Costa Rican Odonata

Compiled 1996 by Dennis Paulson, Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA 98416, and Alonso Ramirez, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602

Last revised Feb. 2005

undescribed Argia from San Vito de Java

Polythoridae
Cora chirripa Calvert, 1907
C. marina Selys, 1868
C. notoxantha Ris, 1918
C. obscura Ris, 1918
C. semiopaca Selys, 1878
C. skinneri Calvert, 1907
Miocora peraltica Calvert, 1917

Calopterygidae
Hetaerina caja (Drury, 1773)
H. capitalis Selys, 1873
H. cruentata (Rambur, 1842)
H. fuscoguttata Selys, 1878
H. majuscula Selys, 1853
H. miniata Selys, 1879
H. occisa Hagen in Selys, 1853
H. pilula Calvert, 1901
H. sempronia Hagen in Selys, 1853
H. titia (Drury, 1773)

Lestidae
Archilestes grandis (Rambur, 1842)
A. latialatus Donnelly, 1981
A. neblina Garrison, 1982
Lestes alacer Hagen, 1861
L. forficula Rambur, 1842
L. henshawi Calvert, 1907
L. scalaris Gundlach, 1888
L. sigma Calvert, 1901
L. tenuatus Rambur, 1842

Perilestidae
Perissolestes magdalenae (Williamson and Williamson, 1924)
P. remotus (Williamson and Williamson, 1924)

Megapodagrionidae
Heteragrion albifrons Ris, 1918
H. atrolineatum Donnelly, 1992
H. erythrogastrum Selys, 1886
H. majus Selys, 1886
H. mitratum Williamson, 1919
Philogenia carrillica Calvert, 1907
P. championi Calvert, 1901
P. expansa Calvert, 1924
P. lankesteri Calvert, 1924
P. peacocki Brooks, 1989
P. terraba Calvert, 1907
Thaumatoneura inopinata McLachlan, 1897

Pseudostigmatidae
Mecistogaster linearis (Fabricius, 1776)
M. modesta Selys, 1860
M. ornata Rambur, 1842
Megaloprepus caerulatus (Drury, 1782)
Pseudostigma aberrans Selys, 1860

Platstictidae
Palaemnema baltodanoi Brooks, 1989
P. chiriquita Calvert, 1931
P. distadens Calvert, 1931
P. gigantula Calvert, 1931
P. melanota Ris, 1918
P. nathalia Selys, 1886
P. paulirica Calvert, 1931
P. reventazoni Calvert, 1931

Protoneuridae
Neoneura amelia Calvert, 1903
N. esthera Williamson, 1917
Protoneura amatoria Calvert, 1907
P. aurantiaca Selys, 1886
P. sulfurata Donnelly, 1989
Psaironeura remissa (Calvert, 1903)
P. selvatica Esquivel, 1993

Coenagrionidae
Acanthagrion inexpectum Leonard, 1977
A. speculum Garrison, 1985
A. trilobatum Leonard, 1977
Anisagrion allopterum Selys, 1876
A. kennedyi Leonard, 1937
Argia adamsi Calvert, 1902
A. anceps Garrison, 1996
A. chelata Calvert, 1902
A. cupraurea Calvert, 1902
A. cuprea (Hagen, 1861)
A. difficilis Selys, 1865
A. eliptica Selys, 1865
A. extranea (Hagen, 1861)
A. fissa Selys, 1865
A. frequentula Calvert, 1907
A. indicatrix Calvert, 1902
A. insipida Hagen in Selys, 1865 A. johannella Calvert, 1907
A. medullaris Hagen in Selys, 1865
A. oculata Hagen in Selys, 1865
A. oenea Hagen in Selys, 1865
A. pocomana Calvert, 1907
A. popoluca Calvert, 1902
A. pulla Hagen in Selys, 1865
A. rogersi Calvert, 1902
A. talamanca Calvert, 1907
A. terira Calvert, 1907
A. tezpi Calvert, 1902
A. translata Hagen in Selys, 1865
A. ulmeca Calvert, 1902
A. underwoodi Calvert, 1907
A. variabilis Selys, 1865
Chrysobasis lucifer Donnelly, 1967
Enallagma civile (Hagen, 1861)
E. novaehispaniae Calvert, 1907
Ischnura capreolus Hagen, 1861
I. hastata (Say, 1839)
I. ramburii (Selys, 1850)
Leptobasis vacillans Hagen in Selys, 1877
Metaleptobasis bovilla Calvert, 1907
M. westfalli Cumming, 1954
Nehalennia minuta (Selys, 1857)
Neoerythromma cultellatum (Selys, 1876)
Telebasis aurea May, 1992
T. corallina (Selys, 1876)
T. digiticollis Calvert, 1902
T. filiola (Perty, 1834)
T. garleppi Ris, 1918
T. griffinii (Martin, 1896)
T. isthmica Calvert, 1902
T. salva (Hagen, 1861)

Aeshnidae
Aeshna williamsoniana Calvert, 1905
Anax amazili (Burmeister, 1839)
A. concolor Brauer, 1865
Coryphaeschna adnexa (Hagen, 1861)
C. amazonica De Marmels, 1989
C. apeora Paulson, 1994
C. diapyra Paulson, 1994
C. viriditas Calvert, 1952
Gynacantha auricularis Martin, 1909
G. caudata Karsch, 1891
G. gracilis (Burmeister, 1839)
G. laticeps Williamson, 1923
G. membranalis Karsch, 1891
G. mexicana Selys, 1868
G. nervosa Rambur, 1842
G. tibiata Karsch, 1891
Neuraeschna maya Belle, 1989
Remartinia luteipennis (Burmeister, 1839)
Rhionaeschna cornigera Brauer, 1865
R. jalapensis Williamson, 1908
R. psilus Calvert, 1947
Staurophlebia reticulata (Burmeister, 1839)
Triacanthagyna caribbea Williamson, 1923
T. ditzleri Williamson, 1923
T. satyrus (Martin, 1909)
T. septima (Selys, 1857)

