Species of Odonata in the Online Database

Bill Haber, 23 November 2011

Nomenclature based on Forster (2001), Paulson (2011), and other sources.*

Suborder Family Scientific name Author
Anisoptera Aeshnidae Aeshna williamsoniana Calvert, 1905
Anisoptera Aeshnidae Anax amazili (Burmeister, 1839)
Anisoptera Aeshnidae Anax concolor Brauer, 1865
Anisoptera Aeshnidae Coryphaeschna adnexa (Hagen, 1861)
Anisoptera Aeshnidae Coryphaeschna apeora Paulson, 1994
Anisoptera Aeshnidae Coryphaeschna diapyra Paulson, 1994
Anisoptera Aeshnidae Coryphaeschna viriditas Calvert, 1952
Anisoptera Aeshnidae Gynacantha caudata Karsch, 1891
Anisoptera Aeshnidae Gynacantha gracilis Burmeister, 1839
Anisoptera Aeshnidae Gynacantha membranalis Karsch, 1891
Anisoptera Aeshnidae Gynacantha mexicana Selys, 1868
Anisoptera Aeshnidae Gynacantha nervosa Rambur, 1842
Anisoptera Aeshnidae Gynacantha sp. A
Anisoptera Aeshnidae Gynacantha tibiata Karsch, 1891
Anisoptera Aeshnidae Neuraeschna maya Belle, 1989
Anisoptera Aeshnidae Remartinia luteipennis (Burmeister, 1839)
Anisoptera Aeshnidae Rhionaeschna cornigera Brauer, 1865
Anisoptera Aeshnidae Rhionaeschna jalapensis Williamson, 1908
Anisoptera Aeshnidae Rhionaeschna psilus Calvert, 1947
Anisoptera Aeshnidae Triacanthagyna caribbea Williamson, 1923
Anisoptera Aeshnidae Triacanthagyna ditzleri Williamson, 1923
Anisoptera Aeshnidae Triacanthagyna satyrus (Martin, 1909)
Anisoptera Aeshnidae Triacanthagyna septima (Selys in Sagra, 1857)
Anisoptera Cordulegastridae Cordulegaster godmani McLachlan, 1878
Anisoptera Corduliidae Neocordulia batesi (Selys, 1871)
Anisoptera Gomphidae Agriogomphus tumens (Calvert, 1905)
Anisoptera Gomphidae Aphylla angustifolia Garrison, 1986
Anisoptera Gomphidae Aphylla tenuis (Hagen in Selys, 1859)
Anisoptera Gomphidae Desmogomphus paucinervis (Selys, 1873)
Anisoptera Gomphidae Epigomphus armatus Ris,1918
Anisoptera Gomphidae Epigomphus echeverrii Brooks, 1989
Anisoptera Gomphidae Epigomphus quadrices Calvert, 1903
Anisoptera Gomphidae Epigomphus sp. A
Anisoptera Gomphidae Epigomphus sp. B
Anisoptera Gomphidae Epigomphus sp. C
Anisoptera Gomphidae Epigomphus sp. D
Anisoptera Gomphidae Epigomphus subobtusus Selys, 1878
Anisoptera Gomphidae Epigomphus subsimilis Calvert, 1920
Anisoptera Gomphidae Epigomphus tumefactus Calvert, 1903
Anisoptera Gomphidae Erpetogomphus constrictor Ris, 1918
Anisoptera Gomphidae Erpetogomphus schausi Calvert, 1919
Anisoptera Gomphidae Erpetogomphus tristani Calvert, 1912
Anisoptera Gomphidae Perigomphus pallidistylus (Belle, 1972)
Anisoptera Gomphidae Phyllocycla volsella (Calvert, 1905)
Anisoptera Gomphidae Phyllogomphoides appendiculatus (Kirby, 1899)
Anisoptera Gomphidae Phyllogomphoides bifasciatus (Hagen in Selys, 1878)
Anisoptera Gomphidae Phyllogomphoides sp. A
Anisoptera Gomphidae Phyllogomphoides sp. B
Anisoptera Gomphidae Phyllogomphoides suasus cf. (Selys, 1859)
Anisoptera Gomphidae Progomphus anomalus Belle, 1973
Anisoptera Gomphidae Progomphus clendoni Calvert, 1905
Anisoptera Gomphidae Progomphus longistigma Ris, 1918
Anisoptera Gomphidae Progomphus mexicanus Belle, 1973
Anisoptera Gomphidae Progomphus pygmaeus Selys, 1873
Anisoptera Libellulidae Anatya normalis (Erichson, 1848)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Brachymesia furcata (Hagen. 1861)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Brechmorhoga nubecula (Rambur, 1842)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Brechmorhoga pertinax (Hagen, 1861)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Brechmorhoga praecox (Hagen, 1861)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Brechmorhoga rapax Calvert, 1898
Anisoptera Libellulidae Brechmorhoga vivax Calvert, 1906
Anisoptera Libellulidae Cannaphila insularis Kirby, 1889
Anisoptera Libellulidae Cannaphila mortoni Donnelly, 1992
Anisoptera Libellulidae Cannaphila vibex (Hagen, 1861)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Dythemis multipunctata Kirby, 1894
Anisoptera Libellulidae Dythemis sterilis Hagen, 1861
Anisoptera Libellulidae Elasmothemis cannacrioides (Calvert, 1906)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Erythemis attala (Selys, 1857)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Erythemis haematogastra (Burmeister, 1839)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Erythemis plebeja (Burmeister, 1839)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Erythemis vesiculosa (Fabricius, 1775)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Erythrodiplax abjecta (Rambur, 1842)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Erythrodiplax andagoya Borror, 1942
