Neotropical Odonata Specimens

Dennis Paulson

August 2002

Images added 28 Apr. 2005

This site is intended to display scanned dragonfly specimens to assist in the identification of Odonata from Mexico and Central and South America. It was begun as a set of scans of species that occur in the Tambopata region of southern Peru, but it will be expanded to include as many species as possible, mostly those from my own collection. It will be a lengthy process, considering how many species occur in this rich region!

These specimens were scanned on a Hewlett Packard 4C/T flatbed scanner and captured by Adobe Photoshop. They were chosen as the best and most representative specimens I have available. Unfortunately, I lack high-quality specimens of some of the species, lack one sex of others, and completely lack many of the species known from South America, so the collection can never be complete. Nevertheless, I know of no other resource like this except the Odonata of La Selva site with similarly scanned specimens. The list of species below will have links to those scans available. I also plan eventually to link to handheld photos in life and photos in nature of as many species as possible. Many individuals were scanned before I began to record the collection data for each specimen, but that will be included in all future scans.

Some of these specimens are very close to life coloration, others quite distant. Eye colors change after death, and only those with brown eyes still look the same. Some of the species pictured here have brilliant red, green, or blue eyes, which gives them a much brighter aspect in life. For example, Micrathyria and Nephepeltia have brilliant green eyes, Anatya brilliant blue eyes, most of the red species brilliant red eyes. Black and yellow patterns, most reds, and blue pruinosity show up quite well in specimens. Many of the dragonflies of the family Aeshnidae that look brown as specimens, even the largely brown dusk-fliers such as Gynacantha, have limited or extensive green and/or blue colors on their bodies in life; Staurophlebia, for example, have a bright green thorax and brilliant green eyes.

It is important to look at the ruler beneath each specimen. The number is in millimeters, counting from the leftmost tick mark, and you will have to do some estimation of the actual length of the specimen. Most species don't vary much in size, so these measurements are of great value in identification. In some specimens for which there is no ruler, the hindwing (HW) measurement is given in millimeters.

This guide is best applied to preserved specimens or live individuals in the hand. Be cautious in using it to identify individuals at a distance, as size estimates will be much more difficult, and complex patterns will be harder to determine. Nevertheless, I hope these images will provide material for identification of specimens and in addition will make tentative field identification a bit more likely than if nothing at all was available.

I thank Rosser Garrison and Mark O'Brien for lending me specimens to scan.

Click on a name to go to a page with all scans available for that species and/or sex.

Zygoptera

Polythoridae

• Chalcopteryx rutilans

Calopterygidae

• Hetaerina curvicauda, Peru, Madre de Dios, Rio La Torre
• Hetaerina laesa, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn
• Hetaerina rosea
• Mnesarete aenea, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Tambopata Research Center, 19 Jul 2002
• Mnesarete cupraea, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 16 Jul 2002
• Mnesarete cupraea, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn

Dicteriadidae

• Heliocharis amazona

Lestidae

• Lestes pictus
• Lestes tenuatus, male, Costa Rica, Heredia Prov., Finca La Selva, 1.5 mi. S Puerto Viejo, 18 Sep 1966 (HW 20)
• Lestes tenuatus, female, Costa Rica, Guanacaste Prov., Hacienda Taboga, 25 Aug 1966 (HW 23)
• Lestes tikalus, female, Costa Rica, Heredia Prov., Finca La Selva, 1.5 mi. S Puerto Viejo, 17 Sep 1966 (HW 19)

Perilestidae

• Perilestes attenuatus, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 17 Jun 1977
• Perissolestes paprzyckii, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 4 Jul 2002
• Perissolestes paprzyckii, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, Jul 2002
• Perissolestes remotus, male, Costa Rica, Puntarenas Prov., Rincon de Osa, 12 Nov 1966

Megapodagrionidae

• Heteragrion aequatoriale, male, Ecuador, Napo Prov., 19 Nov 1997, T. W. Donnelly scan
• Heteragrion albifrons, female, Costa Rica, Alajuela Prov., 1 mi. S La Marina, 10 Oct 1966 (HW 23)
• Heteragrion bariai
• Heteragrion erythrogastrum, female, Costa Rica, Limon Prov., Guayacan, SW of Siquirres, 4 Oct 1966 (HW 26)
• Heteragrion inca, male
• Heteragrion inca, female
• Philogenia carrillica, female, Costa Rica, Alajuela Prov., 3.4 mi. W Atenas, 14 Sep 1966 (HW 33)
• Philogenia iquita, male, Peru, Loreto, Explorama Lodge, 30 Aug 1989
• Philogenia minteri, female, Ecuador, Napo, Limoncocha, 16 Aug 1972
• Thaumatoneura inopinata, male, clear-winged and black-winged morphs, Costa Rica, Alajuela Prov., 10 mi. N Varablanca, 2800', 14 May 1967
• Thaumatoneura inopinata, female, clear-winged and black-tipped morphs, Costa Rica, Alajuela Prov., 10 mi. N Varablanca, 2800', 16 Jun 1967, 14 May 1967

