Lestes forficula Rambur, 1842

Lencioni, F. A. A., Neiss, U. G., Dutra, S. L., Furieri, K. S., Juen, L., Batista, J. D. & Vilela, Diogo S., 2021, Synopsis of Lestes from Brazil with description of Lestes demarcoi sp. nov (Zygoptera: Lestidae), Zootaxa 4990 (3), pp. 511-541 : 517-518

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Lestes forficula Rambur, 1842 View in CoL

Fig. 06 (♂ —App), Fig. 19 View FIGURE 19 (♂ —habitus), Fig. 28 View FIGURE 28 (♀ —habitus), Fig. 37 View FIGURE 37 (B— ♀ S8–S10), Fig. 39 View FIGURE 39 (B— ♀ basal plate), Fig. 40 View FIGURE 40 (F— ♀ pectoral color pattern), Fig. 43 View FIGURE 43 (♂ —live photo).

Etymology: forficula = Latin for small shears, scissors.

Lestes forficula Rambur, 1842: 247 View in CoL (description of male); Hagen 1861: 68 (description of male and distribution); Selys 1862: 308 (description of male and female, distribution, description of race L. striata ); Kirby 1890: 161 View Cited Treatment (data on species description and distribution); Calvert 1909: 92 (Key); Jurzitza 1981: 117 (presence in Argentina); Davies & Tobin 1984: 32 (data on publication and distribution); De Marmels 1990: 336 (presence in Venezuela, synonymy with L. striatus Selys, 1862 View in CoL ); Bridges 1994: (VII) 91 (data on publication, type depository, type locality and references); Belle 1997: 96 View Cited Treatment , Figs.: 3, 20, 21, 25, 31 (key, data on male and female, illustration thorax in ventral view, appendages in dorsal and lateral views, female S 8–10 in lateral view, pterostigma of right forewing); Lencioni 2005: 93, Fig. 52(A–B) (data on description, data on type locality, data on type deposition, data on distribution, data on larval description, original illustration of appendages in lateral and mediodorsal view); Costa et al. 2006: 60–61, Fig. 23 View FIGURE 23 (appendages dorsal view, key for adult males); Lencioni 2006: 257 (larva, illustrations from Calvert 1928); Blanke 2008: 14 (first record to Espírito Santo); Garrison et al. 2010: 117, Figs.: 501, 515, 519 and 521 (data on species, original illustration of thorax in lateral view, appendages in lateral and dorsal views, female S 8–10 in lateral view); Damaceno et al. 2014: 25 (presence in Espírito Santo, incorrectly marked as first State record); Lencioni 2017: 107–108, Fig. 42A–D View FIGURE 42 , 43A–B View FIGURE 43 , DL-02 (data on description, type locality, type deposition, distribution, and larval description, appendages in lateral, mediodorsal and dorsal views, female S 8–10 in lateral view, male and female habitus, live photo).

Types. Syntypes in IRSNB (not examined) .

Synonyms. Lestes striatus Selys, 1862 ( De Marmels 1990).

Larva described. Yes (by supposition by Calvert 1928).