Anisoptera Libellulidae Erythrodiplax berenice (Drury, 1770)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Erythrodiplax castanea (Burmeister, 1839)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Erythrodiplax connata (Burmeister, 1839)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Erythrodiplax fervida (Erichson, 1848)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Erythrodiplax funerea (Hagen, 1861)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Erythrodiplax fusca (Rambur, 1842)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Erythrodiplax kimminsi Borror, 1942
Anisoptera Libellulidae Erythrodiplax umbrata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Libellula croceipennis Selys, 1868
Anisoptera Libellulidae Libellula foliata (Kirby, 1889)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Libellula herculea Karsch, 1889
Anisoptera Libellulidae Libellula mariae Garrison, 1992
Anisoptera Libellulidae Macrothemis hemichlora (Burmeister, 1839)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Macrothemis imitans Karsch, 1890
Anisoptera Libellulidae Macrothemis inacuta Calvert, 1898
Anisoptera Libellulidae Macrothemis inequiunguis Calvert, 1895
Anisoptera Libellulidae Macrothemis musiva Calvert, 1898
Anisoptera Libellulidae Macrothemis pseudimitans Calvert, 1898
Anisoptera Libellulidae Macrothemis sp. A
Anisoptera Libellulidae Miathyria marcella (Selys, 1857)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Miathyria simplex (Rambur, 1842)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Micrathyria aequalis (Hagen, 1861)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Micrathyria atra (Martin, 1897)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Micrathyria catenata Calvert, 1909
Anisoptera Libellulidae Micrathyria dictynna (Ris, 1919)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Micrathyria didyma (Selys, 1857)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Micrathyria hagenii Kirby, 1890
Anisoptera Libellulidae Micrathyria laevigata Calvert, 1909
Anisoptera Libellulidae Micrathyria mengeri Ris, 1919
Anisoptera Libellulidae Micrathyria ocellata Martin, 1897
Anisoptera Libellulidae Micrathyria sp. A
Anisoptera Libellulidae Micrathyria pseudeximia Westfall, 1992
Anisoptera Libellulidae Micrathyria schumanni Calvert, 1906
Anisoptera Libellulidae Nephepeltia phryne (Perty, 1834)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Oligoclada heliophila Borrer, 1931
Anisoptera Libellulidae Oligoclada umbricola Calvert, 1899
Anisoptera Libellulidae Orthemis aequilibris Calvert, 1909
Anisoptera Libellulidae Orthemis biolleyi Calvert, 1906
Anisoptera Libellulidae Orthemis cultriformis Calvert, 1899
Anisoptera Libellulidae Orthemis discolor (Burmeister, 1839)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Orthemis ferruginea (Fabricius, 1775)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Orthemis levis Calvert, 1906
Anisoptera Libellulidae Paltothemis lineatipes Karsch, 1890
Anisoptera Libellulidae Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Pantala hymenaea (Say, 1839)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Perithemis domitia (Drury, 1773)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Perithemis electra Ris, 1930
Anisoptera Libellulidae Perithemis mooma Kirby, 1889
Anisoptera Libellulidae Rhodopygia hinei Calvert, 1907
Anisoptera Libellulidae Sympetrum illotum (Hagen, 1861)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Sympetrum nigrocreatum Calvert, 1920
Anisoptera Libellulidae Tauriphila argo (Hagen, 1869)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Tauriphila australis (Hagen, 1867)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Tholymis citrina Hagen, 1867
Anisoptera Libellulidae Tramea abdominalis (Rambur, 1842)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Tramea binotata (Rambur, 1842)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Tramea calverti Muttkowski, 1910
Anisoptera Libellulidae Tramea insularis Hagen, 1861
Anisoptera Libellulidae Tramea onusta Hagen, 1861
Anisoptera Libellulidae Uracis fastigiata (Burmeister, 1839)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Uracis imbuta (Burmeister, 1839)
Anisoptera Libellulidae Uracis turrialba Ris, 1919
