[Odonata-l] Erythrodiplax connata minuscula ? name current status ?

[Joshua Stuart Rose]

Have not seen a response to this inquiry. My understanding is that E.  
connata miniscula was elevated to species status, E. miniscula, in  
the publication "Dragonflies of North America" by Needham, Westfall,  
and May (2000). I do not have my copy of that book on hand at the  
moment (on Thanksgiving vacation in the suburbs of DC). I also see,  
on Odonata Central, that the same publication created E. basifusca  
out of E. connata.
http://www.odonatacentral.org/index.php/FieldGuideAction.get/id/46995

Am not certain what, if anything, still retains the name E. connata?

Cheers,

Josh


Joshua Stuart Rose
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Duke Natural History Society
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On Nov 11, 2007, at 9:22 PM, aardila at uoguelph.ca wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I wonder if anyone could give me a hand clarifying the current status
> for the species name
>
> Erythrodiplax connata minuscula
>
> On the World Odonata List ( Schorr et al., Updated August 2007), There
> are 2 species names that relate to it:
>
> 1. Current: Erythrodiplax connata (Burmeister, 1839)
> Libellula connata Burmeister, 1839
> Syn Libellula communis Rambur, 1842
> Syn Libellula chloropleura Brauer, 1865
> Syn Libellula leontina Brauer, 1865
>
> 2. Current: Erythrodiplax minuscula (Rambur, 1842)
> Libellula minuscula Rambur, 1842
>
> So I thougth that there was a mistake on the IDs, but then I found
> karyotype data for Erythrodiplax connata minuscula on
>
> Kiauta, B. & J. M. van Brink (1978) Male chromosome complements of
> some florida dragonflies, United States. Odontatologica, 7, 15-25.
>
> Hence, I really dont know if the specimen I got should be kept as
> Erythrodiplax connata minuscula, or re-examined and changed to 1 of
> the current names that appear on the list. My specimen is also from
> Florida.
>
> Thank you
>
> Alex
>
> -- 
> Alex Ardila-Garcia
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