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Issue: Vol. 1296 No. 1: 17 Aug. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-08-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1296.1.2
Page range: 19–28
Abstract views: 57
PDF downloaded: 2

Description of the larvae of Castoraeschna colorata (Martin, 1908) and C. longfieldae (Kimmins, 1929) (Insecta: Odonata: Aeshnidae), with a key to the known larvae of the genus

Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, UFRJ
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, UFRJ Caixa Postal 68044, BR 21944-970, Cidade Universitnria, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) Caixa Postal 68044, BR 21944-970, Cidade Universitnria, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Odonata Aeshnidae Castoraeschna C. colorata C. longfieldae larvae taxonomy South America

Abstract

The ultimate instar larvae of C. colorata and C. longfieldae are described and illustrated based on reared specimens from Parque Nacional das Emas, GO, and Chapada dos Guimarnes, MT, Brazil, respectively. A comparative table and an identification key for all described larvae of Castoraeschna are also presented.

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