Material examined. (17 ♂♂ + 6 ♀♀): 1 ♂ Brazil: São Paulo, Rio Claro, Sítio Primavera , 18.ii.1996, F.A.A. Lencioni leg. ; 2 ♂ Brazil: São Paulo, Rio Claro, Sítio Primavera , 20.ii.1996, F.A.A. Lencioni leg. ; 1 ♂ Brazil: São Paulo, Jacareí, Campo Grande , 25.ii.1996, F.A.A. Lencioni leg. ; 3 ♂♂ Brazil: São Paulo, Jacareí, Fazenda Santana do Poço , 04.ix.1996, F. Lencioni leg. ; 1 ♂ Brazil: São Paulo, Jacareí, Fazenda Santana do Poço , 15.ix.1996, F.A.A. Lencioni leg. ; 1 ♂ + 1 ♀ Brazil: São Paulo, Jacareí, Fazenda Santana do Poço , 23.x.1996, (in tandem), F. Lencioni leg. ; 1 ♂ Brazil: São Paulo, São José dos Campos, Univap – Campus Urbanova , 20.xi.2000, F. Lencioni leg. ; 1 ♂ + 1 ♀ Brazil: São Paulo, São José dos Campos, Univap – Campus Urbanova , (in tandem), 29.xi.2000, F. Lencioni leg. ; 1 ♂ + 1 ♀ Brazil: São Paulo, Jacareí, Fazenda Santana do Poço , 12.xii.2000, F. Lencioni leg. ; 3 ♂♂ + 2 ♀♀ Brazil: São Paulo, Rio Claro, Sítio Primavera , 12/02/2002, F.A.A. Lencioni leg. ; 2 ♂♂ + 1 ♀ Brazil: São Paulo, Rio Claro, Sítio Primavera , 22º24’ 33”S & 47º36’44”W, 25–28.ii.2006, F.A.A. Lencioni leg. GoogleMaps

Distribution. Brazil (São Paulo, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Roraima), West Indies, Peru, Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyane Française and Argentina (Misiones).

Diagnostic characters. ♂ —Cercus in lateral view: 4/5 basal straight with the apical 1/5 forming almost a right angle, basal spine clearly visible and the semicircular medial expansion visible. Cercus in mediodorsal view: base of cercus with a mesally–directed long spine, medial expansion semicircular with the outer border covered with spines. Paraproct in lateral view: almost the same size of the cercus. Paraproct in dorsal view: long and narrow (less narrow than L. bipupillatus ) with a spoon–like tip.

♀ —Basal plate: species belonging to basal plate group 2 ( Fig. 38 View FIGURE 38 ), with dorsal side twice the length of ventral side, dorsal side with anterior 1/4 slight concave and posterior 3/4 convex. The junction of dorsal side with posterior side forming an acute process directed slightly downward. Posterior and ventral sides subequal ( Fig. 39B View FIGURE 39 ). Pectoral color pattern as Fig. 40F View FIGURE 40 .

References

Belle, J. (1997) The genus Lestes (Odonata: Lestidae) Leach, 1815, in Surinam. Zoologische Mededelingen, 71, 89 - 103.

Blanke, A. F. R. (2008) Four new Odonata records for the state of Espirito Santo, Brazil: Heteragrion petiense Machado, Lestes forficula Rambur, Orthemis ambinigra Calvert and Erythrodiplax clitella Borror (Zygoptera: Megapodagrionidae, Lestidae; Anisoptera: Libellulidae. Notulae odonatologicae, 7 (2), 13 - 15.

Bridges, C. A. (1994) Catalogue of the family-group, genus-group and species-group names of the Odonata of the world. 3 rd Edition. C. A. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois, xlvi + 905 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 15291

Calvert, P. P. (1909) Contributions to a knowledge of the Odonata of the Neotropical region, exclusive of Mexico and Central America. Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 6, 73 - 264.

Calvert, P. P. (1928) Report on Odonata, including notes on some internal organs of the larvae collected by the Barbados - Antigua Expedition from the University of Iowa in 1918. University of Iowa studies in natural history, 12, 3 - 44.

Costa, J. M., Souza, L. O. I. & Muzon, J. (2006) Descriptions of three new species of Odonata from Brazil. Zootaxa, 1314 (1), 53 - 68. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 1314.1.4

Damaceno, I. V., Buys, S. A., Silva, C. C. & Martins, R. F. (2014) Levantamento de Odonata (Insecta) ao longo das margens do Rio Dois de Setembro, Municipio de Ecoporanga, noroeste do Estado do Espirito Santo. Boletim do Museu de Biologia Mello Leitao, New Series, 33, 25 - 33.

