Table 1. Species information: distribution and habitat.
List of species for Puerto Rico with information on their occurrence: municipality, elevation range, environment sampled, and land use.
| Species | Municipality | Elevation | Environment sampled | Land use | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anisoptera | |||||||
| Aeshnidae | |||||||
| Anax | |||||||
| amazili (Burmeister, 1839) | San Juan | 20 | Open area | Urban | |||
| junius (Drury, 1773) | Cayey, Manatí, San Juan, Vega Baja | ||||||
| Coryphaeschna | |||||||
| adnexa (Hagen, 1861) | San Juana | 20 | |||||
| viriditas Calvert, 1952 | Cabo Rojoe, Quebradillas | 200 | Grassland | ||||
| Gynacantha | |||||||
| nervosa Rambur, 1842 | San Juan, Mayagüez | 2-100 | Canal | Urban | |||
| Rhionaeschna | |||||||
| psilus (Calvert, 1947) | Orocovisb | 800 | Open area | Road | |||
| Triacanthagyna | |||||||
| caribbea (Williamson, 1923) | Mayagüez | 22 | Stream | Forest | |||
| septima (Selys in Sagra, 1857) | Mayagüez | 257 | Stream | Grassland | |||
| Libellulidae | |||||||
| Brachymesia | |||||||
| furcata (Hagen, 1861) | Camuy, Juana Díaz, Ponce | 71-280 | Pond, Lake, Reservoir | Agriculture, Grassland, Urban | |||
| herbida (Gundlach, 1889) | Añasco, Arecibo, Cabo Rojo, Camuy, Carolina, Coamo, Fajardo, Guayanilla, Juana Díaz, Ponce | 0-130 | Pond, Lake / Reservoir, Mangrove, Stream | Agriculture, Grassland, Urban | |||
| Crocothemis | |||||||
| servilia (Drury, 1773) | Yabucoac | 0-10 | Pond | Beach-Coastal | |||
| Dythemis | |||||||
| rufinervis (Burmeister, 1839) | Adjuntas, Aibonito, Ciales, Cidra, Corozal, Guayanilla, Juana Díaz, Lares, Las Marías, Maricao, Mayagüez, Morovis, Peñuelas, Ponce, Río Grande, Salinas, Utuado, Villalba, Yauco | 30-550 | Canal, Mangrove, Stream | Forest, Grassland, Urban | |||
| Erythemis | |||||||
| plebeja (Burmeister, 1839) | Camuy, Coamo, Morovis, Ponce, Yauco | 1-281 | Pond, Lake / Reservoir, Stream | Agriculture, Forest, Grassland, Urban | |||
| vesiculosa (Fabricius, 1775) | Aguadilla, Añasco, Bayamón, Camuy, Carolina, Coamo, Guánica, Guayanilla, Humacao, Isabela, Jayuya, Juana Díaz, Mayagüez, Morovis, Ponce, Rincón, San Juan, Trujillo Alto, Yabucoa, Yauco | 1-530 | Canal, Open area, Pond, Stream | Agriculture, Forest, Grassland, Urban | |||
| Erythrodiplax | |||||||
| berenice (Drury, 1773) | Fajardo, Ponce, Santa Isabel, Vieques, Yabucoa | 0-47 | Lake/Reservoir, Mangrove, River mouth/Mangrove, Stream | Forest, Grassland, Urban | |||
| justiniana (Selys in Sagra, 1857) | Adjuntas, Carolina, Guayama, Guayanilla, Isabela, Jayuya, Lares, Las Piedras, Manatí, Maunabo, Morovis, Ponce, San Juan, Yauco | 0-670 | Canal, Lake/Reservoir, Pond, Stream | Agriculture, Forest, Grassland, Urban | |||
| umbrata (Linnaeus, 1758) | Adjuntas, Aguada, Aguadilla, Añasco, Arecibo, Barceloneta, Bayamón, Cabo Rojo, Caguas, Camuy, Carolina, Cayey, Ciales, Coamo, Corozal, Guánica, Guayama, Guayanilla, Gurabo, Hatillo, Humacao, Isabela, Jayuya, Juana Díaz, Lajas, Lares, Las Piedras, Loíza, Manatí, Maricao, Mayagüez, Morovis, Naguabo, Ponce, Rincón, Sabana Grande, Salinas, San Germán, San Juan, San Sebastián, Santa Isabel, Toa Alta, Trujillo Alto, Utuado, Vega Baja-Manatí, Yabucoa, Yauco | 0- 840 | Canal, Lake/Reservoir, Mangrove, Open Area, Pond, Stream, Wetland | Agriculture, Forest, Grassland, Urban | |||
| Idiataphe | |||||||