Pseudostigmatidae

• Mecistogaster buckleyi
• Mecistogaster jocaste
• Mecistogaster linearis
• Mecistogaster linearis, female, Costa Rica, Heredia Prov., Finca La Selva, 1.5 mi. S Puerto Viejo, 14 Aug 1967 (HW 58)
• Mecistogaster ornata
• Megaloprepus caerulatus, female (above) and male; size variation independent of sex, Costa Rica, Heredia Prov., Finca La Selva, 1.5 mi. S Puerto Viejo, Sep 1966
• Microstigma anomalum, male
• Microstigma anomalum, female
• Pseudostigma aberrans, female, Mexico, San Luis Potosi, 7.5 mi. SW Tamazunchale, 27 Jun 1965 (HW 57)

Platystictidae

• Palaemnema paulirica, male, Costa Rica, Limon Prov., 1 mi. S Siquirres, 19 Jun 1967 (HW 27)

Protoneuridae

• Epipleoneura cf machadoi, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 15 Jul 2002
• Epipleoneura cf machadoi, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 29 Jul 2002
• Epipleoneura peruviensis, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 30 Jul 2002
• Epipleoneura peruviensis, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 26 Jul 2002
• Neoneura amelia, female, Costa Rica, Guanacaste Prov., Hacienda Taboga, 23 Jul 1966 (HW 18)
• Neoneura rubriventris
• Phasmoneura exigua
• Protoneura paucinervis
• Protoneura sulfurata, female, Costa Rica, Puntarenas Prov., Rincon de Osa, 10 Mar 1967 (HW 19)
• Protoneura tenuis
• Psaironeura tenuissima

