CHECKLIST OF THE ODONATA OF LA SELVA, COSTA RICA

COMPILED BY DENNIS PAULSON

February 2001

Revised January 2007

POLYTHORIDAE

Cora chirripa Calvert, 1907

CALOPTERYGIDAE

Hetaerina miniata Selys, 1879

Hetaerina titia (Drury, 1773)

LESTIDAE

Lestes scalaris Gundlach, 1888

Lestes tenuatus Rambur, 1842

PERILESTIDAE

Perissolestes magdalenae (Williamson & Williamson, 1924)

Perissolestes remotus (Williamson & Williamson, 1924)

MEGAPODAGRIONIDAE

Heteragrion albifrons Ris, 1918

Heteragrion erythrogastrum Selys, 1886

Philogenia carrillica Calvert, 1907

PSEUDOSTIGMATIDAE

Mecistogaster linearis (Fabricius, 1776)

Mecistogaster modesta Selys, 1860

Megaloprepus caerulatus (Drury, 1782)

Pseudostigma aberrans Selys, 1860

PLATYSTICTIDAE

Palaemnema distadens Calvert, 1931

Palaemnema paulirica Calvert, 1931

Palaemnema n sp

PROTONEURIDAE

Neoneura amelia Calvert, 1903

Protoneura aurantiaca Selys, 1886

Protoneura sulfurata Donnelly, 1989

Psaironeura remissa (Calvert, 1903)

Psaironeura selvatica Esquivel, 1993

COENAGRIONIDAE

Acanthagrion speculum Garrison, 1985

Argia adamsi Calvert, 1902

Argia cuprea (Hagen, 1861)

Argia frequentula Calvert, 1907

Argia indicatrix Calvert, 1902

Argia johannella Calvert, 1907

Argia popoluca Calvert, 1902

Argia n sp (cf popoluca)

Argia translata Hagen in Selys, 1865

Chrysobasis lucifer Donnelly, 1967

Enallagma novaehispaniae Calvert, 1907

Leptobasis vacillans Hagen in Selys, 1877

Metaleptobasis bovilla Calvert, 1907

Telebasis digiticollis Calvert, 1902

AESHNIDAE

Anax amazili (Burmeister, 1839)

Coryphaeschna adnexa (Hagen, 1861)

Coryphaeschna apeora Paulson, 1994

Coryphaeschna diapyra Paulson, 1994

Coryphaeschna viriditas Calvert, 1952

Gynacantha auricularis Martin, 1909

Gynacantha gracilis (Burmeister, 1839)

Gynacantha membranalis Karsch, 1891

Gynacantha mexicana Selys, 1868

Gynacantha nervosa Rambur, 1842

Gynacantha tibiata Karsch, 1891

Neuraeschna maya Belle, 1989

Remartinia luteipennis (Burmeister, 1839)

Staurophlebia reticulata (Burmeister, 1839)

Triacanthagyna caribbea Williamson, 1923

Triacanthagyna ditzleri Williamson, 1923

Triacanthagyna satyrus (Martin, 1909)

Triacanthagyna septima (Selys in Sagra, 1857)

GOMPHIDAE

Agriogomphus tumens (Calvert, 1905)

Aphylla tenuis Selys, 1859

Archaeogomphus furcatus Williamson, 1923

Desmogomphus paucinervis (Selys, 1873)

Epigomphus armatus Ris, 1918

Epigomphus tumefactus Calvert, 1903

Perigomphus pallidistylus (Belle, 1972)

Phyllocycla volsella (Calvert, 1905)

Phyllogomphoides pugnifer Donnelly, 1979

Progomphus clendoni Calvert, 1905

CORDULIIDAE

Neocordulia batesi (Selys, 1871)

LIBELLULIDAE

Anatya normalis Calvert, 1899

Brachymesia herbida (Gundlach, 1889)

Brechmorhoga praecox (Hagen, 1861)

Brechmorhoga vivax Calvert, 1906

Cannaphila insularis Kirby, 1889

Cannaphila mortoni Donnelly, 1992

Dythemis multipunctata Kirby, 1894

Dythemis sterilis Hagen, 1861

Elasmothemis cannacrioides (Calvert, 1906)

Erythemis attala (Selys in Sagra, 1857)

Erythemis haematogastra (Burmeister, 1839)

Erythemis peruviana (Rambur, 1842)

Erythrodiplax andagoya Borror, 1942

Erythrodiplax castanea (Burmeister, 1839)

Erythrodiplax fervida (Erichson, 1848)

Erythrodiplax funerea (Hagen, 1861)

Erythrodiplax fusca (Rambur, 1842)

Erythrodiplax kimminsi Borror, 1942

Erythrodiplax umbrata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Libellula herculea Karsch, 1889

Macrothemis delia Ris, 1913

Macrothemis extensa Ris, 1913

Macrothemis hemichlora (Burmeister, 1839)

Macrothemis imitans Karsch, 1890

Macrothemis inacuta Calvert, 1898

Macrothemis inequiunguis Calvert, 1895

Macrothemis musiva Calvert, 1898

Miathyria simplex (Rambur, 1842)

Micrathyria aequalis (Hagen, 1861)

Micrathyria atra (Martin, 1897)

Micrathyria catenata Calvert, 1909

Micrathyria dictynna Ris, 1919

Micrathyria laevigata Calvert, 1909

Micrathyria mengeri Ris, 1919

Micrathyria ocellata Martin, 1897

Micrathyria pseudeximia Westfall, 1992

Nephepeltia chalconota Ris, 1919

Nephepeltia phryne (Perty, 1834)

Oligoclada umbricola Borror, 1931

Orthemis cultriformis Calvert, 1899

Orthemis discolor (Burmeister, 1839)

Orthemis ferruginea (Fabricius, 1798)

Orthemis schmidti Buchholz, 1950

Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798)

Pantala hymenaea (Say, 1839)

Perithemis electra Ris, 1930

Perithemis n. sp.

Rhodopygia hinei Calvert, 1907

Tauriphila argo (Hagen, 1869)

Tholymis citrina Hagen, 1867

Tramea binotata (Rambur, 1842)

Tramea calverti Muttkowski, 1910

Uracis fastigiata (Burmeister, 1839)

Uracis imbuta (Burmeister, 1839)

Uracis turrialba Ris, 1919

Zenithoptera americana (Linnaeus, 1758)