OdonataCentralDragonfly Genera of the New World Errata
Corrections and additions as of 7April2008 for: Garrison, Rosser W.; Natalia von Ellenrieder & Jerry A. Louton. 2006. Dragonfly Genera of the New World - An Illustrated and Annotated Key to the Anisoptera. The Johns Hopkins University Press xi + 368 pp.
Preface, page ix, para 1. "uually" should be "usually".
Preface, page ix, "195 genera" should be "125 genera"
Page 11, couplet 5': HW triangle closer to arculus (B) than FW (not HW) triangle (A)
Page 13, second column, last sentence, change 'larvae with tibial spurs and apical burrowing hooks in all legs' for 'larvae with a stout spine proximal to base of movable hook in palpal lobe, and all tibiae with two to four apical burrowing spines'
Page 16, second column: Unique characters: Male epiproct bifid (not trifid)
Page 29, In legend for figure 138 replace Limnetron antarcticum for Limnetron sp.
Page 37, add: - L [Novelo Gutiérrez, 2007] for ‘A.’ williamsoniana
Page 46, add: - L [Carvalho, Souza & Calil, 2006] for colorata and longfieldae
Page 44, labels for IRp2 and RP2 are incorrect and should be vice versa.
Page 46, first column: Unique characters, line 4: and male posteroventral tergal angles
Page 51, under genus Gynacantha: change:
"Type species: Gynacantha nervosa Rambur, 1842 [Calvert, 1905 by subsequent designation]
[Note: Rambur described trifida under Gynacantha together with another six species without designating a type species. Selys (1883b) included only G. trifida in his new genus Triacanthagyna which made it the type species. Kirby (1890), with no explanation, placed trifida back in Gynacantha, designated it as type species, and created the genus Acanthagyna for the previous Gynacantha species. The argument stems from Cowley (1934a) and has been recently re-opened by Hedge and Crouch (2000) who state that Triacanthagyna is therefore a junior objective synonym of Gynacantha Rambur, and that the names Gynacantha sensu Kirby, 1890 and Acanthagyna should be used instead. Although this is correct according to the nomenclature rules, the synonymy of Gynacantha and Triacanthagyna was unjustified, and this has been made a case to the ICZN (von Ellenrieder and Garrison, 2005b) in order to conserve the name usages for Gynacantha sensu Selys, 1883b and Triacanthagyna.]"
to:
"Type species: Gynacantha nervosa Rambur, 1842 [Calvert, 1905 by subsequent designation; validated by Commission Opinion 2148 (ICZN, 2006a)]"
Page 53, Potential of new species: Likely; one new species from NW Argentina known to the authors. In legend for Figure 273 replace Limnetron antarcticum for Limnetron sp.
Page 54, in legend for Figures 275a and 275b replace Limnetron antarcticum for Limnetron sp.
Page 56, Oplonaeschna map: range should be restricted to the central cordillera in Mexico, not extended into lowlands of Yucatan Peninsula (Isthmus of Tehuantepec).
Page 57, Under potential for new species for Oplonaeschna, change 'unlikely' to 'one new species known to the authors'.
Page 60, for Rhionaeschna pauloi add: - L [Carvalho & Salgado, 2002]
Page 92, Under Habitat - "claw" should be "claws" (although claws are single on each leg there are a total of six).
Page 118, arrow for ventro-lateral lobe for Fig. 685 should extend to little point on vesica; arrow is currently pointing to prepuce of vesica.
Page 125, Under Progomphus account, add marcelae Novelo-Gutiérrez, 2007 and lambertoi Novelo-Gutiérrez, 2007 and change number of species to 69
Page 140, Couplets 2(1) and 2': change RP1,2 to RP1 and vein ‘‘IRP2’’ must be labeled RP2 (as in Figure 6 on p. 3); also change notations in figures 761 and 762.
Page 145, Under 11. Corduliinae change number of species to:
Cosmopolitan: About 277 spp. in 44 genera.
New World: 90 spp. in 15 genera (12 endemic).
Page 163, Under Neocordulia account, add santacatarinensis Costa, Ravanello, & Souza-Franco, 2008 - L [Costa, Ravanello, & Souza-Franco, 2008] and caudacuta De Marmels, 2008 - L [De Marmels, 2008] change number of species to 12
Page 167, Santosia Costa & Santos, 1992., change heading for this genus to:
Cordulisantosia Fleck & Costa, 2007: 68.