Coenagrionidae

• Acanthagrion aepiolum, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 9 Jul 2002
• Acanthagrion aepiolum, female
• Acanthagrion apicale, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 30 Jul 2002
• Acanthagrion apicale, immature male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 29 Jul 2002
• Acanthagrion apicale, female
• Acanthagrion gracile, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 11 Jul 2002
• Acanthagrion gracile, female
• Acanthagrion minutum, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 15 Jun 1977
• Acanthagrion obsoletum, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 16 Jun 1977
• Acanthagrion obsoletum, female
• Acanthagrion phallicorne, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Tambopata Research Center, 20 Jul 2002
• Acanthagrion phallicorne, female
• Acanthagrion cf rubrifrons, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn
• Acanthagrion viridescens, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 12 Jul 2002
• Acanthagrion viridescens, female
• Acanthagrion new species A, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 30 Jul 2002
• Acanthagrion new species B, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 29 Jul 2002
• Acanthagrion new species B, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn
• Aeolagrion dorsale, Peru, Loreto, Yarinacocha, 9 Jul 1977
• Aeolagrion inca, Peru, Loreto, Yarinacocha, 9 Jul 1977
• Argia agrioides, USA, Oregon, Josephine Co., Illinois River, 21 Jun 1998
• Argia alberta, USA, Oregon, Harney Co., Alvord Hot Springs, 31 May 1998
• Argia anceps, Mexico, Veracruz, Totutla, 27 Sept 1999
• Argia barretti, USA, Texas, Uvalde Co., Rio Sabinal, 21 Aug 1977
• Argia carlcooki, Mexico, Oaxaca, 14.0 mi. E El Camaron, 26 Aug 1967
• Argia cuprea, USA, Texas, Bandera Co., Rio Sabinal, 22 Aug 1977
• Argia extranea, male, USA, Arizona, Santa Cruz Co., Sonoita Creek, 27 Aug 1977
• Argia extranea, female, Mexico, Nayarit, La Galinda, 17 Sep 2001
• Argia fumipennis, USA, Texas, Bandera Co., Sabinal River, 18 Jul 2001
• Argia funcki, male, Mexico, Nayarit, Rio El Limon, 18 Sep 2001
• Argia funcki, Mexico, Chiapas, Jitotol, 16 Jul 1965
• Argia funebris, male, Mexico, Chiapas, San Cristobal de las Casas, 16 Jul 1965
• Argia funebris, female, Mexico, Chiapas, San Cristobal de las Casas, 13 Jul 1965
• Argia harknessi, male, Mexico, Morelos, Pueblo Cocoyotla, 22 Jul 1992
• Argia herberti, Mexico, Oaxaca, El Camaron, 26 Aug 1967
• Argia hinei, USA, Arizona, Santa Cruz Co., Sycamore Canyon, 27 Aug 1977
• Argia huanacina, Bolivia, Santa Cruz, Buena Vista, 14 May 1960
• Argia cf huanacina, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 29 Jul 2002
• Argia immunda, USA, Texas, Kinney Co., Fort Clark Springs, 15 Jul 2001
• Argia indicatrix
• Argia infumata, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn
• Argia lacrimans, male, USA, Arizona, Cochise Co., Leslie Canyon, 25 Jul 2000
• Argia lacrimans, female, Mexico, Morelos, Jiutepec, 1 Oct 1983
• Argia leonorae, male, USA, Texas, Val Verde Co., Pinto Creek, 17 Jul 2001
• Argia leonorae, female, USA, Texas, Val Verde CO., Dolan Creek, 16 Jul 2001
• Argia lugens, USA, California, Ventura Co., Sespe Creek, 27 Sep 1965
• Argia moesta, male, USA, Texas, Kinney Co., Del Rio, 23 Aug 1977
• Argia moesta, female, USA, California, Imperial Co., Winterhaven, 5 Sep 1965
• Argia munda, USA, Arizona, Pima Co., Santa Catalina Mts., 24 Jul 1984
• Argia nahuana, male, USA, Texas, Jeff Davis Co., Alpine, 24 Aug 1977
• Argia nahuana, female, USA, Texas, Jeff Davis Co., Limpia Creek, 24 Aug 1977
• Argia oculata
• Argia oenea, Mexico, Nayarit, Rio Santa Cruz, 15 Sep 2001
• Argia pallens, male, USA, Arizona, Cochise Co., Silver Creek, 11 Aug 1995
• Argia pallens, female, USA, Arizona, Cochise Co., San Pedro River, 10 Aug 1995
• Argia pima, USA, Arizona, Cochise Co., Hot Springs Canyon, 20 Sep 1996
• Argia pipila, male, Mexico, Chiapas, Tapachula, 28 Jul 1965
• Argia pipila, female, Mexico, Veracruz, Salto de Eyipantla, 15 Aug 1976
• Argia plana, USA, Arizona, Cochise Co., Sunny Flats Campground, 25 Aug 1977
• Argia pocomana, El Salvador, La Libertad, 21 Aug 1967
• Argia pulla, Mexico, Nayarit, Rio Santa Cruz, 15 Sep 2001
• Argia rhoadsi, USA, Texas, Kinney Co., Fort Clark Springs, 15 Jul 2001
• Argia sabino, male, USA, Arizona, Pima Co., Upper Sabino Canyon, 22 Sep 1988
• Argia sabino, female, USA, Arizona, Pima Co., Upper Sabino Canyon, 30 Aug 1988
• Argia sedula, USA, Texas, Val Verde Co., Pinto Creek, 17 Jul 2001
• Argia tarascana, male, USA, Arizona, Cochise CO., Hot Springs Canyon, 3 Sep 1999
• Argia tarascana, female, Mexico, Jalisco, Tamazula, 20 Aug 1965
• Argia tezpi, Mexico, Nayarit, Laguna Santa Maria, 17 Sep 2001
• Argia thespis, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn
• Argia tonto, USA, Arizona, Cochise Co., John Hands Picnic Ground, 26 Aug 1977
• Argia translata, males, USA, Texas, Edwards Co., Nueces River, 13 Jul 2001
• Argia translata, female, USA, Texas, Kimble Co., South Llano River, 13 Jul 2001
• Argia ulmeca, male, Mexico, Chiapas, Ocozocoautla, 25 Aug 1967
• Argia ulmeca, female, Mexico, Chiapas, Ocozocoautla, 20 Jul 1965
• Argia variabilis, male, Mexico, Oaxaca, Tapanatepec, 2 Aug 1965
• Argia vivida, male, USA, California, San Diego Co., Mission Gorge, 25 Aug 1974
• Argia vivida, female, USA, California, Los Angeles Co., Topanga Canyon, 27 Aug 1974
• Argia westfalli, male, Mexico, Nuevo Leon, Santiago, 2 Jul 1987
• Homeoura nepos
• Ischnura capreolus
• Leptobasis raineyi, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn
• Metaleptobasis brysonima, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn
• Metaleptobasis brysonima, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn
• Metaleptobasis manicaria
• Metaleptobasis B, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn
• Metaleptobasis B, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn
• Metaleptobasis C, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn
• Metaleptobasis D, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn
• Metaleptobasis D, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn
• Metaleptobasis 4, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 21 Jul 2002
• Metaleptobasis 5, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 21 Jul 2002
• Telagrion boliviensis, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn
• Telebasis dunklei, male
• Telebasis limoncocha
• Telebasis rubricauda
• Telebasis cf versicolor, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 25 Jul 2002
• unknown AA, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 30 Jul 2002
• unknown AA, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 30 Jul 2002

