A synopsis of the South American genus Gomphomacromia (Odonata: Gomphomacromiinae)

Natalia von Ellenriedera, Rosser W. Garrisonb

  1. Aquatic Bioassessment Laboratory, Rancho Cordova, USA
  2. California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, USA

International Journal of Odonatology, Volume 8, Issue 1, Pages 81-96, 2005
https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2005.9748245
Published: 1 April 2005 (Received: 12 June 2004, Accepted: 27 November 2004)

Abstract

Gomphomacromia mexicana is shown to be a junior synonym of G. chilensis based on a comparison of the holotype male with the original description of G. chilensis and specimens identified as that species from Chile. Examination of a large series of specimens from central and southern Chile and Argentina identified both as G. paradoxa and G. etcheverryi shows the proposed diagnostic characters for the two taxa variable, thus G. etcheverryi is considered a junior synonym of G. paradoxa. Illustrated keys, distribution maps and a cladistic analysis for the four known species of the genus are provided.

Keywords: Odonata, dragonfly, Gomphomacromiinae, Gomphomacromia, taxonomy, phylogeny, diagnostic, Keys, South America

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