[♂ pp. 198-199, 201, couplets 91, 97, 105; ♀ pp. 221, 223, couplets 76, 84, 89]
Type species: Santosia marshalli Costa & Santos, 1992 [by original designation]
syn Santosia Costa & Santos, 1992
Type species: Santosia marshalli Costa & Santos, 1992 [by original designation]
[NOTE: Cordulisantosia is a replacement name for Santosia Costa & Santos, 1992, a junior primary homonym of Santosia Stål, 1858 in Heteroptera.]
Accordingly, change Santosia to Cordulisantosia in key rubrics mentioned above in generic heading, figure legends, distribution tables (page 314).
In index add (page 361):
CORDULISANTOSIA, 3, 147k, 151k, 165, 167
In index change (page 366):
SANTOSIA, 3, 147k, 151k, 165, 167
to:
SANTOSIA, 167
Page 168, for Somatochlora margarita add: - L [Abbott & Mynhardt, 2007]
Page 174, Change notations CuP to MP in figures 937 and 939
Page 175, Couplets 9(8) and 9': change CuP to MP; also
Page 183, Add new genus Garrisonia: Males of Garrisonia key to Tauriphila but are distinguished by the unique femoral armature which Garrisonia shares only with Erythemis, and by hamular morphology (single branched in Garrisonia, bifid in Erythemis).
Page 204, Add new genus Garrisonia: Females key to Erythemis ("Hind femur with 3-4 long and strong spines on distal ½, numerous short and distally directed spines on basal ½") (page 204) but differ by having the prothorax with a small, decumbent posterior lobe (constricted at base and upright in Erythemis), and relatively broader hind wing in Garrisonia compared to Erythemis.
Page 210, change ‘‘spurious vein 1’’ to vein pseudo-IR1
Page 233, for Dasythemis mincki clara add: - L [von Ellenrieder, 2007]
Page 238, Under Elasmothemis account, add aliciae González & Novelo, 2006 - L [González-Soriano & Novelo-Gutiérrez, 2006] and rufa De Marmels, 2008 and change number of species to 8. Under Potential for new species remove ' the eastern Mexican populations….ones, and '
Page 242, add: - L [Trapero-Quintana & Reyes-Tur, 2008] for fervida
Page 245, Add new genus account Garrisonia Penalva & Costa, 2007.
Page 245. Map 95. Distribution of Fylgia should likely include S. Peru.
Page 247, for Idiataphe longipes add: - L [Oldrini & Mascarehnas, 2005]
Page 249, change:
"syn Platetrum Newman, 1833: 511
Type species: ?
[NOTE: Originally included species were “[Libellula] Depressum, Linn.” and “[L.] Conspurcatum, Linn. [sic]”; = L. fulva Müller 1764. No type species appears to have been selected for this genus.]"
to:
"syn Platetrum Newman, 1833: 511
Type species: Libellula depressa, Linnaeus, 1758 [Cowley, 1935a by subsequent designation]"
Page 253, Under Macrothemis account, add Macrothemis meurgeyi Daigle, 2007 and Macrothemis taurepan De Marmels, 2008, change number of species to 42, and add - L [Novelo-Gutiérrez, 2006] for Macrothemis ultima and - L [von Ellenrieder, 2007] for Macrothemis hahneli
Page 256, second column, 17 line up: change kleerekoperi Clavert, 1946 to kleerekoperi Calvert, 1946
Page 257, change ringueleti Rodrigues, 1988 to ringueleti Rodrigues Capítulo, 1988 - [L Rodrigues Capítulo, 1988] ; for Micrathyria ungulata add: - L [Garré & Lozano, 2007]
Page 262-263, Under Oligoclada account, add Oligoclada garrisoni De Marmels, 2008 and change number of species to 23
Page 264, change macrostigma from syn of ferruginea to full species, and number of species to 18.
Page 265, under Habitat, Gonzalez-Soriano should be González-Soriano
Page 268, legend for Fig. 1579 says Paltothemis hymenaea - should be Pantala hymenaea
Page 268, Under Perithemis account, add capixaba Costa, Souza & Muzón, 2006 and change number of species to 14
Page 272, under Distribution: Scapanea does not occur on the island of Dominica ("S." archboldi was moved to Brechmorhoga as per Garrison & von Ellenrieder 2006).
Page 273, Map 117: un-color island of Dominica.