Anisoptera

Aeshnidae

• Coryphaeschna adnexa, male
• Coryphaeschna adnexa, female
• Coryphaeschna amazonica, male
• Coryphaeschna amazonica, female
• Gynacantha auricularis, male
• Gynacantha bartai, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 1 Apr 1982
• Gynacantha bartai, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 28 Jun 1979
• Gynacantha gracilis, male
• Gynacantha gracilis, female
• Gynacantha klagesi, male
• Gynacantha klagesi, female
• Gynacantha litoralis, male
• Gynacantha litoralis, female
• Gynacantha membranalis, male
• Gynacantha membranalis, female
• Gynacantha mexicana, male
• Gynacantha mexicana, female
• Gynacantha nervosa, male
• Gynacantha nervosa, female
• Gynacantha tenuis, male
• Gynacantha tenuis, female
• Gynacantha n. sp. B, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 24 Jun 1978
• Neuraeschna calverti, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn
• Neuraeschna calverti, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 8 Jul 2002
• Neuraeschna calverti, female
• Neuraeschna mina, male (teneral), Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 19 Jul 1979
• Staurophlebia auca, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 17 Jun 1977
• Staurophlebia auca, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 16 Jun 1977
• Staurophlebia reticulata, male
• Staurophlebia reticulata, female
• Triacanthagyna caribbea, male, Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Taboga, 29 Sep 1966
• Triacanthagyna caribbea, female, Mexico, Veracruz, Cardel, 26 Sep 1999
• Triacanthagyna dentata, male, Panama, Canal Zone, Barro Colorado Island, 5 Jul 1970
• Triacanthagyna ditzleri, male
• Triacanthagyna ditzleri, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 21 Jul 2002
• Triacanthagyna satyrus, male
• Triacanthagyna satyrus, female
• Triacanthagyna septima, male
• Triacanthagyna septima, female

Gomphidae

• Agriogomphus sylvicola, male, Peru, Huanuco, Tingo Maria, 4 Jul 1977
• Aphylla edentata, male
• Aphylla producta, male
• Aphylla producta, female
• Aphylla theodorina, male
• Epigomphus hylaeus, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 30 Mar 1983
• Phyllocycla bartica, male, Venezuela, Amazonas, 11 km W Gavilán, E of Puerto Ayacucho, 2 Jan 2001
• Phyllocycla breviphylla, male, Mexico, Veracruz, Cardel, 26 Sep 1999
• Phyllocycla breviphylla, female, Nicaragua, Rivas, La Virgen, 20 Aug 1964
• Phyllocycla elongata, male, Mexico, Nayarit, Tuxpan region, 27 Aug 1965
• Phyllocycla malkini, male
• Phyllocycla malkini, female
• Phyllogomphoides suasus, female, Mexico, San Luis Potosi, Tamazunchale, 29 Jun 1965
• Progomphus boliviensis, male

