1839) [Libellula]
syn caerulans (Rambur, 1842) [Libellula]
syn gundlachii (Scudder, 1866) [Mesothemis]
syn maculiventris (Rambur, 1842)
[Libellula]
vesiculosa (Fabricius, 1775)
[Libellula]
syn acuta (Say, 1839) [Libellula]
Erythrodiplax
Brauer, 1868
abjecta
(Rambur, 1842) [Libellula]
syn ponderosa Karsch, 1891
acantha Borror, 1942
amazonica Sjöstedt, 1918
syn lenti [in part] Ris, 1919
anatoidea Borror, 1942
andagoya Borror, 1942
angustipennis Borror, 1942
anomala (Brauer, 1865) [Libellula
(Diplax)]
atroterminata Ris, 1911
attenuata (Kirby, 1889) [Trithemis
(?)]
syn attenuata forma hyalina Sjöstedt, 1918
avittata Borror, 1942
basalis (Kirby, 1897) [Micrathyria]
syn ?erratica (Erichson, 1848) [Libellula]
berenice berenice (Drury, 1773)
[Libellula]
syn histrio (Burmeister, 1839) [Libellula]
berenice naeva (Hagen, 1861)
[Dythemis]
branconensis Sjöstedt, 1929
castanea (Burmeister, 1839)
[Libellula]
cauca Borror, 1942
chromoptera Borror, 1942
cleopatra Ris, 1911
clitella Borror, 1942
connata (Burmeister, 1839)
[Libellula]
syn basifusca (Calvert, 1895) [Trithemis]
syn chloropleura (Brauer, 1865) [Libellula
(Diplax)]
syn communis (Rambur, 1842) [Libellula]
syn fraterna (Hagen, 1873) [Diplax]
syn leontina (Brauer, 1865) [Libellula]
corallina (Brauer, 1865) [Libellula
(Diplax)]
syn medium (Navás, 1916) [Sympetrum]
syn nutrina Förster, 1914
syn plebeia (Rambur (nec Burmeister, 1839), 1842)
[Libellula]
diversa (Navás, 1916)
[Nadiplax]
famula (Erichson, 1848) [Libellula]
syn ochracea aequatorialis Ris, 1911
fervida (Erichson, 1848) [Libellula]
syn justina (Selys in Sagra, 1857)
[Libellula]
fulva Borror, 1957
funerea (Hagen, 1861) [Libellula]
syn affinis (Kirby, 1889) [Neurothemis]
syn tyleri (Kirby, 1899) [Trithemis]
fusca (Rambur, 1842) [Libellula]
syn incompta (Rambur, 1842) [Libellula]
gomesi Santos, 1946
hyalina Förster, 1907
ines Ris, 1911
juliana Ris, 1911
justiniana (Selys in Sagra, 1857)
[Libellula]
syn ?portoricana (Kolbe, 1888) [Diplax]
syn ambusta (Hagen, 1868) [Diplax]
kimminsi Borror, 1942
latimaculata Ris, 1911
lativittata Borror, 1942
laurentia Borror, 1942
leticia Machado, 1996
longitudinalis (Ris, 1919) [Anatya]
luteofrons Santos, 1956
lygaea Ris, 1911
maculosa (Hagen, 1861) [Nannophya]
syn friedericella (Förster, 1905)
[Diplacodes]
media Borror, 1942
melanica Borror, 1942
syn lenti [in part] Ris, 1919
melanorubra Borror, 1942
minuscula (Rambur, 1842) [Libellula]
nigricans (Rambur, 1842) [Libellula]
syn vilis (Rambur, 1842) [Libellula]
nivea Borror, 1942
ochracea (Burmeister, 1839)
[Libellula]
syn distinguenda (Rambur, 1842) [Libellula]
pallida (Needham, 1904)
[Micrathyria]
paraguayensis (Förster, 1905)
[Diplacodes]
parvimaculata Borror, 1942
solimaea Ris, 1911
tenuis Borror, 1942
transversa Borror, 1957
umbrata (Linnaeus, 1758) [Libellula]
syn fallax (Burmeister, 1839) [Libellula]
syn flavicans (Rambur, 1842) [Libellula]
syn fuscofasciata (Blanchard, 1845)
[Libellula]
syn montezuma (Calvert, 1899) [Trithemis]
syn ruralis (Burmeister, 1839) [Libellula]
syn subfasciata (Burmeister, 1839)
[Libellula]
syn tripartita (Burmeister, 1839)
[Libellula]
syn unifasciata (De Geer, 1773) [Libellula]
unimaculata (De Geer, 1773)
[Libellula]
syn erichsoni (Kirby, 1894) [Trithemis]
syn hemimelaena (Karsch, 1890)
[Micrathyria]
syn pulla (Burmeister, 1839) [Libellula]
venusta (Kirby, 1897) [Micrathyria]
syn ?erratica (Erichson, 1848) [Libellula]
Fylgia
Kirby, 1889
amazonica
amazonica Kirby, 1889
syn semiaurea (Karsch, 1889) [Nannothemis]
amazonica lychnitina De Marmels, 1989
Gynothemis
Calvert in Ris, 1909
aurea
Navás, 1933
calliste Ris, 1913
heteronycha (Calvert, 1909)
[Brechmorhoga]
syn garbei Navás, 1916 [Ophippus]
uniseta Geijskes, 1972
venipunctata Calvert, 1909
Idiataphe
Cowley, 1934
amazonica
(Kirby, 1889) [Ephidatia]
