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Rhionaeschna planaltica.
Thank you Dr. Paulson for the corrections and the other IDs of my odonates. I´ve updated all of them.
R. planaltica is similar to R. psilus but has different thoracic markings. Check them both in the Yungas book.
Excellent! Great teamwork, PN community. Beautiful spotting, Daniela.
Hi Cindy, thank you for the ID. You are right, this is Rhionaeschna psilus. This dragonfly is described for Argentine Northwestern in the book : 'Dragonflies of the Yungas', I found the page in Google. Although the book says that this species is uncommon for Argentina.
Thank you @gatorfellows for your help!
Thank you Karen and Walter for your comments!
I found a reference of South American Odonata from the University of Puget Sound that lists Rhionaeschna psilus in Argentina. It is down under the heading Aeshnidae. No photos, but credits who collected the list and when it was last updated. http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/acad...
Hi Daniela, great series! I provided you an ID although I'm not 100% sure on the species. It definitely looks like one but you'd have to check your local resources to see if its range extends to your area.
Spotted on Dec 29, 2012
Submitted on Dec 30, 2012
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