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Issue: Vol. 2810 No. 1: 6 Apr. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-04-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2810.1.7
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 1

Heteropodagrion croizati sp. nov. (Odonata: Megapodagrionidae) with a key to the known species of the genus

Grupo de investigación en Biodiversidad del Caribe colombiano. Departamento de Biología, Universidad del Atlántico, km 7 antigua vía Puerto Colombia, Barranquilla, Colombia
Postgrado en Entomología. Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola (MIZA), Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Apartado 4579, Maracay 2101-A, Venezuela
Odonata Heteropodagrion Damselfly Megapodagrionidae Colombia León Croizat Putumayo

Abstract

Heteropodagrion croizati sp. nov. is described and illustrated on the basis of two males and one female (holotype % : Colombia, Putumayo Dept., Mocoa, PNN Churumbelos (1° 09´40.93´´ N 76° 39´49.13´´ W) alt. 1000m, 28 i 2010. The new species is characterized by male paraproct surpassing length of cercus, genital ligula distally bilobulate, trumpet-shaped, and with laterally expanding distal lobes, and female with basal pale rings on all abdominal segments. A key for the known species of Heteropodagrion and the closely related Mesagrion leucorrhinum is provided.

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