Erythrodiplax cleopatra

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Erythrodiplax cleopatra
Systematics
Subordination : Dragonflies (Anisoptera)
Superfamily : Libelluloidea
Family : Libellulidae (Libellulidae)
Subfamily : Sympetrinae
Genre : Erythrodiplax
Type : Erythrodiplax cleopatra
Scientific name
Erythrodiplax cleopatra
Friedrich Ris , 1911

Erythrodiplax cleopatra is a species of dragonfly from the subfamily Sympetrinae . The species was described by Friedrich Ris in 1911 andclassifiedin the Connata group by Donald Joyce Borror in1942. The larva is still unknown today. The species occurs along the Pacific coast of Peru and Chile .

features

Colored males of the Erythrodiplax cleopatra are colored blue and have a slender abdomen , an average of 22 millimeters long . That of the females is a little shorter and reaches an average of 21 millimeters. Young animals of both sexes have a differentiated coloration. The basic color is yellowish brown on the face and abdomen; yellow dominates in the trunk area , with brown mixing on the sides. There are also various drawings on the abdomen, as on the trunk. On the hull these are a narrow brown line along the keel on the back, as well as a broad brown ante humeral stripe . On the side of the abdomen, there are brownish-black stripes on the sides on segments three to nine, which are interrupted in the front part on segments three to seven. In the rear area of ​​segments four to seven there are also frayed black-brown marks over the stripes. Some of these marks are connected to the side stripes by a weak line. With the maturation process, the brown areas in the females darken and the sides of the forehead turn greenish-brown. The sides of the fuselage also change color and become greyish green.

The wings are transparent except for a very small basal spot. The spot is dark brown to black and is partially missing in the front wing. The hind wings measure an average of 24 millimeters. The sash itself measures an average of 3 millimeters.

Similar species

Representatives of the Erythrodiplax connata that are dark in the face and also have a small wing spot, are very similar to E. cleopatra . A reliable differentiation is only possible here by comparing the penis structure . The same applies in comparison with erythrodiplax abjecta .

credentials

  1. ↑ a b c d e Donald Joyce Borror - A Revision of the Libelluline Genus Erythrodiplax (Odonata) p. 181ff , The Ohio State University, Columbus, 1942.
  2. ^ Garrison, von Ellenrieder , Louton: Dragonfly Genera of the New World . [S. 280f], The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006, ISBN 0801884462 .
  3. ^ Charles W. Heckman: Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Odonata? Anisoptera . Springer Netherlands, 2006, ISBN 978-1-4020-4802-9 , pp. 259 .

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