batesi (Ris, 1913) [Ephidatia]
cubensis (Scudder, 1866) [Macromia]
syn specularis (nomen nudum) (Hagen, 1867)
[Erythemis]
longipes (Hagen, 1861) [Erythemis]
Leucorrhinia
Brittinger, 1850
borealis
Hagen, 1890
frigida Hagen, 1890
glacialis Hagen, 1890
hudsonica (Selys, 1850) [Libellula]
syn hageni Calvert, 1890
intacta (Hagen, 1861) [Diplax]
patricia Walker, 1940
proxima Calvert, 1890
Libellula
Linnaeus, 1758
auripennis
Burmeister, 1839
syn costalis Rambur, 1842
axilena Westwood, 1837
syn leda Say, 1839
comanche Calvert, 1907
syn flavida Hagen (nec Rambur 1842), 1861
composita (Hagen, 1873) [Mesothemis]
croceipennis Selys, 1868
syn saturata aliasignata Muttkowski, 1910
syn uniformis (Kirby, 1889) [Belonia]
cyanea Fabricius, 1775
syn bistigma Uhler, 1857
syn quadrupla Say, 1839
deplanata Rambur, 1842
exusta Say, 1839
flavida Rambur, 1842
syn plumbea Uhler, 1857
foliata (Kirby, 1889) [Belonia]
forensis Hagen, 1861
gaigei Gloyd, 1938
herculea Karsch, 1889
syn longipennis (Kirby, 1889) [Belonia]
incesta Hagen, 1861
jesseana Williamson, 1922
julia Uhler, 1857
luctuosa Burmeister, 1839
syn basalis Say (nec Stephens, 1835), 1839
syn odiosa Hagen, 1861
lydia Drury, 1773
syn serva Fabricius, 1793
syn trimaculata De Geer, 1773
mariae Garrison, 1992
needhami Westfall, 1943
nodisticta Hagen, 1861
pulchella Drury, 1773
syn confusa Uhler, 1857
syn versicolor Fabricius, 1775
quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758
syn quadripunctata Fabricius, 1781
syn ternaria Say [in part], 1839
saturata Uhler, 1857
semifasciata Burmeister, 1839
syn bifasciata (nomen oblitum?) Fabricius, 1775
syn hersilia Blanchard, 1849
syn maculata Rambur, 1842
syn ternaria Say [in part], 1839
subornata (Hagen, 1861) [Plathemis]
vibrans Fabricius, 1793
Macrodiplax
Brauer, 1868
balteata
(Hagen, 1861) [Tetragoneuria]
Macrothemis
Hagen, 1868
absimile
Costa, 1991
aurimaculata Donnelly, 1984
belliata Belle, 1987
brevidens Belle, 1983
capitata Calvert, 1909
celeno (Selys in Sagra, 1857)
[Libellula]
cynthia Ris, 1913
declivata Calvert, 1909
delia Ris, 1913
extensa Ris, 1913
fallax May, 1998
flavescens (Kirby, 1897) [Miathyria]
griseofrons Calvert, 1909
syn cearana (Navás, 1916) [Cendra]
guarauno Rácenis, 1957
hahneli Ris, 1913
hemichlora (Burmeister, 1839)
[Libellula]
syn cydippe Calvert, 1898
hosanai Santos, 1967
idalia Ris, 1919
imitans imitans Karsch, 1890
imitans leucozona Ris, 1913
inacuta Calvert, 1898
syn ?rochai Navás, 1918
inequiunguis Calvert, 1895
syn vulgipes Calvert, 1898
lauriana Ris, 1913
ludia Belle, 1987
lutea Calvert, 1909
marmorata Hagen, 1868
syn tenuis Karsch, 1890
mortoni Ris, 1913
musiva Calvert, 1898
syn uniseries Calvert, 1909
newtoni Costa, 1990
nobilis Rácenis, 1957
pleurosticta (Burmeister, 1839)
[Libellula]
polyneura Ris, 1913
proterva Belle, 1987
pseudimitans Calvert, 1898
pumila Karsch, 1890
syn var. axillata Navás, 1924
rupicola Rácenis, 1957
tenuis Hagen, 1868
tessellata (Burmeister, 1839)
[Libellula]
ultima Gonzalez, 1992
Miathyria
Kirby, 1889
marcella
(Selys in Sagra, 1857) [Libellula]
simplex (Rambur, 1842) [Libellula]
syn laxa (Navás, 1916) [Nothifixis]
syn pusilla Kirby, 1889
Micrathyria
Kirby, 1889
aequalis
(Hagen, 1861) [Dythemis]
syn septima Selys, 1900
almeidai Santos, 1945
artemis Ris, 1911
athenais Calvert, 1909
atra (Martin, 1897) [Dythemis]
borgmeieri Santos, 1947
caerulistyla Donnelly, 1992
cambridgei Kirby, 1897
catenata Calvert, 1909
coropinae Geijskes, 1963
debilis (Hagen, 1861) [Dythemis]
dictynna Ris, 1919
dido Ris, 1911
didyma (Selys in Sagra, 1857)
[Libellula]
syn dicrota (Hagen, 1861) [Dythemis]
syn poeyi (Scudder, 1866) [Mesothemis]
syn pruinosa Kirby, 1894
dissocians Calvert, 1906
divergens Westfall, 1992
dunklei Westfall, 1992
duplicata Navás, 1922
dythemoides Calvert, 1909
eximia Kirby, 1897
