Uracis imbuta (Burmeister, 1839)

Shoted in: "El Peñón" Montalbán, Carabobo.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Superfamily: Libelluloidea
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Uracis
Species: Uracis imbuta

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Montalbán: (GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION) Northwest of Carabobo state. LIMITS. NORTH: Canoabo. SOUTH: Municipalities Bejuma and Miranda. EAST: Bejuma Municipality. WEST: Miranda Yaracuy state and municipality. Geographical coordinates. 68 ° 18'07 "East Longitude, 10 ° 15'08" North latitude.
AREA: 145 square kilometers.
CLIMATE: Tropical, Annual average of 24 º C.
RIVERS: Araguita, Aracal, Montero, Agua de Obispo, Aguirre.

Erythrodiplax fusca (Rambur, 1842)

Shoted in: "El Peñon", Montalbán, Carabobo.

Taxonomic Hierarchy:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Palaeoptera
Order: Odonata Fabricius, 1793
Suborder: Anisoptera Selys, 1854
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Erythrodiplax Brauer, 1868
Species: Erythrodiplax fusca (Rambur, 1842)

Common name: Red-faced Dragonfly

Description:
Female size 2.3 to 3.2 cm and the male 2.5 to 3.4 cm. The male has dark brown head, red face. Thorax black dorsally, blue laterally greyish. Forewing with a small dark brown spot at the base of the wing, hind wings also have a dark brown spot of greater length. Most of the gray-blue abdomen, last three segments black. Fences whitish. The female has brown eyes, forehead and clypeus brown. Thorax brown. Spotted wings similar to those of male but yellowish brown. Abdomen brown.

The males of this species show territoriality. Perch near the water (15 to 20 cm), if it is sunny are very active and often can be pursued if clouds rest.

Copulation lasts about a minute and occurs on vegetation. Females oviposit alone, but the male flies by her watching. The eggs are laid touching the water with the tip of the abdomen repeatedly.

It lives in ponds and swamps in open areas such as pastures and other disturbed areas. It is a common species

Hetaerina caja (Drury, 1773)

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Odonata

Family: Calopterygidae

Genus: Hetaerina (Hagen in Selys, 1853)

Species: caja (Drury, 1773)

Lestes dichrostigma (Calvert, 1909)

Taxonomic Hierarchy:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Lestidae
Genus: Lestes
Species: Lestes dichrostigma (Calvert, 1909)