Animals Named for Richard Archbold - Archboldargia mirifica, Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida, 16 February 2007, Fred E. Lohrer.

Archbold Biological Station founded in 1941 by Richard Archbold

Animals named for Richard Archbold: Archboldargia mirifica (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)

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Archboldargia Lieftinck 1949 (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). A genus (2 spp.) of New Guinea damselflies.--Lieftinck, M.A. 1949. The dragonflies (Odonata) of New Guinea and neighboring islands. Part VII. Results of the third Archbold Expedition 1938-1939 and of the Le Roux Expedition 1939 to Netherlands New Guinea (II. Zygoptera). Nova Guinea 5: 1-271.--"The name I have chosen for this interesting genus, it will be observed, is an allusion to that of Mr. RICHARD ARCHBOLD, the leader of the American-Dutch expedition to the Snow Mountains of New Guinea." The species illustrated here, A. mirifica, was collected on the Le Roux Expedition (1939) in central West New Guinea, at Enarotali, on the eastern shore of Lake Paniai, 1800 m, on 27 September 1939 by H. Boschma. Lake Paniai is 300 km from Lake Habbema (a major focus of the 3rd Archbold Expedition) in the Snow Mountains. This painting of A. mirifica hung in Richard Archbold's den for many years. The artist is unknown. The other species in this genus, gloriosa, was collected on the 3rd Archbold New Guinea Expedition (1938-39) at the "Top Camp" (2100 m) of the Bernhard Camp, on the north face of the Snow Mountains ("Idenberg Slopes"), Netherlands New Guinea (also Irian Jaya or Papua-since 2000), on 29 January 1939 by Lambertus J. Toxopeus.

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