hagenii Kirby, 1890
hesperis Ris, 1911
hippolyte Ris, 1911
hypodidyma Calvert, 1906
syn protoe Förster, 1907
iheringi Santos, 1946
kleerekoperi Clavert, 1946
laevigata Calvert, 1909
longifasciata Calvert, 1909
mengeri mengeri Ris, 1919
mengeri watsoni Dunkle, 1995
occipita Westfall, 1992
ocellata dentiens Calvert, 1909
syn carlota Needham, 1942
ocellata ocellata Martin, 1897
ocellata quicha Calvert, 1909
paruensis Geijskes, 1963
pirassunungae Santos, 1953
pseudeximia Westfall, 1992
ringueleti Rodrigues, 1988
romani Sjöstedt, 1918
schumanni Calvert, 1906
spinifera Calvert, 1909
spuria (Selys, 1900) [Anatya]
syn macrocercis Calvert, 1909
stawiarskii Santos, 1953
surinamensis Geijskes, 1963
sympriona Tennessen, 2000
tibialis Kirby, 1897
ungulata Förster, 1907
syn gerula (nomen nudum) Hagen, 1861
[Dythemis]
venezuelae De Marmels, 1989
Misagria
Kirby, 1889
bimacula
Kimmins, 1943
calverti Geijskes, 1951
divergens De Marmels, 1981
parana Kirby, 1889
Nannothemis
Brauer, 1868
bella
(Uhler, 1857) [Nannophya]
syn puella (Kirby, 1890) [Aino]
syn pygmaea (Kirby, (nec Rambur, 1842)1889)
[Nannophya]
Nephepeltia
Kirby, 1889
aequisetis
Calvert, 1909
berlai Santos, 1950
chalconota Ris, 1919
flavifrons (Karsch, 1889)
[Neothemis]
syn inermis (nomen nudum) (Hagen, 1867)
[Nannothemis]
syn prodita (nomen nudum) (Hagen, 1861)
[Nannothemis]
leonardina Rácenis, 1953
phryne phryne (Perty, 1834)
[Libellula]
syn apicalis (nomen nudum) (Hagen, 1861)
[Dythemis]
syn semiaurea (nomen nudum) (Hagen, 1861)
[Nannophya]
phryne tupiensis Santos, 1950
Nothodiplax
Belle, 1984
dendrophila
Belle, 1984
Oligoclada
Karsch, 1890
abbreviata
abbreviata (Rambur, 1842) [Libellula]
syn raineyi Ris, 1919
abbreviata limnophila Machado & Machado, 1993
amphinome Ris, 1919
borrori Santos, 1945
calverti Santos, 1951
crocogaster Borror, 1931
haywardi Fraser, 1947
heliophila Borror, 1931
hypophane De Marmels, 1989
laetitia Ris, 1911
leucotaenia De Marmels, 1989
monosticha Borror, 1931
nemesis (Ris, 1911) [Podothemis]
pachystigma Karsch, 1890
rhea Ris, 1911
risi Geijskes, 1984
stenoptera Borror, 1931
sylvia (Kirby, 1889) [Nannothemis]
umbricola Borror, 1931
waikinimae De Marmels, 1992
walkeri Geijskes, 1931
xanthopleura Borror, 1931
Orthemis
Hagen, 1861
aequilibris
Calvert, 1909
ambinigra Calvert, 1909
ambirufa Calvert, 1909
anthracina De Marmels, 1989
attenuata (Erichson, 1848)
[Libellula]
biolleyi Calvert, 1906
concolor Ris, 1919
cultriformis Calvert, 1899
ferruginea (Fabricius, 1775)
[Libellula]
syn discolor (Burmeister, 1839) [Libellula]
syn macrostigma (Rambur, 1842) [Libellula]
flavopicta Kirby, 1889
levis Calvert, 1906
nodiplaga Karsch, 1891
plaumanni Buchholz, 1950
regalis Ris, 1910
schmidti Buchholz, 1950
sibylla Ris, 1919
sulphurata Hagen, 1868
Pachydiplax
Brauer, 1868
longipennis
(Burmeister, 1839) [Libellula]
syn socia (Rambur, 1842) [Libellula]
Paltothemis
Karsch, 1890
cyanosoma
Garrison, 1982
lineatipes Karsch, 1890
syn russata (Calvert, 1895) [Dythemis]
Pantala
Hagen, 1861
flavescens
(Fabricius, 1798) [Libellula]
syn analis (Burmeister, 1839) [Libellula]
syn terminalis (Burmeister, 1839)
[Libellula]
syn viridula (Beauvois, 1805) [Libellula]
hymenaea (Say, 1839) [Libellula]
syn huanacina (Förster, 1909) [Tramea]
Perithemis
Hagen, 1861
bella
Kirby, 1889
syn austeni Kirby, 1897
cornelia Ris, 1910
domitia (Drury, 1773) [Libellula]
syn metella (Selys in Sagra, 1857)
[Libellula]
syn pocahontas Kirby, 1889
syn var. iris Hagen, 1861
electra Ris, 1930
icteroptera (Selys in Sagra, 1857)
[Libellula]
syn waltheri Ris, 1910
intensa Kirby, 1889
syn var. californica Martin, 1900
lais (Perty, 1834) [Libellula]
syn naias Ris, 1910
mooma Kirby, 1889
syn cloe (nomen nudum) Hagen, 1861
syn var. octoxantha Ris, 1910
parzefalli Hoffmann, 1991
rubita Dunkle, 1982
