Dragonflies and Damselflies:
Odonata of Monteverde, Costa Rica

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

References Useful for Identification of Costa Rican Odonata

Esquivel, C. 2006. Libélulas de Mesoamérica y el Caribe. Dragonflies and Damselflies of Middle America and the Caribbean. Editorial INBio, Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica. 319 pp.

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

Garrison, R.W., N. von Ellenrieder, and J.A. Louton. 2006. Dragonfly Genera of the New World. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 368 pp.

Garrison, R.W., N. von Ellenrieder, and J.A. Louton. 2010. Damselfly Genera of the New World. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 490 pp.

Hedström, I. and G. Sahlén. 2001. A key to the adult Costa Rican "helicopter" damselflies (Odonata, Pseudostigmatidae) with notes on their phenology and life zone preferences. Rev. Biol. Trop. 49:1037-56.

Hedström, I. & Sahlén, G. 2001. A key to the adult Costa Rican "helicopter" damselflies (Odonata, Pseudosigmatidae) with notes on their phenology and life zone preferences. International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation. 49: 961-980.

Ramírez, A., D. R. Paulson, and C. . 2000. Odonata of Costa Rica: Diversity and Checklist of Species. Rev. Biol. Trop. 48: 245-252.

Mauffray, Bill. 2011. International Odonata Research Institute. DRAGONFLIES AND DAMSELFLIES (Odonata Information Network) http://www.iodonata.net/ [Information and links]

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

Ramírez, A. 1992. Description and natural history of Costa Rican dragonfly larvae. 1. Heteragrion erythrogastrum Selys, 1886 (Zygoptera: Megapodagrionidae). Odonatologica 21: 361-365.

Ramírez, A. 1994. Descripción e historia natural de las nayades de odonatos de Costa Rica. II: Archilestes neblina (Garrison, 1982) (Odonata, Lestidae), con una clave para las especies del genero en Costa Rica. Folia Ent. Mex. 90: 9-16.

Ramírez, A. 1994. Descripción e historia natural de las larvas de odonatos de Costa Rica. III: Gynacantha tibiata (Karsch 1891) (Anisoptera, Aeshnidae). Bull. Am. Odonat. 2: 9-14.

Ramírez, A. 1995. Descripción e historia natural de las larvas de odonatos de Costa Rica. IV: Mecistogaster ornata (Rambur, 1842) (Zygoptera, Pseudostigmatidae). Bull. Am. Odonat. 3: 43-47.

Ramírez, A. 1996. Six new dragonfly larvae of the family Gomphidae in Costa Rica, with a key to the Central American genera. Odonatologica 25: 145-158.

Ramírez, A. 1997. Lista de las especies de Odonata de Costa Rica que cuentan con su nayade descrita. Rev. Biol. Trop. 44-45: 225-232.

Ramírez, A., and R. Novelo-Gutiérrez. 1999. The neotropical dragonfly genus Macrothemis: new larval descriptions and an evaluation of its generic status based on larval stages (Odonata, Libellulidae). J. N. Am. Benthol. Soc. 18: 67-73.

Ramírez-Ulate, A., and R. Novelo-Gutiérrez. 1994. Megapodagrionidae (Odonata: Zygoptera) de Mexico y Centroamerica I. Las nayades de Philogenia carrillica, P. peacocki y P. terraba. Acta Zool. Mex. (n.s.) 63: 61-73.

Zloty, J., G. Pritchard, and C. Esquivel.  1993.  Larvae of the Costa Rican Hetaerina (Odonata: Calopterygidae) with comments on distribution.  Syst. Ent. 18: 253-265.