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Issue: Vol. 3482 No. 1: 13 Sep. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-09-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3482.1.5
Page range: 77–81
Abstract views: 58
PDF downloaded: 2

Description of the larva of Mnesarete pudica (Hagen in Selys, 1853) (Odonata: Calopterygidae) and notes on known genera of South American Calopterygidae larvae

Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Faculdade de Ciências e Letras de Assis, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Assis, São Paulo, Brazil
Odonata dragonfly damselfly nymph naiad taxonomy Brazil neotropical

Abstract

The final instar larva of Mnesarete pudica is described and illustrated based on reared specimens collected in Brazil. This species can be distinguished from others by presenting: a) five palpal and three premental setae; b) no posterodorsal hooks on abdominal segments; c) lateral spines only in S9-10. M. pudica is compared to other South American calopterygids and biological notes are presented.

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