Orthemis sibylla, a junior synonym of O. ambirufa (Odonata: Libellulidae)

Rosser W. Garrisona, Natalia von Ellenriedera

  1. Research Associate, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, USA

International Journal of Odonatology, Volume 7, Issue 3, Pages 467-491, 2004
https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2004.9748232
Published: 1 October 2004 (Received: 29 February 2004, Accepted: 23 June 2004)

Abstract

Orthemis sibylla is shown to be a junior synonym of O. ambirufa, based on a comparison of the holotype male of O. ambirufa with voucher specimens in the UMMZ identified as O. sibylla by Ris and specimens of this species from French Guiana and Venezuela in the RWG collection. Diagnostic characters of the male holotype of O. ambirufa are illustrated, and compared with those of O. levis.

Keywords: Odonata, dragonfly, Orthemis ambirufa, O. sibylla, synonymy

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