Libellulidae

• Anatya guttata, male
• Anatya guttata, female
• Argyrothemis argentea, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Tambopata Research Center, 18 Jul 2002
• Brachymesia furcata, male
• Brachymesia furcata, female
• Brachymesia herbida, male
• Brachymesia herbida, female
• Dasythemis esmeralda, male
• Dasythemis esmeralda, female
• Dasythemis essequiba, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 23 Jul 2002
• Diastatops intensa, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn
• Diastatops intensa, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn
• Dythemis sterilis, male, Costa Rica, Heredia, La Selva, 11 Apr 1967
• Dythemis sterilis, female, Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Rio Piedras, 27 Feb 1967
• Elasmothemis cannacrioides, male
• Elasmothemis cannacrioides, female
• Elga leptostyla, male, Surinam, Para River, 28 Apr 1963
• Elga leptostyla, female, Surinam, Para River, 24 Mar 1963
• Erythemis attala, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 30 Jul 2002
• Erythemis attala, male
• Erythemis attala, female, Mexico, Chiapas, Rio Despoblado, 8.6 mi. NW Huixtla, 23 Jun 1966
• Erythemis carmelita, male, Peru, Loreto, Yarinacocha, 10 Jul 1977
• Erythemis carmelita, female, Peru, Loreto, Yarinacocha, 10 Jul 1977
• Erythemis credula, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 9 Jul 2002
• Erythemis credula, female, Venezuela, Amazonas, Puerto Ayacucho, 2 Jan 2001
• Erythemis haematogastra, male
• Erythemis haematogastra, female
• Erythemis mithroides, male
• Erythemis mithroides, female
• Erythemis cf mithroides, female, Abejas, E of Alvarado, Veracruz, 2 Oct 1999
• Erythemis peruviana, male
• Erythemis peruviana, female
• Erythemis plebeja, male, Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Taboga, 29 Sep 1966
• Erythemis plebeja, female, Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Taboga, 29 Sep 1966
• Erythemis vesiculosa, male
• Erythemis vesiculosa, female
• Erythrodiplax abjecta, male, Costa Rica, Cartago, Tapanti, 23 Jun 1967
• Erythrodiplax abjecta, female, Costa Rica, Cartago, Tapanti, 23 Jun 1967
• Erythrodiplax acantha, male, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Marcilac, 9 Mar 1968
• Erythrodiplax amazonica, male, Guyana, Kamarang, Imbaimadai, Jun 1971
• Erythrodiplax anatoidea, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn
• Erythrodiplax anatoidea, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 21 Mar 1983
• Erythrodiplax andagoya, male, Costa Rica, Alajuela, La Marina, 5 Jul 1966
• Erythrodiplax andagoya, female, Costa Rica, Alajuela, Los Chiles, 30 Jul 1966
• Erythrodiplax angustipennis, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn
• Erythrodiplax angustipennis, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn
• Erythrodiplax angustipennis, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn
• Erythrodiplax atroterminata, male, Brazil, Santa Catarina, Nova Teutonia, 5 Mar 1927
• Erythrodiplax attenuata, male
• Erythrodiplax attenuata, male
• Erythrodiplax attenuata, female
• Erythrodiplax attenuata, female
• Erythrodiplax basalis, male
• Erythrodiplax basalis, female
• Erythrodiplax basifusca, male, Mexico, Durango, Rio Dalila, 1 Sep 1976
• Erythrodiplax basifusca, female, Mexico, Durango, Rio Dalila, 1 Sep 1976
• Erythrodiplax berenice, male, Florida, Monroe Co., Big Pine Key, 23 Jul 1962
• Erythrodiplax berenice, female, Florida, Monroe Co., Upper Matecumbe Key, 14 Apr 1965
• Erythrodiplax berenice, female, Florida, St. Lucie Co., St. Lucie, 13 Jul 1962
• Erythrodiplax castanea, male
• Erythrodiplax castanea, female
• Erythrodiplax cleopatra, male, Peru, Lima, Cieneguilla, 17 May 1972
• Erythrodiplax cleopatra, female, Peru, Arequipa, Laguna de Mejia, 16 Feb 1980
• Erythrodiplax clitella, male, Venezuela, Guarico, Rio Verde, 29 Dec 2000
• Erythrodiplax connata, male, Argentina, Chubut, Trevelin, 17 Jan 1995
• Erythrodiplax connata, female, Chile, IV, Socos, 18 Dec 1989
• Erythrodiplax corallina, male, Argentina, Catamarca, Andalgala, 5 Jan 1972
• Erythrodiplax corallina, female, Chile, Coquimbo, Ovalle, Dec 1950
