Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) of Monteverde, Costa Rica

William A. Haber
Electronic Field Guide Project, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Checklist of Monteverde Odonata

This is a list of species recorded from the Cordillera de Tilarán near Monteverde, defined as the area from the higher peaks (1600-1800 m) down to about 600 m elevation on both the Pacific slope (drainages of the Río San Luis, Río Guacimal, and Río Lagarto) and the Atlantic slope (drainages of the Río Chiquito, Río San Gerardo, and Río Peñas Blancas). A key to families is linked below. A summary page for each family is linked to the family name. The scientific names follow Förster (2001), with updates from Paulson and Ramírez (2005) and Garrison et al (2006, 2010). Comments and corrections are welcome at argianegra at yahoo dot com.

Introduction Family Key Family Descriptions References Study Site Map

Suborder Zygoptera

Scientific name

Scanned Images

Family

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Hetaerina capitalis male female
Hetaerina cruentata male female pair
Hetaerina majuscula male female pair
Hetaerina occisa male female
Hetaerina sempronia male female

Coenagrionidae
Acanthagrion trilobatum male pair
Anisagrion allopterum male female
Argia adamsi male female pair
Argia anceps male female pair
Argia chelata male female pair
Argia cupraurea male female pair
Argia extranea, near male pair
Argia difficilis, cf. male female pair
Argia eliptica male female pair
Argia frequentula male female

Argia indicatrix male pair

Argia medullaris male female pair
Argia sp. A male female

Argia sp. D male female
Argia sp. F male female
Argia sp. G male female

Argia oenea male pair
Argia pocomana male female pair
Argia popoluca male pair
Argia pulla male female pair

Argia rogersi male female pair

Argia terira male female pair

Argia tezpi male female
Argia translata male pair

Argia ulmeca male female pair

Argia underwoodi male female pair

Enallagma civile male female pair

Enallagma novaehispaniae male female

Ischnura capreolus male female pair

Ischnura hastata male female

Ischnura ramburii male female pair

Telebasis digiticollis male female

Telebasis filiola male female

Telebasis garleppi male female pair
Telebasis salva male female

Lestidae

Archilestes grandis male female
Archilestes latialatus male female
Archilestes neblina male female
Lestes henshawi male female
Lestes tenuatus male pair

Megapodagrionidae

Heteragrion albifrons male female
Heteragrion erythrogastrum male female
Heteragrion majus male female pair
Philogenia carrillica male female
Philogenia peacocki male pair
Thaumatoneura inopinata male female

Perilestidae
Perissolestes magdalenae male female
 

Platystictidae

Palaemnema baltodanoi male female
Palaemnema collaris male female
Palaemnema dentata male female
Palaemnema distadens male female
Palaemnema sp. near melanota male female
Palaemnema nathalia male female
Palaemnema paulirica male female

Polythoridae

Cora chirripa male female
Cora marina male female
Cora notoxantha male
Cora obscura male
Cora semiopaca male female pair
Cora skinneri male pair
Cora sp. A male

Protoneuridae
Neoneura amelia male female pair
Psaironeura remissa male female pair

Pseudostigmatidae

Mecistogaster modesta male female
Mecistogaster ornata male female
Megaloprepus caerulatus male female

Suborder Anisoptera

Aeshnidae
Aeshna williamsoniana male female
Anax amazili male female
Anax concolor male female
Gynacantha mexicana female
Gynacantha nervosa male female
Gynacantha sp. A female
Gynacantha tibiata male
Remartinia luteipennis male female
Rhionaeschna cornigera male female
Rhionaeschna jalapensis male female
Rhionaeschna psilus male female
Triacanthagyna caribbea male female
Triacanthagyna satyrus male
Triacanthagyna septima male female

Cordulegastridae
Cordulegaster godmani male female

Corduliidae
Neocordulia batesi male female

Gomphidae

Aphylla angustifolia male female
Epigomphus camelus male female
Epigomphus echeverrii male female
Epigomphus subobtusus male female
Epigomphus subsimilis male
Epigomphus tumefactus male female
Epigomphus sp. A male female
Epigomphus sp. B male
           
Epigomphus sp. C male  
Erpetogomphus schausi male female
Erpetogomphus tristani male female
Perigomphus pallidistylus female
Phyllogomphoides suasus male female
Progomphus anomalus male female
Progomphus clendoni male female
Progomphus longistigma male female
Progomphus pygmaeus male female
Progomphus sp. A   female

Libellulidae
Brachymesia furcata male
Brechmorhoga nubecula male female
Brechmorhoga pertinax male female pair
Brechmorhoga praecox male female
Brechmorhoga rapax male female
Brechmorhoga vivax male female
Cannaphila insularis male
Cannaphila vibex male female pair
Dythemis multipunctata male female
Dythemis sterilis male female
Erythemis attala male
Erythemis vesiculosa male female
Erythrodiplax abjecta male
Erythrodiplax fervida male female
Erythrodiplax funerea male female

Erythrodiplax fusca male female
Erythrodiplax umbrata male female

Libellula croceipennis male female

Libellula herculea male female

Libellula mariae male female

Macrothemis pseudimitans male female

Miathyria marcella male
Miathyria simplex male

Micrathyria atra male female

Micrathyria aequalis male female
Micrathyria hagenii
male

Micrathyria laevigata male female

Micrathyria ocellata male female

Orthemis discolor male female

Orthemis ferruginea female
Paltothemis lineatipes male female

Pantala flavescens male female

Pantala hymenaea male female
Perithemis domitia male

Perithemis mooma male female

Sympetrum illotum male female

Tauriphila argo male
Tauriphila australis male
Tholymis citrina male female
Tramea abdominalis male
Tramea calverti male
Uracis imbuta male female
Introduction Family Key Family Descriptions References Study Site Map
Text and images copyright 2001-2014 by William A. Haber, http://efg.cs.umb.edu/. argianegra at yahoo.com
Ceated: 6 January 2006. Updated: 4 June 2014.