tenera (Say, 1839) [Libellula]
syn chlora (Rambur, 1842) [Libellula]
syn domitia seminole Calvert, 1907
syn tenuicincta (Say, 1839) [Libellula]
thais Kirby, 1889
Planiplax
Muttkowski, 1910
arachne
Ris, 1912
erythropyga (Karsch, 1891)
[Platyplax]
machadoi Santos, 1949
phoenicura Ris, 1912
sanguiniventris (Calvert, 1907)
[Platyplax]
Pseudoleon
Kirby, 1889
superbus
(Hagen, 1861) [Celithemis]
Rhodopygia
Kirby, 1889
cardinalis
(Erichson, 1848) [Libellula]
syn var. colorata Navás, 1923
geijskesi Belle, 1964
hinei Calvert, 1907
hollandi Calvert, 1907
syn chloris Ris, 1911
pruinosa Buchholz, 1953
Scapanea
Kirby, 1889
archboldi
Donnelly, 1970
frontalis (Burmeister, 1839)
[Libellula]
Sympetrum
Newman, 1833
ambiguum
(Rambur, 1842) [Libellula]
syn albifrons (Charpentier (nec Burmeister, 1839),
1840) [Libellula]
chaconi De Marmels, 1994
corruptum (Hagen, 1861) [Mesothemis]
costiferum (Hagen, 1861) [Diplax]
syn atripes (Hagen, 1873) [Diplax]
danae (Sulzer, 1776) [Libellula]
syn verum Bartenef, 1915
evanescens De Marmels, 1992
illotum gilvum (Selys, 1884)
[Diplax]
illotum illotum (Hagen, 1861)
[Mesothemis]
illotum virgulum (Selys, 1884)
[Diplax]
internum Montgomery, 1943
janeae Carle, 1993
madidum (Hagen, 1861) [Diplax]
syn chrysoptera (Selys, 1883) [Diplax]
syn flavicosta (Hagen, 1875) [Diplax]
nigrocreatum Calvert, 1920
obtrusum (Hagen, 1867) [Diplax]
syn decisum (Hagen, 1874) [Diplax]
occidentale californicum Walker, 1951
occidentale fasciatum Walker, 1951
occidentale occidentale Bartenef, 1915
pallipes (Hagen, 1874) [Diplax]
syn obtrusum morrisoni Ris, 1911
roraimae De Marmels, 1988
rubicundulum (Say, 1839) [Libellula]
syn assimilatum (Uhler, 1857) [Libellula]
semicinctum (Say, 1839) [Libellula]
signiferum Cannings & Garrison, 1991
vicinum (Hagen, 1861) [Diplax]
villosum Ris, 1911
Tauriphila
Kirby, 1889
argo
(Hagen, 1869) [Tramea]
syn ?nycteris Karsch, 1890
australis (Hagen, 1867) [Tramea]
syn iphigenia (Hagen, 1867) [Tramea]
azteca Calvert, 1906
risi Martin, 1896
xiphea Ris, 1913
Tholymis
Hagen, 1867
citrina
Hagen, 1867
Tramea
Hagen, 1861
abdominalis
(Rambur, 1842) [Libellula]
syn basalis (Burmeister (nec Stephens 1835), 1839)
[Libellula]
binotata (Rambur, 1842) [Libellula]
syn brasiliana Brauer, 1867
syn longicauda Brauer, 1867
syn paulina Förster, 1910
syn subbinotata Brauer, 1867
syn walkeri Whitehouse, 1943
calverti Muttkowski, 1910
carolina (Linnaeus, 1763)
[Libellula]
cophysa Hagen, 1867
syn darwini Kirby, 1889
insularis Hagen, 1861
lacerata Hagen, 1861
minuta De Marmels & Rácenis, 1982
onusta Hagen, 1861
rustica De Marmels & Rácenis, 1982
Uracis
Rambur, 1842
fastigiata
(Burmeister, 1839) [Libellula]
syn fastigiata aberration pura Förster, 1909
syn fastigiata forma machadina Förster, 1910
imbuta (Burmeister, 1839)
[Libellula]
syn quadra Rambur, 1842
infumata (Rambur, 1842) [Libellula]
syn ovata Calvert, 1909
ovipositrix Calvert, 1909
syn mimetica (Förster, 1909)
[Pronomaja]
reducta Fraser, 1946
siemensi Kirby, 1897
turrialba Ris, 1919
Ypirangathemis
Santos, 1945
calverti
Santos, 1945
Zenithoptera
Selys, 1869
anceps
Pujol-Luz, 1993
fasciata (Linnaeus, 1758)
[Libellula]
syn americana (Linnaeus, 1758) [Libellula]
syn fasciata (Linnaeus, 1758) [Libellula]
syn violacea (De Geer, 1773) [Libellula]
lanei Santos, 1941
viola Ris, 1910
Annotations and comments
General Comments:
1. Date of publication of Hagen and Se1ys, Monographie des
Gomphines: I follow Calvert (1905. Biologia Centrali Americana: 148),
who states in a footnote: "It is usual to quote the "Monographie des
Gomphines" with the date 1857, as is done by Kirby [1890] for
example, and "November 1857" is, indeed, that which appears on the
title page of the volume; but the original paper cover bore the date
"Mai 1858," which has usually not been preserved in bound copies.