• Erythrodiplax famula, male
• Erythrodiplax famula, female
• Erythrodiplax fervida, male, Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Taboga, 24 Aug 1966
• Erythrodiplax fervida, female, Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Taboga, 24 Aug 1966
• Erythrodiplax fervida, female, Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Taboga, 10 Aug 1966
• Erythrodiplax fulva, male, Venezuela, Amazonas, Puerto Ayacucho, 2 Jan 2001
• Erythrodiplax funerea, male, Mexico, Puebla, Tehuacan, 23 Sep 1999
• Erythrodiplax funerea, gynomorphic female, Mexico, Chiapas, Pijijiapan, 23 Jun 1966
• Erythrodiplax funerea, variant female, Mexico, Chiapas, Arriaga, 22 Jun 1966
• Erythrodiplax funerea, andromorphic female, Mexico, Veracruz, Las Barrancas, 30 Sep 1999
• Erythrodiplax fusca, pruinose male
• Erythrodiplax fusca, nonpruinose male, Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Rincon de Osa, 19 Mar 1967
• Erythrodiplax fusca, female
• Erythrodiplax ines, male, Peru, Las Lajas, Coina, 8-9 May 1982
• Erythrodiplax juliana, male, Bolivia, Santa Cruz, Buena Vista, 20 Mar 1960
• Erythrodiplax justiniana, male, Haiti, Sud, Valere, 3 Aug 1962
• Erythrodiplax justiniana, female, Haiti, Sud, Les Cayes, 3 Aug 1962
• Erythrodiplax kimminsi, male, Costa Rica, Limon, Pandora, 4 Aug 1964
• Erythrodiplax kimminsi, female, Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Esparta, 9 Feb 1967
• Erythrodiplax latimaculata, male, Venezuela, Amazonas, Puerto Ayacucho, 6 Jan 2001
• Erythrodiplax lativittata, male
• Erythrodiplax lativittata, female
• Erythrodiplax longitudinalis, male, Brazil, Amazonas, Rio Purus, Nov 1922
• Erythrodiplax lygaea, male, Argentina, Misiones, Iguazu, 5 Dec 1973
• Erythrodiplax lygaea, female, Argentina, Misiones, Iguazu, 5 Dec 1973
• Erythrodiplax maculosa, male, Venezuela, Bolivar, Canaima, 12-14 Aug 1990
• Erythrodiplax media, male, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, 25 Mar 1968
• Erythrodiplax media, female, Paraguay, Chaco, Mision Nuevo Tribu, 2 Oct 1979
• Erythrodiplax melanica, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 11 Jul 2002
• Erythrodiplax melanorubra, male, Peru, Ayacucho, Rio Apurimac, 21 May 1971
• Erythrodiplax minuscula, male, USA, South Carolina, Chesterfield Co., Campbell Lake, 8 Sep 1964
• Erythrodiplax minuscula, female, USA, North Carolina, Johnston Co., Four Oaks, 20 Sep 1964
• Erythrodiplax nigricans, male, Argentina, Catamarca, Andalgala, 18 Dec 1971
• Erythrodiplax nigricans, male, Argentina, Catamarca, Andalgala, 5 Mar 1974
• Erythrodiplax nigricans, female, Argentina, Catamarca, Andalgala, 15 Feb 1973
• Erythrodiplax ochracea, male, Paraguay, Central, Aregua, 17 Oct 1979
• Erythrodiplax ochracea, female, Paraguay, San Pedro, Antequerra, 19 Dec 1979
• Erythrodiplax paraguayensis, male, Venezuela, Barinas, Hato El Frio, 27 Dec 2000
• Erythrodiplax paraguayensis, female, Venezuela, Barinas, S of Barinas, 26 Dec 2000
• Erythrodiplax tenuis, male
• Erythrodiplax tenuis, female
• Erythrodiplax transversa, male, Guyana, Kamarang, Imbaimadai, 26-29 Jun 1971
• Erythrodiplax umbrata, male
• Erythrodiplax umbrata, gynomorphic female
• Erythrodiplax umbrata, andromorphic female, Mexico, Veracruz, San Andres Tuxtla, 26 Jun 1961
• Erythrodiplax unimaculata, male
• Erythrodiplax unimaculata, female
• Erythrodiplax unimaculata, female
• Erythrodiplax unimaculata, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 9 Jul 2002
• Erythrodiplax venusta, male, Guyana, Rupununi, Manari River, 21-24 Jun 1971
• Erythrodiplax venusta, immature male, Brazil, Amapa, Vila Amazonas, 21 Mar 1964
• Fylgia amazonica, male
• Fylgia amazonica, female
• Gynothemis pumila
• Idiataphe amazonica, male
• Idiataphe amazonica, female, Panama, Canal Zone, Gatun Lake, 27 Jun 1972
• Idiataphe cubensis, male, Venezuela, Amazonas, 6 km W Gavilán, E of Puerto Ayacucho, 2 Jan 2001
• Macrothemis musiva, male
• Macrothemis musiva, female
• Miathyria simplex, male
• Miathyria simplex, female
• Micrathyria artemis, male
• Micrathyria artemis, immature male
• Micrathyria atra, male
• Micrathyria atra, female