Davies, D. A. L. & Tobin, P. (1984) The Dragonflies of the world: A systematic list of the extant species of Odonata Volume I Zygoptera, Anisozygoptera. Societas Internationalis Odonatologica Rapid Communication, 3 (Supplement), i - ix + 1 - 127.

De Marmels, J. (1990) An updated checklist of the Odonata of Venezuela. Odonatologica, 19 (4), 333 - 345.

Garrison, R. W., von Ellenrieder, N. & Louton, J. A. (2010) Damselfly Genera of the New World: An Illustrated and Annotated Key to the Zygoptera. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, 490 pp.

Hagen, H. A. (1861) Synopsis of the Neuroptera of North America, with a list of the South American species. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Washington. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 347 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 22092

Jurzitza, G. (1981) Lista provicional de los odonatos del Parque Nacional Iguazu, Provincia de Misiones, Republica Argentina. Notulae odonatologicae, 1 (7), 117 - 118.

Kirby, W. F. (1890) A synonymic catalogue of Neuroptera Odonata, or Dragonflies With an appendix of fossil species. Gurney & Jackson, London, ix + 202 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 5534

Lencioni, F. A. A. (2005) Damselflies of Brazil - An illustrated identification guide. I. Non-Coenagrionidae families. All Print Editora, Sao Paulo, iv + 324 pp.

Lencioni, F. A. A. (2006) Damselflies of Brazil - An illustrated identification guide. II. Coenagrionidae. All Print Editora. Sao Paulo, viii + 419 pp.

Lencioni, F. A. A. (2017) Damselflies of Brazil - An illustrated identification guide - Southeast Region. E-book, 559 pp.

Rambur, J. P. (1842) Histoire Naturelle des Insectes: Neuropteres. Libraire Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris, 534 pp.

Selys Longchamps, E. de (1862) Synopsis des Agrionines Seconde legion: Lestes. Bulletin de l'Academie royale de Belgique, Series 2, 13, 288 - 338.

Figures

FIGURE 19. Lestes forficula: Male habitus.

FIGURE 23. Lestes pictus: Male habitus.

FIGURE 28. Lestes forficula: Female habitus.

FIGURE 37. Female S8–S10: Lateral view: A—Lestes dichrostigma, B—Lestes forficula, C—Lestes minutus, D—Lestes paulistus, E—Lestes pictus, F—Lestes tricolor, G—Lestes undulatus, H—Lestes demarcoi sp. nov.

FIGURE 38. Female basal plate of ovipositor, with three configurations found in the known Brazilian species of Lestes: 1 (Lestes dichrostigma, Lestes pictus, Lestes tricolor and Lestes undulatus), 2 (Lestes forficula and Lestes paulistus) and 3 (Lestes minutus and Lestes demarcoi sp. nov.). Parts are named as follows: D—dorsal side, A—anterior side, V—ventral side, P—posterior side, PD—dorsal section of posterior side, PV—ventral section of posterior side, AP—Acute process (as defined in Westfall & May (1996)), VA—anterior section of ventral side and VP—posterior section of ventral side.

FIGURE 39. Basal plate of ovipositor (The basal plate was kept in color while the rest was converted to grayscale to facilitate the visualization of the differences between species): A—Lestes dichrostigma, B—Lestes forficula, C—Lestes minutus, D— Lestes paulistus, E—Lestes pictus, F—Lestes tricolor, G—Lestes undulatus, H—Lestes demarcoi sp. nov.

FIGURE 40. Pectoral color pattern: A—Lestes auritus (female), B—Lestes bipupillatus (female), C—Lestes dichrostigma (female), D—Lestes falcifer (male), E—Lestes fernandoi (male), F—Lestes forficula (female), G—Lestes jurzitzai (male), H— Lestes minutus (female), I—Lestes paulistus (female), J—Lestes pictus (female), K—Lestes quadristriatus (male), L—Lestes tricolor (female), M—Lestes undulatus (female), N—Lestes demarcoi sp. nov. (female).