Moreover, plates xx-xxii are dated at the bottom as having been drawn
in 1858." Cowley (1937. J. Soc. Bibliography Nat. Hist. 1(3):73-74)
opted for 1857, but further evidence of an 1858 publication date was
brought to my attention by P. Machet. In the "appendice" (page 651
[391 separate]) is stated: "Some circumstances having put off
the conclusions of this volume, considerable and rather numerous
materials have reached us during printing [italics
mine]. One comes from a trip made by H. Hagen to London in 1857;
others from a shipment of species from Texas, made by the Smithsonian
Institution."
2. Date of publication of Schmidt's Odonata nebst
Bernerkungen uber die Anomisma und Chalcopteryx des Amazonas-Gebiets.
I follow Montgomery (1967. Acta Biol. Venez. 5(9):158), who states:
"This paper was published in 1942 as 2: of the [currently
accepted 1952 citation]. However, all but 6 copies were destroyed
and the first printing is unlikely to be available to many readers."
I therefore use 1952 for species introduced by Schmidt in this
work.
3. I give synonyms, nomina nuda, etc., only for New World taxa for Holarctic species such as Enallagma cyathigerum and Libellula quadrimaculata. The single exception is Crocothemis servilia servilia, an Old World species recently introduced into peninsular Florida.
Specific Comments:
4. Euthore fasciata form fasciata
(Hagen in Selys 1853) and Euthore fasciata
form plagiata Selys, 1873 J. De Marmels (pers.
comm.) has written that he cannot agree with Bick & Bick's
assessment of fasciata and plagiata: he
believes them subspecies.
5. Mnesarete. I am currently studying this genus,
and Jurg De Marmels (in litt.) and I independently reached the
conclusion that M. scintilla Racenis is a junior
synonym of M. cupraea. Although Fraser (1946.
Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 96(2):28)
suggested synonymy between Mnesarete hauxwelli and
M. fulgida, I consider them distinct species for
reasons I will describe in my upcoming paper.
6. Lestes falcifer. In my 1991 list, I suspected
that L. urubamba was a synonym of L.
falcifier. Dr. Javier Muzon and I, through examination of the
types and exchange of illustrations, unquestionably believe these two
species to be distinct.
7. Megapodagrion muzana Navás. In 1991, I
stated that the poor description of the holotype female of
Argia muzana may show that this species was really a
Megapodagrion. Dr. Jurg De Marmels and I have since
examined the holotype and we confirm that it is a
Megapodagrion.
8. Paraphlebia. This genus is currently being
revised by Dr. Enrique Gonzalez of Mexico, and my arrangement here
should be considered tentative. Some new species await description.
Authorship of Paraphlebia and P. zoe has
generally been credited to Se1ys in Hagen, 1861; but neither the
complete description of Paraphlebia ("Postcostal space
furnished with two or three areoles; sectors numerous") nor of
Paraphlebia zoe ("Apex of wings black") is adequately
described, much less diagnosed, in Hagen 1861. 1 consider these two
taxa nomina nuda until Se1ys adequately defined them both in
1862.
9. Mecistogaster buckleyi. Examination of the
lectotype of M. garleppi convinces me that it is
probably a junior synonym of this species.
10. Mecistogaster marchali var.
selysia Navás has been examined by Machet, who
informs me that it is a synonym of M. modesta.
11. Examination of the types of Protoneura
peruviensis Fraser and P. protostictoides
convinces me that both should be placed in the genus
Epipleoneura. Further, I believe the type of
protostictoides, by overall size, coloration, pattern,
and penis morphology (the abdominal appendages are lacking) to be
E. lamina.
12. Psaironeura bifurcata (Sjöstedt 1918) with
syn. machadoi De Marmels, 1989. After examining the
types of Protoneura bifurcata, a paratype of E.
machadoi, and extensive series of Epipleoneura
bifurcata, as well as examining many E.
tenuissima (including a homotype), I believe that only two
species with semicircular cerci exist: E. bifurcata and
E. tenuissima.
13. Argia. The species listing of
Argia is different from what has been offered in the
past. The changes are based on studies I have made on the genus over
the last several years. I have illustrated the caudal appendages of
most South American species from the vast holdings at the University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Many decisions are based on examinations of
homotypes and many reflect the opinion of Mrs. L.K. Gloyd, who had
been working on the genus for over 50 years. There are still a few
described species whose status is uncertain; but I hope to resolve
these problems in the future. There are at least 20 species awaiting
description, and I have no doubt that more will be found. I have
recently been able to study almost all of the type material which
Navás
described in this genus. Most of his species I consider to be junior
synonyms and these changes are reflected in this list. See point
16 below.
14. Acanthagrion leonardi, according to G. Jurzitza
(in litt. 27 Feb. 1996) is a junior synonym of A.
cuyabae Calvert which Leonard (1977) considered a junior
synonym of A. lancea. Jurzitza and Javier Muzon
consider A. cuyabae a distinct species. I have not
studied specimens of either of these taxa, but will follow Jurzitza
and Muzon and accord A. cuyabae specific rank.
15. Coenagrion minutissimum, according to P. Machet
(in litt. 25 Oct. 1990) is probably a synonym of
Homeoura nepos. The type of minutissimum
should be examined to confirm this. It is extremely doubtful that any
Coenagrion would occur in South America.