Anisoptera Libellulidae Zenithoptera fasciata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Zygoptera Calopterygidae Hetaerina caja (Drury, 1773)
Zygoptera Calopterygidae Hetaerina capitalis Selys, 1873
Zygoptera Calopterygidae Hetaerina cruentata (Rambur, 1842)
Zygoptera Calopterygidae Hetaerina fuscoguttata Selys, 1878
Zygoptera Calopterygidae Hetaerina majuscula Selys, 1853
Zygoptera Calopterygidae Hetaerina miniata Selys, 1879
Zygoptera Calopterygidae Hetaerina occisa Hagen in Selys, 1853
Zygoptera Calopterygidae Hetaerina sempronia Hagen in Selys, 1853
Zygoptera Calopterygidae Hetaerina titia (Drury, 1773)
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Acanthagrion inexpectum Leonard, 1977
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Acanthagrion speculum Garrison, 1985
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Acanthagrion trilobatum Leonard, 1977
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Anisagrion allopterum Selys, 1876
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Anisagrion kennedyi Leonard, 1937
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Argia adamsi Calvert, 1902
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Argia anceps Garrison, 1996
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Argia chelata Calvert, 1902
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Argia cupraurea Calvert, 1902
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Argia cuprea (Hagen, 1861)
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Argia difficilis cf. Selys, 1865
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Argia eliptica Selys, 1865
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Argia extranea cf. (Hagen, 1861)
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Argia fissa Selys, 1865
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Argia frequentula Calvert, 1907
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Argia indicatrix Calvert, 1902
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Argia insipida Hagen in Selys, 1865
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Argia johannella Calvert, 1907
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Argia medullaris Hagen in Selys, 1865
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Argia oenea Hagen in Selys, 1865
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Argia pocomana Calvert, 1907
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Argia popoluca Calvert, 1902
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Argia pulla Hagen in Selys, 1865
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Argia rogersi Calvert, 1902
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Argia sp. C
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Argia sp. D
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Argia sp. F
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Argia sp. G
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Argia sp. H
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Argia sp. J
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Argia sp. K
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Argia talamanca Calvert, 1907
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Argia terira Calvert, 1907
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Argia tezpi Calvert, 1902
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Argia translata Hagen in Selys, 1865
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Argia ulmeca Calvert, 1902
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Argia underwoodi Calvert, 1907
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Enallagma civile (Hagen, 1861)
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Enallagma novaehispaniae Calvert, 1907
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Ischnura capreolus Hagen, 1861
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Ischnura hastata (Say, 1839)
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Ischnura ramburii (Selys, 1850)
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Leptobasis guanacaste Paulson, 2010
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Leptobasis vacillans Hagen in Selys, 1877
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Metaleptobasis bovilla Calvert, 1907
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Metaleptobasis westfalli Cumming, 1954
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Nehalennia minuta (Selys in Sagra, 1857)
