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

Tue Nov 27 15:50:09 PST 2007

Hello Joshua,

Dennis Paulson clarified that for me. I should have forwarded his  
answer to the list. My apologies. His response is below:
Cheers, Alex
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Hello, Alex.

The correct name is now Erythrodiplax minuscula, a separate species  
from E. connata. All populations in the US are E. minuscula. The  
removal of minuscula from connata has been acknowledged for some time,  
but only recently was a paper actually written to formalize that action:

Paulson, D. R. 2003. Comments on the Erythrodiplax connata  
(Burmeister, 1839) group, with the elevation of E. fusca (Rambur,  
1842), E. minuscula  (Rambur, 1842), and E. basifusca (Calvert, 1895)  
to full species (Anisoptera: Libellulidae). Bulletin of American  
Odonatology 6: 101-110.

I hope your work is going well.

Regards,
Dennis

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On Nov 11, 2007, at 7:22 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

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Quoting Joshua Stuart Rose <opihi at mindspring.com>:

> 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
> 1220 Kerria Ave.
> McAllen TX
> opihi at mindspring.com
> 956-664-9915
>
> Duke Natural History Society
> http://www.biology.duke.edu/dnhs/
>
>
> 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
>> MSc Candidate
>> Genomic Diversity Lab
>> Dept. Integrative Biology
>> University of Guelph
>> Guelph (On), Canada
>> N1G 2W1
>> 1-519-824-4120 ext.52548
>> http://www.genomesize.com/gregorylab/
>>
>
>
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