16. Argia hebdomatica Navás. Examination of
the holotype male (Pensilvania, Colombia; in MNHP) shows it to be a
Cyanallgma. The type lacks abdominal segments 7-10 but the
penis morphology and large size are consistent with specimens
identified by DeMarmels as C. tamaense DeMarmels 1988 in my
collection. However, until further information on this genus from
Colombia is forthcoming and upon the advice of DeMarmels (in litt.) I
treat both species as valid.
17. AUSTROPETALIIDAE: In a recent paper, (1996. Revision of
Austropetaliidae (Anisoptera: Aeshnoidea). Odonatologica 25(3):
231-259), F. Carle has revised the family, with the result that six
new species, and four new genera, have been "described" as
follows:
Rheopetalia (gen. nov.)
apicalis apicalis
apicalis decorata (stat. rev.)
rex (sp. nov.)
Odontopetalia (gen. nov.)
apollo
Eurypetalia (gen. nov.)
altarensis (sp. nov.)
excrescens (sp. nov.)
Ophiopetalia (gen. nov.)
araucana (sp. nov.)
auragaster (sp. nov.)
diana (sp. nov.)
pudu
All of these names (and other categorical names besides) are
introduced as brief "descriptions" or "diagnoses" in a proposed
phylogenetic key. There are no illustrations of pertinent characters
nor is there a cladogram supporting the proposed phylogeny of this
family. The "specific" differences elaborated by Carle for his new
species seem minute and, in my opinion, represent an unjustified
multiplication of names. Consequently, I will not accept them until
an acceptable analysis of these dragonflies is performed justifying
this splitting.
18. Aeshna clepsydra with synonyms
arundinacea Se1ys 1872 and maxima
Heikal in Hisinger 1861. The latter two names have often been
included as synonyms of A. clepsydra. My reason for
their deletion is based on a footnote by Walker to Muttkowski (1910.
Cat. Odon.: 109):
"Walker in litteris Aug. 14, 1909: 'The synonyms
given by you do not belong to the true clepsydra. A. arundinacea and
maxima I have not seen: It is very probable that the first at least
is a good species."' And, "Walker in litteris,
Sept. 24, 1909: 'Some of the references ... do not refer to true
clepsydra...I am quite sure arundinacea is not clepsydra, but as I
have not seen the type it is probably best to let it stand as a
synonym of the latter on the authority of Martin'."
Curiously, I can find no mention of these little-used names in
Walker's 1912 monograph. The original description of
arundinacea is based on a female from "Irkutzk", and
Se1ys states it is similar to Siberian A. juncea.
According to Dr. Matti Hämäläinen, University of
Helsinki, in a letter to me, A. maxima is a junior
synonym of the Old World Aeshna crenata Hagen. I have
found no records of clepsydra occurring anywhere in the
Palearctic, and I strongly suspect that arundinacea
refers to a species other than the North American
clepsydra.
19. Triacanthagyna obscuripennis Blanchard.
Williamson, in his monograph of this genus (1923. Univ. Mich. Mus.
Zool. Misc. Publ. 9:1-80), believed this to be a possible synonym of
T. septima; but P. Machet believes, after examining the
short description and figure by Blanchard, that it may be of the
trifida group, and possibly a synonym of one of the
later described species. Should this be the case (if the type is
found), I would not be in favor of using this name, I list
obscuripennis as a distinct species, but it should, in
my opinion, be considered a nomen dubium or a nomen
obletum, if and when its status is determined.
20. Gomphus complex. The status of the various
genera/subgenera of North American entities has not been
satisfactorily resolved. I have not studied the problems, but have
largely followed the advice of others. In this list, I do not
recognize the subgenus Stenogomphurus nor do I accept
elevation of the subgenus Gomphurus to generic status
since there appears to be questions of their validity and changes in
the literature as follows: Carle (Carle, F. L. 1986. The
classification, phylogeny and biogeography of the Gomphidae
(Anisoptera). I. Classification. Odonatologica 15(3): 275-326.)
proposed the subgenus Stenogomphurus (type species:
Gomphus consanguis) under the large genus
Gomphus. However, G. consanguis has
always been included under the subgenus Gomphurus of
Gomphus. Carle (1986) also raises
Gomphurus to generic status, but does not key or
diagnose between Gomphus and Gomphurus.
He does not explain his reason for removing G.
consanguis from Gomphus and placing it in the
new subgenus, Stenogomphurus. It would appear that he
never diagnosed Stenogomphurus from
Gomphus. Carle (1986) does not discuss the relationship
between Gomphurus and Gomphus sensu
lato, and gives no reason for the elevation of
Gomphurus to generic status. Therefore, I will continue
to treat Gomphurus as a subgenus of Gomphus
Phanogomphus is also not recognized in this list for
the following reason: Carle (Carle, F. L. 1986. The classification,
phylogeny and biogeography of the Gomphidae (Anisoptera). I.
Classification. Odonatologica 15(3): 275-326.) proposed the subgenus
Phanogomphus (type species: Gomphus
minutus Rambur), which Carle & May (Carle, F. L. & M.
L. May. 1987. Gomphus (Phanogomphus)
westfalli spec. nov. from the gulf coast of Florida
(Anisoptera: Gomphidae). Odonatologica 16(1): 67-75) later expanded
to include other species of Gomphus
(Gomphus). Many Odonatists, including myself, consider
Phanogomphus a subjective synonym of the type species
of Gomphus, G. vulgatissimus (Linnaeus).