| cubensis (Scudder, 1866) | Manatíb | 2 | Lagoon | Grassland | |||
| Macrothemis | |||||||
| celeno (Selys in Sagra, 1857) | Adjuntas, Carolina, Ciales, Corozal, Guayanilla, Guaynabo, Humacao, Isabela, Jayuya, Juana Díaz, Lares, Maricao, Morovis, Peñuelas, Ponce, San Juan, Santa Isabel, Utuado, Yauco | 0-1130 | Canal, Lake/Reservoir, Mangrove, Stream, Wetland | Agriculture, Forest, Grassland, Urban | |||
| Miathyria | |||||||
| marcella (Selys in Sagra, 1857) | Aguada, Arecibo, Cabo Rojo, Caguas, Camuy, Carolina, Cidra, Juana Díaz, Lajas, Manatí, Mayagüez, Ponce, Utuado, Yabucoa, Yauco | 0-477 | Canal, Lake/Reservoir, Open Area, Pond, Stream, Wetland | Agriculture, Grassland, Urban | |||
| simplex (Rambur, 1842) | Manatíb | 2 | Lagoon | Grassland | |||
| Micrathyria | |||||||
| aequalis (Hagen, 1861) | Cabo Rojoe, Cabo Rojo, Camuy, Carolina, Corozal, Guánica, Manatí, Ponce, Yauco | 0-281 | Lake/Reservoir, Mangrove, Pond, Stream | Agriculture, Grassland, Urban | |||
| didyma (Selys in Sagra, 1857) | Loiza, Ponce, San Juan | 0-22 | Urban | ||||
| dissocians Calvert, 1906 | Aguada, Arecibo | 3-7 | Stream, Wetland | Agriculture | |||
| Orthemis | |||||||
| macrostigma (Rambur, 1842) | Aguadilla, Arecibo, Cabo Rojo, Camuy, Carolina, Coamo, Fajardo, Guánica, Guayanilla, Guaynabo, Humacao, Jayuya, Juana Díaz, Lares, Las Piedras, Mayagüez, Morovis, Ponce, Quebradillas, Río Grande, San Sebastián, Santa Isabel, Utuado, Vieques, Villalba, Yabucoa, Yauco | 0-485 | Canal, Estuary, Lake/Reservoir, Mangrove, Open Area, Pond, River mouth/Mangrove, Stream, Wetland | Agriculture, Forest, Grassland, Urban | |||
| Pantala | |||||||
| flavescens (Fabricius, 1798) | Aguadilla, Arecibo, Cabo Rojo, Caguas, Camuy, Carolina, Fajardo, Guánica, Guayanilla, Hormigueros, Humacao, Isabela, Juana Díaz, Peñuelas, Ponce, Salinas, San Juan, Santa Isabel, Vieques, Yauco | 0-402 | Canal, Lake/Reservoir, Mangrove, Open Area, River mouth/ Mangrove, Stream, Wetland | Agriculture, Forest, Grassland, Urban | |||
| hymenaea (Say, 1840) | Culebra | 0 | Open area | Beach | |||
| Perithemis | |||||||
| domitia (Drury, 1773) | Cabo Rojo, Camuy, Carolina, Ciales, Coamo, Humacao, Juana Díaz, Juncos, Lares, Las Piedras, Manatí, Maricao, Ponce, Río Grande, San Juan | 0-456 | Lake/Reservoir, Mangrove, Pond, Stream | Forest, Grassland, Urban | |||
| Scapanea | |||||||
| frontalis (Burmeister, 1839) | Adjuntas, Aibonito, Guayanilla, Jayuya, Maricao, Orocovis, Peñuelas, Ponce, Río Grande, Utuado, Villalba, Yauco | 104-1,130 | Stream | Forest, Grassland, Urban | |||
| Tauriphila | |||||||
| australis (Hagen, 1867) | Cidra, Lajas, Vega Bajab | 4-400 | Lagoon | Grassland | |||
| Tholymis | |||||||
| citrina (Hagen, 1867) | San Juan | 21 | Urban | ||||
| Tramea | |||||||
| abdominalis (Rambur, 1842) | Aguadilla, Arecibo, Bayamón, Cabo Rojo, Carolina, Coamo, Fajardo, Guayanilla, Isabela, Juana Díaz, Mayagüez, Quebradillas, Santa Isabel, Yabucoa, Yauco | 0-164 | Canal, Estuary, Lake / Reservoir, Mangrove, Open Area, Pond, Stream | Agriculture, Forest, Grassland, Urban | |||
| binotata (Rambur, 1842) | Manatía | ||||||
| calverti Muttkowski, 1910 | Cabo Rojoe, Guánica | 39 | Open area | Grassland | |||
| insularis Hagen, 1861 | Manatíb | 4 | Lagoon | Grassland | |||
| onusta (Hagen, 1861) | Fajardo, Vieques | 0-47 | River mouth/ Mangrove | Forest | |||
| Zygoptera | |||||||
| Coenagrionidae | |||||||
