Rhodopygia hollandi
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The Rhodopygia hollandi is one of the five dragonfly species of the genus Rhodopygia from the subfamily Sympetrinae . It occurs from the states of Brazil , Mato Grosso and Pará , to Perú , Venezuela and Suriname . The species was first described in 1906 by Philip Powell Calvert using an animal from Guatemala.
Construction of the Imago
The abdomen measures between 32 and 35 millimeters in males. In females, it measures 33 to 34 millimeters. While this part of the body is bright red in the males, it is brownish yellow in the females. The rest of the color is the same in both sexes. The thorax and legs are brownish yellow. In contrast to the otherwise green-red face, the labium is yellowish. The hind wings measure between 33.5 and 37 millimeters in the males, while the length in the females ranges from 37.5 to 40 millimeters. The wing mark ( pterostigma ) reaches 4.0 to 4.3 millimeters in the females and measures 3.8 to 4.2 millimeters in the males. The number of Antenode wires is between 17 and 18.
Similar species
The species is very similar to Erythemis haematogastra . In addition to the slightly different coloration, the two types can be distinguished by the shape of the abdomen and the sexual organs . The number of antenode veins in erythemis haematogastra tends to be slightly lower, at 14 to 16.
supporting documents
- ↑ a b c J. Belle - Synopsis of the Neotropical genus Rhodopygia Kirby, 1889 (Odonata: Libellulidae), Zool. Med. Leiden 72 (1), (1998) 1-13, ISSN 0024-0672 .
Web link
- Rhodopygia hollandi inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: von Ellenrieder, N., 2007. Retrieved February 24, 2014.