Abstract
We present a checklist of Odonata species from Bahia Solano Municipality in the Pacific Region of Colombia. Sampling effort included 715 h between December 2018 and January 2020. We recorded 51 species in 27 genera and seven families. The most representative families were Libellulidae with 14 genera and 29 species and Coenagrionidae with 10 genera and 16 species. Argia fulgida Navás, 1934 and Erythrodiplax funerea (Hagen, 1861) are newly recorded from Chocó Department. The richer localities in terms of species numbers are conservation areas which are little impacted by indigenous traditional agriculture.
Highlights
Colombia is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world based on its large numbers of vertebrates and vascular plants (Rangel 2005)
We present a checklist of Odonata species from Bahia Solano Municipality in the Pacific Region of Colombia
We recorded from Bahia Solano 51 species of Odonata, including 18 Zygoptera and 33 Anisoptera (Table 2) in 27 genera (11 Zygoptera and 16 Anisoptera) and seven families
Summary
Colombia is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world based on its large numbers of vertebrates and vascular plants (Rangel 2005) This is due to the diversity of climates generated by altitudinal gradients, which produce a variety of ecosystems with high levels of biodiversity (Bernal et al 2015). Based in the amount of publications including Colombian and Neotropical Odonata (e.g., Garrison et al 2006, 2010), the odonate fauna of the Pacific Region is one of the most understudied regions in Colombia. This region has few formal studies on insects in general, and the odonates are just being investigated. In the central zone of the Pacific Region, 38 species in
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