• Micrathyria dido, male
• Micrathyria dido, female
• Micrathyria dunklei, male, Venezuela, Amazonas, Junglaven, 3 Jan 2001
• Micrathyria dunklei, female, Venezuela, Amazonas, Junglaven, 3 Jan 2001
• Micrathyria dunklei, female, Venezuela, Amazonas, Junglaven, 4 Jan 2001
• Micrathyria cf dunklei, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 11 Jul 2002
• Micrathyria cf dunklei, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 11 Jul 2002
• Micrathyria hippolyte, male
• Micrathyria hippolyte, female
• Micrathyria laevigata, male
• Micrathyria laevigata, female
• Micrathyria mengeri, male
• Micrathyria mengeri, female
• Micrathyria occipita, male
• Micrathyria occipita, male, Venezuela, Amazonas, lagoon near Camani, 4 Jan 2001
• Micrathyria occipita, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 9 Jul 2002
• Micrathyria occipita, female
• Micrathyria romani, male
• Micrathyria romani, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 9 Jul 2002
• Micrathyria tibialis, male
• Micrathyria tibialis, female
• Micrathyria sp. C, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 11 Jul 2002
• Micrathyria sp. D, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 16 Jun 1977
• Micrathyria sp. E, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 22 Jul 2002
• Misagria parana, male
• Misagria parana, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 15 Jul 2002
• Misagria parana, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 25 Jul 2002
• Misagria parana, female
• Nephepeltia flavifrons, male
• Nephepeltia flavifrons, female
• Nephepeltia flavifrons, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 27 Jul 2002
• Nephepeltia leonardina, male
• Nephepeltia leonardina, female
• Nephepeltia phryne, male
• Nephepeltia phryne, female
• Oligoclada heliophila, male
• Oligoclada heliophila, female
• Oligoclada pachystigma, male
• Oligoclada pachystigma, female
• Oligoclada stenoptera, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn
• Oligoclada stenoptera, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn
• Orthemis aequilibris, male
• Orthemis aequilibris, female
• Orthemis ambinigra, male, Argentina, Buenos Aires, San Fernando, Jan-Mar 1967
• Orthemis anthracina, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 17 Jun 1977
• Orthemis attenuata, male, Trinidad, St. Andrew, Arena Forest, 29 Feb 1984
• Orthemis attenuata, female, Peru, Loreto, Yarinacocha, 14 Aug 1972
• Orthemis biolleyi, male
• Orthemis biolleyi, female
• Orthemis concolor, male
• Orthemis concolor, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 23 Jul 2002
• Orthemis concolor, female Ecuador, Napo, Limoncocha, 16 Jan 1972
• Orthemis concolor, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 26 Jul 2002
• Orthemis cultriformis, male
• Orthemis cultriformis, female
• Orthemis discolor, male
• Orthemis discolor, female
• Orthemis ferruginea, male, Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Hacienda Taboga, 25 Aug 1966
• Orthemis ferruginea, female, Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Hacienda Taboga, 8 Jul 1966
• Orthemis flavopicta, male, Panama, Canal Zone, Gamboa, 3 Aug 1979
• Orthemis levis, male, Mexico, Nayarit, Singaita, 14 Sep 2001
• Orthemis levis, female, Costa Rica, Guanacaste, El Coco, 27 Feb 1967
• Orthemis nodiplaga, male, Argentina, Catamarca, Andalgala, 5 Mar 1974
• Orthemis nodiplaga, female, Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Pelotas, 2 May 1956
• Orthemis plaumanni, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 22 Dec 1986
• Orthemis plaumanni, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 20 Dec 1986
• Orthemis regalis, female, Ecuador, Napo, Limoncocha, 14 Dec 1971
• Orthemis schmidti, male
• Orthemis schmidti, female
• Orthemis sulphurata, male, Ecuador, Esmeraldas, Esmeraldas, 19 Jul 1977
• Orthemis sulphurata, female, Ecuador, Guayas, Mas Vale, 23 Feb 1983
• Orthemis "Antillean", male, US Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, Charlotte Amalie, 11 Feb 1999
• Orthemis "Antillean", female, British Virgin Islands, Tortola, Belmont Pond, 10 Feb 1999
