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

[aardila@uoguelph.ca]

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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Alex Ardila-Garcia
MSc Candidate
Genomic Diversity Lab
Dept. Integrative Biology
University of Guelph
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