Exploring the Odonata diversity in the Chaco ecoregion (Northern Argentina)
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Carlos Molineri, Javier Márquez, José Rodríguez, Daniel Emmerich, Federico Lozano · IDF-Report 178 · 2023
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Bibliographic details
| Title | Exploring the Odonata diversity in the Chaco ecoregion (Northern Argentina) |
|---|---|
| Author | Carlos Molineri, Javier Márquez, José Rodríguez, Daniel Emmerich, Federico Lozano |
| Journal | International Dragonfly Fund – Report |
| Issue | 178 |
| Published | 31 March 2023 |
| Pages | 1–38 |
| ISSN | 1435-3393 |
| Publisher | International Dragonfly Fund e.V. |
| Language | English |
Abstract
During 2021 and 2022, 33 localities mostly in the Dry Chaco ecoregion from Argentina were assessed for Odonata diversity. We registered 84 species, about 29% of the total richness known for Argentina. We reared 14 species from larva to adult, two of which are still unknown at the larval stage (Progomphus aberrans Belle and P. kimminsi Belle). We also report 13 new provincial records: Orthemis aequilibris Calvert, Brachymesia furcata (Hagen, 1861), and Neoneura confundens Wasscher & van’t Bosch for Formosa province; Rhionaeschna planaltica (Calvert), Erythemis plebeja (Burmeister), Erythrodiplax nigricans (Rambur, 1842) and Progomphus aberrans Belle for San Luis province; Planiplax erythropyga (Karsch 1891), Homeoura chelifera (Selys, 1876) and Oxyagrion brevistigma Selys, 1876 for Córdoba province; Tigriagrion aurantinigrum Calvert for Corrientes province; and Acanthagrion minutum Leonard and Telebasis willinki Fraser for Misiones province.
Keywords
dry forest, Zygoptera, Anisoptera, dragonfly diversity, Chaco, Campos y Malezales, Córdoba, Corrientes, Formosa, Misiones, Santiago, Salta, Tucumán, new provincial records.
Suggested citation
Carlos Molineri, Javier Márquez, José Rodríguez, Daniel Emmerich, Federico Lozano (2023): Exploring the Odonata diversity in the Chaco ecoregion (Northern Argentina). International Dragonfly Fund – Report 178: 1–38.