Philogenia realpei sp. nov. (Zygoptera: Philogeniidae), a new damselfly species from Colombia

Yiselle Cano-Cobosa,b , Jenilee Montes-Fontalvoc,d , Cornelio A. Bota-Sierrae,f

  1. Laboratorio de Biodiversidad y Genética Ambiental (BioGeA), Universidad Nacional de Avellaneda, Piñeyro 1870, Avellaneda, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  2. Laboratorio de Zoología y Ecología Acuática (LAZOEA), Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
  3. Universidad del Atlántico, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Puerto Colombia, Atlántico, Colombia
  4. Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola Francisco Fernández Yepes, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Venezuela
  5. Alabama Museum of Natural History & UA Museums Department of Research and Collections, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA
  6. Grupo de Entomología Universidad de Antioquia (GEUA), Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín 50010, Colombia

International Journal of Odonatology, Volume 26, Pages 74-81, 2023
https://doi.org/10.48156/1388.2023.1917034
Published: 26 July 2023 (Received: 30 May 2023, Accepted: 21 July 2023)

Abstract

A new damselfly species, Philogenia realpei sp. nov., is described here from 5 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ collected at Cauca and Putumayo departments in southern Colombia. This species is included in the P. helena group and can be differentiated from other species by the unique morphology of its paraprocts. We also provide a distribution map and a taxonomic key for the males of this group.

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Keywords: Odonata, dragonfly, Andean mountain range, Cauca, Eastern Cordillera, Putumayo

Issue section: Original Article