Zootaxa 3947 (3): 386–396 www.mapress.com /zootaxa / ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) Article Copyright © 2015 Magnolia Press ZOOTAXA ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3947.3.5 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:92050E4D-F757-4111-B5C0-8B39708447AF A new species of Erythrodiplax breeding in bromeliads in Costa Rica (Odonata: Libellulidae) WILLIAM A. HABER, DAVID L. WAGNER & CARLOS DE LA ROSA3 1 Apdo. 50-5655, Monteverde, Costa Rica, Central America. E-mail: bill.haber01@gmail.com Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269. E-mail: David.wagner@uconn.edu 3 Director, La Selva Biological Station, Organization for Tropical Studies, Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica, Central America. E-mail: carlos.delarosa@ots.cr 2 Abstract We describe a new species, Erythrodiplax laselva (Libellulidae), that breeds in bromeliads and Cochliostema (Commelinaceae) in the eastern lowlands of Costa Rica. The closest known relative is thought to be E. castanea, widespread in Central and South America, and not E. bromeliicola, which is known to breed in bromeliads in Cuba and Jamaica. The male, female, genitalia, and larva are described and illustrated. Key words: Aechmea, Bromeliaceae, Cochliostema, Costa Rica, dragonfly, Erythrodiplax bromeliicola, Erythrodiplax castanea, larval description, La Selva Biological Station, Werauhia Resumen Describimos una especie nueva, Erythrodiplax laselva (Libellulidae), que se reproduce en bromelias en la bajura Atlántica de Costa Rica. Su pariente más cercano parece E. castanea, de amplia distribución en Centro y Sudamérica, y no E. bromeliicola, que reproduce en bromelias en Cuba y Jamaica. Palabras clave: Aechmea, Bromeliaceae, Cochliostema Costa Rica, descripción de larva, Erythrodiplax bromeliicola, Erythrodiplax castanea, Estación Biológica La Selva, libélulas, Werauhia Introduction Garrison et al. (2006) reviewed Erythrodiplax, recognizing 56 species, mostly Neotropical in distribution, with 8 species known from Mexico and 7 species reaching the U.S. Förster (2001) listed 12 species for Costa Rica; however, Paulson (2003) restricted E. connata (Burmeister, 1839) to a species in Chile and Argentina, reducing the number to 11. In April 1996 DLW collected a teneral male Erythrodiplax at La Selva Biological Station in Heredia Province, Costa Rica, tentatively identified by Dennis Paulson as E. cf. amazonica Sjöstedt, 1918 (Wagner et al. 2000). In 2012 Carlos de la Rosa collected a female of the same species eclosing from a larva clinging to a bromeliad leaf at the same site. Further observations by CDLR, Ronald Vargas, and WAH indicated that larvae emerged from two species of bromeliads, Aechmea mariae-reginae H. Wendl. and Werauhia gladioliflora (H. Wendl.) J. R. Grant, as well as from Cochliostema odoratissimum Lem., a water-storing Commelinaceae. The only other dragonfly (Anisoptera) known to breed in bromeliads is E. bromeliicola Westfall in Needham et al., 2000 of Cuba and Jamaica (Needham et al. 2000, Trapero-Quintana & R. Novelo-Gutiérrez 2012, Paulson 2014). The Costa Rican Erythrodiplax is described here as a new species distinct from E. bromeliicola and more closely related to E. castanea (Burmeister, 1839). 386 Accepted by D. Paulson: 9 Jan. 2015; published: 16 Apr. 2015 Acknowledgements We thank Dennis Paulson for a helpful review of the manuscript. Rosser Garrison, Natalia von Ellenrieder, and Dennis Paulson provided identifications and literature. We also thank Rosser Garrison for the use of his illustrations of E. bromeliicola. We thank Ronald Vargas for sharing observations and for specimens and field assistance. Bill Mauffray, curator of Odonata at FSCA, was generous in facilitating a visit by WAH to the FSCA collection. 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