• Orthemis n. sp., male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 16 Jun 1977
• Orthemis n. sp., male, Ecuador, Napo, Limoncocha, 23 Jul 1977
• Pantala flavescens, male
• Pantala flavescens, female
• Perithemis bella, male
• Perithemis bella, female
• Perithemis cornelia, male
• Perithemis cornelia, female
• Perithemis domitia, male
• Perithemis domitia, female
• Perithemis domitia, female
• Perithemis domitia, female
• Perithemis electra, male
• Perithemis electra, female
• Perithemis icteroptera, male
• Perithemis icteroptera, female
• Perithemis intensa, male
• Perithemis intensa, female
• Perithemis intensa, female
• Perithemis lais, male
• Perithemis lais, female
• Perithemis mooma, male
• Perithemis mooma, female
• Perithemis mooma, female
• Perithemis mooma, female
• Perithemis mooma, female
• Perithemis parzefalli, male
• Perithemis parzefalli, female
• Perithemis rubita, male
• Perithemis tenera, male
• Perithemis tenera, female
• Perithemis thais, male
• Perithemis thais, female
• Perithemis new species, male, Costa Rica, Heredia, La Selva
• Perithemis new species, female, Costa Rica, Heredia, La Selva (thanks to Carlos Esquivel)
• Planiplax arachne, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn
• Planiplax machadoi, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn
• Planiplax machadoi, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn
• Rhodopygia cardinalis, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn
• Rhodopygia cardinalis, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn
• Rhodopygia hollandi, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 30 Mar 1988
• Sympetrum gilvum, male
• Sympetrum gilvum, female
• Sympetrum paramo, male, Venezuela, Merida, Los Frailes, 25 Dec 2000
• Sympetrum signiferum, male, USA, Arizona, Cochise Co., Leslie Canyon, 12 Sep 2000
• Sympetrum signiferum, female, USA, Arizona, Cochise Co., Leslie Canyon, 12 Sep 2000
• Sympetrum villosum, male
• Sympetrum villosum, female, Argentina, Rio Negro, Lago Mascardi, 3 Dec 1972
• Tauriphila argo, male
• Tauriphila argo, female
• Tholymis citrina, male
• Tholymis citrina, female
• Tramea abdominalis, male, USA, Florida, Dade Co., Goulds, 29 Apr 1961
• Tramea abdominalis, female, USA, Florida, Dade Co., Cutler, 27 Dec 1971
• Tramea binotata, male, Costa Rica, Puntarenas, San Vito, 13 Mar 1969
• Tramea binotata, female, Belize, Ambergris Cay, 19 Oct 1987
• Tramea calverti, male, Venezuela, Falcon, Boca del Tocuyo, 20 Dec 2000
• Tramea calverti, male, USA, Florida, Monroe Co., Grassy Key, 8 Jan 2000
• Tramea calverti, female, USA, Texas, Hidalgo Co., Santa Ana NWR, 19 Aug 1977
• Tramea cophys, male, Argentina, Catamarca, Andalgala, 5 Jan 1972
• Tramea cophysa, female, Argentina, Catamarca, Andalgala, 3 Jan 1972
• Tramea cophysa, female, Paraguay, Central, Aregua, 27 Nov 1978
• Tramea insularis, male, Bahamas, Andros, Andros Town, 31 Oct 1963
• Tramea insularis, female, USA, Florida, Dade Co., Virginia Key, 20 Dec 1971
• Tramea onusta, male, Mexico, Sinaloa, Concordia, 10 Sep 2001
• Tramea onusta, female, Mexico, Sinaloa, Concordia, 10 Sep 2001
• Uracis fastigiata, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer's Inn, 3 Jul 2002
• Uracis fastigiata, male
• Uracis fastigiata, male
• Uracis fastigiata, female
• Uracis fastigiata, female
• Uracis imbuta, male
• Uracis imbuta, female
• Uracis infumata, male
• Uracis infumata, male
• Uracis infumata, female
• Uracis ovipositrix, male, Venezuela, Amazonas, Junglaven, 3 Jan 2001
• Uracis ovipositrix, female, Venezuela, Amazonas, Junglaven, 3 Jan 2001
• Uracis siemensi, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer' Inn, 30 Jul 2002
• Uracis siemensi, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer' Inn
• Uracis siemensi, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer' Inn
• Uracis siemensi, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer' Inn
• Uracis siemensi, female, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer' Inn
• Zenithoptera fasciata, male
• Zenithoptera fasciata, female
• Zenithoptera lanei, male, Peru, Madre de Dios, Explorer' Inn