Odonata from Tiputini, Orellana Province, Ecuador

VON ELLENRIEDER, N. & R.W. GARRISON

Agrion

Worldwide Dragonfly Association

Año: 2011 vol. 15 p. 40 - 46

1476-2552

We provide here a preliminary list of the odonates from the Tiputini Biodiversity Station (0°38’S, 76°9’W, 220 m). This 650 hectare area is located in the Amazonia of Orellana Province, eastern Ecuador on the north bank of the Tiputini River, a tributary of the Napo River, adjacent to the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve. Our inventory is based on specimens we collected and photographed during our visit from 10 to 21 January 2009 under research permit DPO-MA N° 0029 -2010, as well as on records we gathered from examination of collections from other visitors to this area and records from the literature. We found 34 species in 23 genera during our Tiputini visit, and the total number of odonates recorded from the Tiputini and Yasuni area is of 71 species in 38 genera and 11 families.