| Enallagma | |||||||
| civile (Hagen, 1861) | Arecibo, Yauco | 7–37 | Lake/ Reservoir, Stream | Agriculture | |||
| coecum (Hagen, 1861) | Adjuntas, Aguada, Aguadilla, Aibonito, Añasco, Arecibo, Barranquitas, Bayamón, Carolina, Ciales, Coamo, Corozal, Guánica, Guayama, Guayanilla, Guaynabo, Humacao, Jayuya, Juana Díaz, Juncos, Lares, Las Marías, Las Piedras, Maricao, Mayagüez, Moca, Morovis, Naguabo, Orocovis, Patillas, Peñuelas, Ponce, Rincón, Río Grande, Sabana Grande, San Germán, San Juan, San Sebastián, Santa Isabel, Utuado, Villalba, Yauco | 0-750 | Canal, Lake/ Reservoir, Mangrove, Open Area, Pond, Stream, Wetland | Forest, Grassland, Urban | |||
| Ischnura | |||||||
| hastata (Say, 1839) | Aguada, Aguadilla, Añasco, Arecibo, Bayamón, Carolina, Guánica, Lajas, Manatí, Maunabo, Moca, Ponce, San Juan, Santa Isabel | 0-93 | Canal, Estuary, Lake/ Reservoir, Mangrove, Open Area, Pond, Stream, Wetland | Agriculture, Forest, Grassland, Urban | |||
| ramburii (Selys, 1850) | Aguada, Aguadilla, Aibonito, Añasco, Arecibo, Barceloneta, Bayamón, Cabo Rojo, Caguas, Camuy, Carolina, Ciales, Cidra, Coamo, Corozal, Dorado, Fajardo, Guánica, Guayanilla, Guaynabo, Hatillo, Humacao, Isabela, Juana Díaz, Lajas, Manatí, Mayagüez, Naguabo, Ponce, Quebradillas, Salinas, San Juan, Santa Isabel, Toa Alta, Trujillo Alto, Utuado, Vega Baja-Manatí, Vieques, Villalba, Yabucoa, Yauco | 0-525 | Canal, Estuary, Lake/Reservoir, Mangrove, Open Area, Pond, River mouth/ Mangrove, Stream, Wetland | Agriculture, Forest, Grassland, Urban | |||
| Leptobasis | |||||||
| vacillans Hagen in Selys 1877 | Cabo Rojoe, Juncos, Moca | 14 | Canal | Grassland | |||
| Nehalennia | |||||||
| minuta (Selys in Sagra, 1857) | Moca | Grassland | |||||
| Neoerythromma | |||||||
| cultellatum (Hagen in Selys, 1876) | Arecibo, Bayamón, Carolina, Manatí, San Juan, Yauco | 1-138 | Lake/ Reservoir, Mangrove, Stream | Grassland, Urban | |||
| Protoneura | |||||||
| viridis Westfall, 1964 | Aibonito, Coamo, Guayanilla, Hatillo, Mayagüez, Morovis, Peñuelas, Ponce, San Germán, San Juan | 1-660 | Lake/Reservoir, Stream | Forest, Grassland, Urban | |||
| Telebasis | |||||||
| dominicana (Selys in Sagra, 1857) | Aguada, Aibonito, Arecibo, Bayamón, Cabo Rojo, Camuy, Carolina, Cayey, Coamo, Hatillo, Jayuya, Juana Díaz, Juncos, Lajas, Manatí, Mayagüez, Moca, Naguabo, Ponce, Río Grande, San Germán, San Juan, Vega Baja-Manatí, Villalba, Yauco | 0-1130 | Canal, Lake/Reservoir, Mangrove, Open area, Pond, Stream, Wetland | Agriculture, Forest, Grassland, Urban | |||
| vulnerata (Hagen, 1861) | Adjuntas, Aibonito, Barranquitas, Bayamón, Caguas, Carolina, Corozal, Guayanilla, Guaynabo, Jayuya, Juana Díaz, Juncos, Las Piedras, Maricao, Mayagüez, Moca, Morovis, Naguabo, Orocovis, Patillas, Peñuelas, Ponce, Río Grande, San Germán, San Juan, Utuado, Vega Baja-Manatí, Villalba, Yabucoa | 4-700 | Canal, Lake/Reservoir, Open Area, Stream, Wetland | Agriculture, Forest, Grassland, Urban | |||
| Lestidae | |||||||
| Lestes | |||||||
| forficula Rambur, 1842 | Manatíb | 4 | Lagoon | Grassland | |||
| scalaris Gundlach, 1888 | Floridad | ||||||
| spumarius Hagen in Selys, 1862 | Arecibo, Guánica | 10 | Wetland | Grassland | |||
Notes.
a
Reported by Klots (1932).
b
R Garrison, pers. comm., 2019.
c
Reported by Fliedner (2009).
d
Reported by García Díaz (1938).
e
D Paulson, pers. comm., 2020.