Amphipteryx

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Name

Amphipteryx Selys, 1853 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile

• Amphipteryx Selys 1853: 66.

Type species

Amphipteryx agrioides Selys 1853, by original designation.

Other species included

Amphipteryx chiapensis González–Soriano 2010, Amphipteryx meridionalis González-Soriano 2010, Amphipteryx nataliae González-Soriano 2010.

General

Amphipteryx is the only genus in Amphipterygidae (Dijkstra et al. 2013). Rimanella, with its monotypic species Rimanella arcana (Needham 1933), was formally included in Amphipterygidae but it was recently placed in its own monotypic family Rimanellidae (Dijkstra et al. 2013).

Distribution

Amphipteryx occurs at small mountain streams from Hidalgo Oaxaca, Puebla and Veracruz States, Mexico east into Guatemala and Honduras.

Biology

Adults perch with wings closed on vegetation overhanging water near seepages and small streams (González-Soriano 1991); larvae live in rough gravel and rapid-flow areas of small shallow creeks, and among leaf litter at lips of small waterfalls (Novelo-Gutiérrez 1995). With one exception (below) all Mexican populations are associated with tropical wet forests (i. e. cloud or tropical rain forests) and the same apparently is true for other Central American populations.

Key to males of Amphipteryx

This key is a modification of the one from González-Soriano (2010) and reference should be made to illustrations for other species in that paper.

Key to males of Amphipteryx — M. Jocque , I. Argueta

1		Hind lobe of prothorax evenly curved with small disjunct lateral lobes forming small rounded lobes whose medial margins are bent anteriorly; cercus in dorsal view curved medially and armed with a blunt quadrate lobe along medial 0.40; paraproct slender, slightly surpassing cercus and with medially curved tip terminating in a single tooth; Hidalgo and Oaxaca States, Mexico    Amphipteryx agrioides
1	’	Hind lobe of prothorax with erect digit-like lateral lobes, or with middle lobe bent cephalad or posteriorly (Fig. 2D); cercus in dorsal view linear and lacking a blunt quadrate lobe along medial 0.40, paraproct dorso-ventrally flattened, as long as or considerably shorter than cercus and terminating in an angular to quadrate tip; Chiapas State, Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala    2
2	(1’)	Hind lobe of prothorax continuous; raised lateral lobes vertical, semicircular, and continuous with smaller irregular shaped middle lobe; Honduras    3
2	’	Hind lobe of prothorax with erect digit-like lateral lobes; Chiapas State, Mexico, and Guatemala    4
3	(2)	Scalariform tooth on cercus in mediodorsal view anteapical, medial margin of cercus gently concave; middle lobe of hind lobe of prothorax bilobed or with a v-shaped incision medially, bent cephalad, this structure as prominent as lateral lobes; Comayagua and Cortés Departments, Honduras    Amphipteryx meridionalis
3	’	Scalariform tooth on cercus in mediodorsal view at medial half, medial margin of cercus with ventro-medial lobe at basal third (Fig. 2A); middle lobe of hind lobe of prothorax entire, bent posteriorly and much smaller than erect wing-like lateral lobes (Fig. 2D); Atlantida Department, Honduras    Amphipteryx jaroli
4	(2’)	Paraproct as long as cercus and terminating in an angular tip; erect lateral lobes of prothorax as long as interval between them; Guatemala    Amphipteryx nataliae
4	’	Paraproct considerably shorter than cercus and terminating in a quadrate tip; erect lateral lobes of prothorax much shorter than interval between them; Chiapas State, Mexico    Amphipteryx chiapensis

Key to females of Amphipteryx (female of Amphipteryx chiapensis unknown)

Key to females of Amphipteryx (female of Amphipteryx chiapensis unknown) — M. Jocque , I. Argueta

1		Hind lobe of prothorax evenly curved with lateral lobes forming small angulate lobes; Hidalgo and Oaxaca States, Mexico    Amphipteryx agrioides
1	’	Hind lobe of prothorax with erect digit-like lateral lobes, or with middle lobe bent cephalad or posteriorly (Fig. 2E); Chiapas State, Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala    2
2	(1’)	Hind lobe of prothorax with a pair of small, isolated, erect digit-like lateral lobes converging posteriorly; Guatemala    Amphipteryx nataliae
2	’	Hind lobe of prothorax with erect lateral lobes continuous with middle lobe; Honduras    3
3	(2’)	Middle lobe of hind lobe of prothorax bilobed or with a v-shaped incision medially, bent cephalad, this structure as prominent as lateral lobes; Comayagua and Cortés Departments, Honduras    Amphipteryx meridionalis
3	’	Middle lobe of hind lobe of prothorax entire, bent dorso-posteriorly and subequal in height to erect wing-like lateral lobes (Fig. 2E); Atlantida Department, Honduras    Amphipteryx jaroli

Taxon Treatment

• Jocque, M; Argueta, I; 2014: A new species in the genus Amphipteryx Selys, 1853 (Odonata, Amphipterygidae) from Pico Bonito National Park, Honduras ZooKeys, 408: 71-80. doi

Images

Figure 2. Amphipteryx jaroli (A–E), S10 holotype male dorso-lateral (A), ventro-lateral (B) and lateral (C) view. Holotype male posterior lobe of prothorax (D) and female posterior lobe of prothorax (E).