I treat Arigomphus as a separate genus from
Gomphus. Hylogomphus is considered a
synonym of Gomphus (Gomphus), following
Carle (1986). I realize that this arrangement will probably not be
satisfactory to many, but a final resolution may not be achieved for
several years.
Carle (in. May, M and F. Carle, 1996. An annotated list of
the Odonata of New Jersey, with an appendix on nomenclature in the
genus Gomphus. Bulletin of Odonatology 4(1):1-35) has defended his
actions regarding the introduction of the names discussed above. That
such an appendix was written and the acknowledgement that several
workers were in doubt about the proper introduction of new taxa and
changes illustrates, in my opinion, the continued confusion by this
author's actions.
21. CORDULEGASTRIDAE: In a recent paper, 1992. Revision der
Cordulegastridae. 1. Entwurfeiner neuen Klassifizierung der Familie
(Odonata: Anisoptera). Opuscula Zoologica Fluminensia 96:1-18, H.
Lohmann has performed a cladistic analysis on the family, with the
result that our eight species are allocated to six genera as
follows:
Archegaster (gen. nov.)
sayi
Kalyptogaster (gen. nov.)
erronea (with synonym fasciata)
Lauragaster (gen. nov.)
diadema
dorsalis
Pangaeagaster (gen. nov.)
maculata
Taeniogaster (Selys, 1854)
obliquua
Zoraena Kirby 1890
bilineata
diastatops
While I admire the treatment of this family by Lohmann, I do not
think it serves science to split our American species from one into
six genera. Carle, in an earlier paper (1983. Annals of the
Entomological Society of America 76(1):61-68) also recognized
Zoraena and Taeniogaster, but his
divisions do not seem to have been followed by Odonatists in this
country. I still consider all of our species in one genus,
Cordulegaster. However, I include the above data for
those who wish to make changes.
22. Carle (1995. Evolution, taxonomy, and biogeography of
ancient Gondwanian Libelluloides, with comments on Anisopteroid
evolution and phylogenetic systematics (Anisoptera: Libelluloidea).
Odonatologica 24(4): 383-424) considers Gomphomacromia
to be in its own family, Gomphomacromiidae. I follow traditional
usage in retaining them under Corduliidae.
23. Both Dr. Ken Tennessen and Mr. Carl Cook inform me that
Neurocordulia clara Muttkowski is more closely related
to N. molesta, although Cook believes N.
clara a good species. I have treated it as a synonym of
N. molesta.
24. Ken Tennessen (in litt.) informs me that he believes
Epitheca (Tetragoneuria)
williamsoni Muttkowski to be a probable synonym of
E. costalis.
25. Although the description of Dythemis
kiautai was published in 1989 (De Marmels, Odonata ... Cerro
de la Neblina, Acad. Cienc .... Nat., Caracas, p. 42), the manuscript
was completed before Westfall (1988. Odonatologica 17(4):419-428)
established Elasmothemis. Dythemis
kiautai unquestionably belongs in
Elasmothemis.
26. Erythrodiplax connata complex. I include
some nomenclatoral changes which are not in accord with Borror 1942
(Ohio State Univ. Contr. Zool. Entomol., No. 4). Other Odonatists and
I treat E. minuscula and E. fusca as
separate species based on an absence of intergrades with E.
connata (despite the fact that Borror reports such specimens
in his monograph). Secondly, E. abjecta, E.
cleopatra, and E. media may be synonyms of
E. connata, as the diagnostic characters (primarily the
absolute length of the penis) given by Borror do not seem convincing.
However, Dennis Paulson, who is currently working on the
connata complex, believes these three species to be
distinct. Secondly, Paulson (pers. com.) believes that all E.
connata from North and Central America may be distinct from
the true E. connata whose type locality is Valparaiso,
Chile, some 5000 miles south of the nearest populations of E.
connata from Central America.
27. Erythrodiplax portoricana (Kolbe) was treated by
Borror in his monograph (p. 137) as a probable synonym of an
Antillean E. connata. Ris, in his monograph (1911.
Libellulinen, p. 524), treated it as a synonym of E.
minuscula. I believe it more likely to be a synonym of
E. justiniana, because neither E. connata
nor E. minuscula is known from Puerto Rico.
28. Erythrodiplax corallina. Dr. Gerhard Jurzitza
has informed me (in litt.) that the description of
Navás' Sympetrum medium unquestionably refers to
E. corallina.
29. Philippe Machet (in litt.) believes that
Nadiplax diversa Navás may actually be an
Erythrodiplax, and possibly a synonym of a later
described species.
30. In earlier versions of this list, I suggested that the
description and figures of Ophippus garbei Navás
showed this species to compare well with specimens of
Gynothemis heteronycha Calvert. Dra. Janira Costa (J.M
Costa, J. de Araújo Mascarenhas. 1998. Cátalogo do
material-typo de Odonata (Insecta) do Museu Nacinal.
Publições Avulsas do Museu Nacional, 76:22) has
examined the type of Ophippus garbei Navás and
confirms this suggested synonymy. In another brief publication (J.A.
