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Issue: Vol. 2832 No. 1: 26 Apr. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-04-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2832.1.2
Page range: 44–50
Abstract views: 80
PDF downloaded: 2

Description of the final instar larvae of Acanthagrion gracile (Rambur) and Acanthagrion lancea Selys (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)

Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Entomologia, Setor de Insetos Aquáticos, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Entomologia, Setor de Insetos Aquáticos, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, BR 465, Km 7 23890-000 Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Entomologia, Setor de Insetos Aquáticos, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Entomologia, Setor de Insetos Aquáticos, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Odonata Zygoptera Acanthagrion imaturos Brazil Região Neotropical

Abstract

The final instar larvae of Acanthagrion gracile and A. lancea are described and illustrated based on reared specimens from Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo States, Brazil, being compared with the other known larvae of this genus.

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