Page 274,
Change under genus Sympetrum:
60 species; 22 New World species:
to:
59 species; 21 New World species:
and delete:
occidentale californicum Walker, 1951* – L [Pritchard and Smith, 1956]
occidentale fasciatum Walker, 1951* – L [Musser, 1962]
occidentale occidentale Bartenef, 1915*
and add under species semicinctum as follows:
semicinctum (Say, 1840) [Libellula]* – L [Needham, 1901, Pritchard and Smith, 1956, Musser, 1962]
syn occidentale Bartenef, 1915
syn occidentale californicum Walker, 1951
syn occidentale fasciatum Walker, 1951
Accordingly change in index (page 360):
californicum (ssp.), Sympetrum, 274
to:
californicum, 274
and (page 362):
fasciatum (ssp.), Sympetrum, 274
to:
fasciatum, 274
and (page 365):
occidentale (ssp.), Sympetrum, 274, 275
occidentale californicum, 274
occidentale fasciatum, 274
occidentale occidentale, 274
to:
occidentale, 274, 275
occidentale californicum, 274
occidentale fasciatum, 274
occidentale occidentale, 274
Page 277, under genus Tramea: change:
"Type species: Tramea carolina Linneaus, 1763 [Kirby, 1889 by subsequent designation]
[NOTE: Gloyd (1972) provided compelling reasons for using Tramea Hagen, 1861 over Trapezostigma Hagen, 1849, and this has been made a case to the ICZN (Dijkstra, van Tol, Legrand and Theischinger, 2005) in order to conserve the name usage for Tramea Hagen, 1861, and we follow this usage here.]"
to:
"Type species: Tramea carolina Linneaus, 1763 [Kirby, 1889 by subsequent designation; validated by Commission Opinion 3324 (ICZN, 2006b)]"
Page 281, second column, 16 line down; change to: "…together with Zenithoptera fasciata (De Marmels, pers. comm.)".
Page 300, J.C. Needham for J.G. Needham in his last entry
Page 304, Santos, 1978: delete underscore between Micrathyria atra and (Martin, 1897).
Pages 312-313, Andaeschna (not Andaeshna) Present in AR
Page 315, Praeviogomphus Present in BR
Page 321, For figure 138 replace Limnetron antarcticum for Limnetron sp.
Page 325, For figures 273, 275a and 275b replace Limnetron antarcticum for Limnetron sp.
Pages 279, 317, Uracis Present in AR; modify map and delete note [specimen from Misiones in FML – record from Rambur likely valid]
Page 317, Ypirangathemis delete from AR
Pages 314-317, Note that the distribution tables run across both facing pages. Some kind of border might help in Vol. 2.
Back cover, change 1595 diagnostic illustrations for 1626 diagnostic illustrations
Various: The supplementary intercalary vein of the discoidal field which originates on an angulated distal side of the discoidal triangle in some groups, is inconsistently labeled: sometimes it is named "suppl. trigonal branch" (e.g. on pp. 69, 74, and 83), and sometimes "suppl. discoidal branch" (e.g. on p. 86).
The term "anal angle" is used in a confusing ambiguous way: sometimes it is used for posterior angle of the discoidal triangle (e.g. on pp. 203 and 209), while it is otherwise used for the tornus in the basal part of the hind margin in the male hind wing. On p. 46 the arrow that should indicate the anal angle in Figure 235 pointing into the anal triangle instead of to the anal angle.
The vestige of vein CuP is incorrectly labeled as "CuA crossvein" in several instances (e.g. on pp. 73, 74, 146, 147, and 186).
The concave midrib of the libelluloid anal loop is labeled as "Aspl" throughout the book, but should rather be named Cuspl according to Bechly.
Unfortunately the labeling of veins CuP and MP is inconsistent and often incorrect. Vein MP is incorrectly labeled as CuP on many pages (e.g. pp. 176, 178, 185, 186, 188, 193, 196, 200, 203, 205, 209, 213, 217, 218, 222, 231, and 239).
Correct spelling for Williamsonia lintneri throughout
Add all new species and genera under Index of taxa
ADD IN REFERENCES (changes to existing references in red text):
Abbott, J.C., and G. Mynhardt. 2007. Description of the larva of Somatochlora margarita (Odonata: Corduliidae). International Journal of Odonatology 10(2): 129-136.
Borror, D.J. 1945. A key to the New World genera of Libellulidae (Odonata). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 38: 168-194.