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Neoerythromma cultellatum (Hagen in Selys, 1876)
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Telebasis boomsmae Garrison, 1994
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Telebasis collopistes Calvert, 1902
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Telebasis corallina (Selys, 1876)
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Telebasis digiticollis Calvert, 1902
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Telebasis filiola (Perty, 1834)
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Telebasis garleppi Ris, 1918
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Telebasis isthmica Calvert, 1902
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Telebasis levis (Garrison, 2009)
Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Telebasis salva (Hagen, 1861)
Zygoptera Lestidae Archilestes grandis (Rambur, 1842)
Zygoptera Lestidae Archilestes latialatus Donnelly, 1981
Zygoptera Lestidae Archilestes neblina Garrison, 1982
Zygoptera Lestidae Lestes forficula Rambur, 1842
Zygoptera Lestidae Lestes henshawi Calvert, 1907
Zygoptera Lestidae Lestes sigma Calvert, 1901
Zygoptera Lestidae Lestes tenuatus Rambur, 1842
Zygoptera Lestidae Lestes tikalus Gundlach, 1888
Zygoptera Megapodagrionidae Heteragrion albifrons Ris, 1918
Zygoptera Megapodagrionidae Heteragrion atrolineatum Donnelly, 1992
Zygoptera Megapodagrionidae Heteragrion erythrogastrum Selys, 1886
Zygoptera Megapodagrionidae Heteragrion majus Selys, 1886
Zygoptera Megapodagrionidae Heteragrion mitratum Williamson, 1919
Zygoptera Megapodagrionidae Philogenia carrillica Calvert, 1907
Zygoptera Megapodagrionidae Philogenia championi Calvert, 1901
Zygoptera Megapodagrionidae Philogenia expansa Calvert, 1924
Zygoptera Megapodagrionidae Philogenia peacocki Brooks, 1989
Zygoptera Megapodagrionidae Philogenia terraba Calvert, 1907
Zygoptera Megapodagrionidae Thaumatoneura inopinata McLachlan, 1897
Zygoptera Perilestidae Perissolestes magdalenae (Williamson and Williamson, 1924)
Zygoptera Perilestidae Perissolestes remotus (Williamson and Williamson, 1924)
Zygoptera Platystictidae Palaemnema baltodanoi Brooks, 1989
Zygoptera Platystictidae Palaemnema chiriquita Calvert, 1931
Zygoptera Platystictidae Palaemnema collaris Donnelly, 1992
Zygoptera Platystictidae Palaemnema dentata Donnelly, 1992
Zygoptera Platystictidae Palaemnema distadens Calvert, 1931
Zygoptera Platystictidae Palaemnema gigantula Calvert, 1931
Zygoptera Platystictidae Palaemnema nathalia Selys, 1886
Zygoptera Platystictidae Palaemnema paulirica Calvert, 1931
Zygoptera Platystictidae Palaemnema reventazoni Calvert, 1931
Zygoptera Platystictidae Palaemnema sp. A
Zygoptera Platystictidae Palaemnema sp. B
Zygoptera Platystictidae Palaemnema sp. C
Zygoptera Platystictidae Palaemnema sp. D
Zygoptera Platystictidae Palaemnema sp. E
Zygoptera Polythoridae Cora chirripa Calvert, 1907
Zygoptera Polythoridae Cora marina Selys, 1868
Zygoptera Polythoridae Cora notoxantha Ris, 1918
Zygoptera Polythoridae Cora obscura Ris, 1918
Zygoptera Polythoridae Cora semiopaca Selys, 1878
Zygoptera Polythoridae Cora skinneri Calvert, 1907
Zygoptera Polythoridae Cora sp. A
Zygoptera Polythoridae Miocora peraltica Calvert, 1917
Zygoptera Protoneuridae Neoneura amelia (Calvert, 1903)
Zygoptera Protoneuridae Neoneura esthera Williamson, 1917
Zygoptera Protoneuridae Protoneura amatoria Calvert, 1907
Zygoptera Protoneuridae Protoneura aurantiaca Selys, 1886
Zygoptera Protoneuridae Protoneura sulfurata Donnelly, 1989
Zygoptera Protoneuridae Psaironeura remissa (Calvert, 1903)
Zygoptera Protoneuridae Psaironeura selvatica Esquivel, 1993
Zygoptera Pseudostigmatidae Mecistogaster linearis (Fabricius, 1777)
Zygoptera Pseudostigmatidae Mecistogaster modesta Selys, 1860
Zygoptera Pseudostigmatidae Mecistogaster ornata Rambur, 1842
Zygoptera Pseudostigmatidae Megaloprepus caerulatus (Drury, 1782)

Introduction Checklist with Images Family Key Family Descriptions References Map

* Förster, Steffen. 2001. The Dragonflies of Central America Exclusive of Mexico and the West Indies. 2nd edition. Gunnar Rehfeldt, Braunschweig, Germany. 141 pp.

Paulson, D. 2011. Odonata, Dragonfly Biodiversity. http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/ [Species lists, images, links, etc.]



William A. Haber, http://efg.cs.umb.edu/ argianegra@yahoo.com
Created: 28 November 2011.