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Issue: Vol. 1696 No. 1: 1 Feb. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-02-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1696.1.5
Page range: 57–62
Abstract views: 59
PDF downloaded: 3

Larval redescription of Microstigma maculatum Hagen in Selys, 1860 (Odonata: Pseudostigmatidae) from Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

Coordenação de Pesquisas em Entomologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia/INPA, Caixa Postal 478, CEP 69011-970 Manaus, AM, Brazil
Pesquisador autônomo. Rua dos Ferroviários, 55 – Jardim Mesquita, BR – 12300-000 Jacareí, SP, Brazil
Coordenação de Pesquisas em Entomologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia/INPA, Caixa Postal 478, CEP 69011-970 Manaus, AM, Brazil
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RUTH LEILA FERREIRA-KEPPLER

Coordenação de Pesquisas em Entomologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia/INPA, Caixa Postal 478, CEP 69011-970 Manaus, AM, Brazil
Odonata Aquatic insects damselfly phytotelmata

Abstract

The last-instar larva of Microstigma maculatum Hagen in Selys, 1860 is redescribed and illustrated based on a reared larva collected in a water-filled hole of a fallen tree trunk within an urban forest fragment in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.

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