Carvalho, A.L., and L.G.V. Salgado. 2002. Descrição da larva de Aeshna pauloi Machado, 1994 (Odonata, Aeshnidae), com uma chave de identificação para as larvas conhecidas do gênero ocorrentes nos estados do Rio de Janeiro e São Paulo, Brasil. Boletim do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 485:1-8.
Carvalho, A.L., P.H.R. Souza, and E.R. Calil. 2006. Description of the larvae of Castoraeschna colorata (Martin, 1908) and C. longfieldae (Kimmins, 1929) (Insecta: Odonata: Aeshnidae), with a key to the known larvae of the genus. Zootaxa 1296: 19–28.
Cowley, J., 1935a. The generic names of the British Odonata with a check list of the species. Part 3. In: The generic names of British insects. Prepared by the committee on generic nomenclature of the Royal Entomological Society of London with the assistance of the Department of Entomology of the British museum (Natural history). Royal Entomological Society of London pp. 43-60.
———. 1935b. Nomenclature of Odonata: three generic names of Hagen. The Entomologist 68: 283-284.
De Marmels. 2008. Neocordulia caudacuta s sp. nov. from the Coastal Cordillera, Venezuela (Odonata: Corduliidae). International Journal of Odonatology 11(1): 15-20.
Fleck, G., and J. Costa. 2007. Replacement name for a homonymous dragonfly generic name (Odonata). Zootaxa 1542: 68.
Garré, A., and F. Lozano. 2007. Descripción del último estadio larval de Micrathyria ungulata (Odonata: Libellulidae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 66(1-2): 5-9.
González-Soriano, E., and R. Novelo-Gutiérrez. 2006. Elasmothemis aliciae spec. nov., a new dragonfly from Mexico, Belize and Costa Rica with a description of its larva and a key to the known larvae of the genus (Anisoptera: Libellulidae). Odonatologica 35(3): 243-253.
ICZN 2006a. Opinion 2148 (Case 3294). Gynacantha Rambur, 1842 and Triacanthagyna Selys, 1883 (Insecta, Odonata): usage conserved by the designation of Gynacantha nervosa Rambur, 1842 as the type species of Gynacantha. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 63(2): 136-137.
——— 2006b. Opinion 2158 (Case 3324). Tramea Hagen, 1861 (Insecta, Odonata): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 63(3): 209-210.
Novelo-Gutiérrez, R. 2006. The larva of Macrothemis ultima González-Soriano, 1992 (Odonata: Anisoptera: Libellulidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 132(1+2): 151-156.
Novelo-Gutiérrez, R. 2007. The larva of Aeshna williamsoniana (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnidae). Canadian Entomologist 139: 195-200.
Oldrini, B.B., and B.J. de A. Mascarehnas. 2005. Descrição da larva de Idiataphe longipes (Odonata, Libellulidae, Trameini). Iheringia, Série Zoologia, 95(4): 431-433.
Penalva, R., and J. M. Costa. 2007. Garrisonia aurindae gen. and spec. nov. from the State of Bahia, Brazil (Anisoptera: Libellulidae). Zootaxa 1453: 33-40.
Pilgrim, E.M., and C. D. Von Dohlen. 2007. Molecular and morphological study of species-level questions within the dragonfly genus Sympetrum (Odonata: Libellulidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 100(5): 688-702.
Rodrigues Capítulo, A. 1988. Micrathyria ringueleti spec. nov., a new dragonfly from Argentina and its larva (Anisoptera: Libellulidae). Odonatologica 17(4): 409-418.
Trapero-Quintana, A. D., and B. Reyes-Tur. 2008. Description of the last instar larva of Erythrodiplax fervida (Erichson, 1848) (Anisoptera: Libellulidae), with notes on the biology of the species. Zootaxa 1688: 66–68.
von Ellenrieder, N. 2007. Some Libellulidae (Anisoptera) larvae from the Yungas Forest: Macrothemis hahneli Ris, 1913, Brechmorhoga nubecula (Rambur, 1842) and Dasythemis mincki clara Ris, 1908. Odonatologica 36(3): 263-273.
POTENTIAL FIXES FOR SECOND EDITION:
Anomalophlebia: According to De Marmels (in e-mail to RWG), the female sex of Belle's Anomalophlebia is almost surely Desmogomphus (see top of page 84-key)—this verified by collection of three more females and seeing a male at type locality. Both key together in our female key. This will mean dropping this genus but making no changes in numbering of female key to Gomphidae.