Costa, T.C. Santos. 1991. Redistribuição de algunas
espéies do gênero Macrothemis para o gênero
Gynothemis (Odonata: Libellulidae). XVIII Congresso Brasilein
de Zoologie Salvador, Bahia: 215), these authors suggest the transfer
of, M. capitata, Calvert; M. hosana,
Santos; M. musiva, Calvert; M. pumila,
Karsch; and M. tenuis, Hagen to
Gynothemis. However, the paper cited above is an
abstract and pending publication of results of this study, I have
left these taxa in Macrothemis.
31. Libellula bifasciata Blanchard. The type for
this old, forgotten name was discovered by Lieftinck to be L.
semifasciata, not L. pulchella, according to
Dr. M.J. Westfall, Jr. (pers. comm.). As with
Triacanthagyna obscuripennis, I think it best to
consider L bifasciata a nomen obletum.
32. P. Machet (in litt.) informs me that
Macrothemis rochai is a probable synonym of M.
inacuta.
33. P. Machet (in litt.), who has examined the types
of Dythemis flavopunctata and Brechmorhoga
flavoannulata, considers them synonyms. The species is
presently considered a Brechmorhoga.
34. P. Machet (in litt.), believes Macrothemis
valida Navás to be a Brechmorhoga.
Status of specific names not mentioned in the NWOL:
1. Cora semiopaca subfumata Förster, 1914. This
name was applied to a single male which is now lost. The original
description is too brief to determine the status of this name. I
agree with Bick & Bick. (1990. Odonatologica 19(2):123) who
consider the name a nomen dubium.
2. Enallagma optimolocus Miller & Ivae, 1995
(Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington
97(4):833-838). I reviewed an earlier draft of the manuscript, have
one paratype in my collection and also examined a specimen supposedly
of this species from Oregon (Crook County, South Fork Crooked River,
nr. confluence with North Fork, 10 Aug. 1994, Ken J. Tennessen,
collector). I strongly believe that this taxon is only a hybrid
between E. anna and E. carunculatum for
the following reasons: No females of E. optimolocus
have been collected and this "species" has always been collected
where the two parental types occur. Examination of two paratypes and
the Oregon male, the last kindly loaned to me by Dr. Ken Tennessen,
show appendage morphology intermediate between the parental types.
Hybridization between other Enallagma species is known
and hybrids intermediate in appendage morphology have been produced
in the laboratory and occur in nature for two closely related
species, Ischnura denticollis and I.
gemina (Leong, J. M. & J. E. Hafernick, Jr. 1992.
Hybridization between two damselfly species (Odonata:
Coenagrionidae): morphometric and genitalic differentiation. Annals
of the Entomological Society of America 85(6): 662-670).
3. kirkbyae Pierce 1965.
[Sobobapteron]. This species was described
(Pierce, W. D. 1965. Fossil arthropods of California 26. Three new
fossil insect sites in California. Bulletin Southern California
Academy of Sciences. 64(3):157-162) from a wingtip supposedly of
Permian origin. According to a later paper by Carpenter (Carpenter,
F. M. 1968. The affinities of the genus Sobobapteron
Pierce. Bulletin Southern California Academy of Sciences.
67(4):263-264), the wing which appears to be of Pleistocene origin,
is apparently that of an extant Enallagma species. Mrs.
L. K. Gloyd in correspondence with Carpenter was "of the opinion that
the fossil wing could very well have belonged to Enallagma
clausum Morse, which now occurs in California
". It is
presently impossible to associate this fossil with any extant species
(if is does represent an extant species). I will continue to consider
Sobobapteron as a synonym of Enallagma,
but the status of the species kirkbyae will remain
unclear until further evidence showing it to be a synonym of a recent
species in Enallagma is forthcoming.
4. menetriesii
(Selys, 1854) [Ophiogomphus?]. The status of
this name was given by Garrison 1994 (Tijdschrift voor Entomologie
137 (2):173-269), who argued that the name should be considered a
nomen dubium.
5.
williamsoni Muttkowski, 1910. This name based on only one
known specimen, is almost certainly a natural hybrid between
Gomphus (Gomphus) graslinellus and Gomphus
(Gomphus) lividus.
6.
wabashensis Williamson, 1909. Until recently, consensus
among most U. S. Odonatists was to treat Macromia
wabashensis as a synonym or color form (polymorph) of
M. taeniolata. Secondary genitalia including the shape
of the head of the hamule for M. pacifica, M.
wabashensis, and M. taeniolata is similar.
Williamson (1909. Proc. U. S. Nat. Museum 37:369-398.) reports
captures of M. wabashensis with Macromia
taeniolata and M. pacifica, which suggests the
possibility that M. wabashensis is a hybrid between
M. pacifica and M. taeniolata. Other
mostly non-published data suggest the occurrence of both M.
pacifica and M. taeniolata wherever M.
wabashensis has been collected. Like Dunkle (1995.
Conservation of dragonflies (Odonata) and their habitats in North
America. page 23 in Corbet, P. S., S. W. Dunkle, H. Ubukata,
eds. Proceedings of the International symposium on the conservation
of dragonflies and their habitats. Japanese Society for the
Preservation of Birds, Kushiro, xii + 1-70), I am doubtful of
according species status to M. wabashensis. Acquisition
of more specimens and the discovery of the female may help to
determine its true status. I suggest that multivariate morphometric
analyses of available specimens of M. wabashensis and
samples of M. taeniolata and M.
pacifica from zones of sympatry with M.
wabashensis may provide evidence about whether M.
wabashensis is a hybrid.