Gomphidae
Agriogomphus tumens (Calvert, 1905)
Aphylla obscura (Kirby, 1899)
A. protracta (Hagen in Selys, 1859)
Archaeogomphus furcatus Williamson, 1923
Desmogomphus paucinervis (Selys, 1873)
Epigomphus armatus Ris,1918
E. camelus Calvert, 1905
E. corniculatus Belle, 1989
E. echeverrii Brooks, 1989
E. houghtoni Brooks, 1989
E. quadracies Calvert, 1903
E. subobtusus Selys, 1878
E. subsimilis Calvert, 1920
E. tumefactus Calvert, 1903
E. verticicornis Calvert, 1908
Erpetogomphus bothrops Garrison, 1994
E. elaphe Garrison, 1994
E. eutainia Calvert, 1905
E. schausi Calvert, 1919
E. tristani Calvert, 1912
Perigomphus pallidistylus (Belle, 1972)
Phyllocycla volsella (Calvert, 1905)
Phyllogomphoides appendiculatus (Kirby, 1899)
P. bifasciatus (Hagen in Selys, 1878)
P. burgosi Brooks, 1989
P. pugnifer Donnelly, 1979
P. suasus (Selys, 1859)
Progomphus anomalus Belle, 1973
P. clendoni Calvert, 1905
P. longistigma Ris, 1918
P. mexicanus Belle, 1973
P. pygmaeus Selys, 1873

Cordulegastridae
Cordulegaster godmani McLachlan, 1878

Corduliidae
Neocordulia batesi (Selys, 1871)
N. campana May and Knopf, 1988
N. griphus May, 1991

Libellulidae
Anatya guttata (Erichson, 1848)
Brachymesia furcata (Hagen, 1861)
B. herbida (Gundlach, 1889)
Brechmorhoga nubecula (Rambur, 1842)
B. pertinax (Hagen, 1861)
B. praecox (Hagen, 1861)
B. rapax Calvert, 1898
B. vivax Calvert, 1906
Cannaphila insularis Kirby, 1889
C. mortoni Donnelly, 1992
C. vibex (Hagen, 1861)
Dythemis multipunctata Kirby, 1894
D. sterilis Hagen, 1861
Elasmothemis cannacrioides (Calvert, 1906)
Erythemis attala (Selys, 1857)
E. haematogastra (Burmeister, 1839)
E. mithroides (Brauer, 1900)
E. peruviana (Rambur, 1842)
E. plebeja (Burmeister, 1839)
E. simplicicollis (Say, 1839)
E. vesiculosa (Fabricius, 1775)
Erythrodiplax abjecta (Rambur, 1842)
E. andagoya Borror, 1942
E. berenice (Drury, 1770)
E. castanea (Burmeister, 1839)
E. famula (Erichson, 1848)
E. fervida (Erichson, 1848)
E. funerea (Hagen, 1861)
E. fusca (Rambur, 1842)
E. kimminsi Borror, 1942
E. umbrata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Idiataphe amazonica (Kirby, 1889)
I. cubensis (Scudder, 1866)
Libellula croceipennis Selys, 1868
L. foliata (Kirby, 1889)
L. herculea Karsch, 1889
L. mariae Garrison, 1992
Macrothemis aurimaculata Donnelly, 1984
M. delia Ris, 1913
M. extensa Ris, 1913
M. hemichlora (Burmeister, 1839)
M. imitans Karsch, 1890
M. inacuta Calvert, 1898
M. inequiunguis Calvert, 1895
M. musiva Calvert, 1898
M. pseudimitans Calvert, 1898
Miathyria marcella (Selys, 1857)
M. simplex (Rambur, 1842)
Micrathyria aequalis (Hagen, 1861)
M. atra (Martin, 1897)
M. catenata Calvert, 1909
M. dictynna Ris, 1919
M. didyma (Selys, 1857)
M. hagenii Kirby, 1890
M. laevigata Calvert, 1909
M. mengeri Ris, 1919
M. ocellata Martin, 1897
M. pseudeximia Westfall, 1992
M. schumanni Calvert, 1906
Nephepeltia phryne (Perty, 1834)
Orthemis aequilibris Calvert, 1909
O. biolleyi Calvert, 1906
O. cultriformis Calvert, 1899
O. discolor (Burmeister, 1839)
O. ferruginea (Fabricius, 1775)
O. levis Calvert, 1906
O. schmidti Buchholz, 1950
Paltothemis lineatipes Karsch, 1890
Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798)
P. hymenaea (Say, 1839)
Perithemis domitia (Drury, 1773)
P. electra Ris, 1930
P. mooma Kirby, 1889
Pseudoleon superbus (Hagen, 1861)
Rhodopygia hinei Calvert, 1907
Sympetrum illotum (Hagen, 1861)
S. nigrocreatum Calvert, 1920
Tauriphila argo (Hagen, 1869)
T. australis (Hagen, 1867)
T. azteca Calvert, 1906
Tholymis citrina Hagen, 1867
Tramea abdominalis (Rambur, 1842)
T. binotata (Rambur, 1842)
T. calverti Muttkowski, 1910
T. onusta Hagen, 1861
Uracis fastigiata (Burmeister, 1839)
U. imbuta (Burmeister, 1839)
U. turrialba Ris, 1919
Zenithoptera americana (Linnaeus, 1758)