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Issue: Vol. 2721 No. 1: 14 Dec. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-12-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2721.1.6
Page range: 55–61
Abstract views: 41
PDF downloaded: 1

Epipleoneura angeloi (Odonata: Protoneuridae), a new species from the central region of Brazil

Universidad Nacional de La Patagonia “San Juan Bosco”, LIESA, Sarmiento 849, 9200, Esquel, Chubut, Argentina
Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro – RJ, 20.940-040, Brazil
Odonata Protoneuridae Epipleoneura sp. nov.

Abstract

Epipleoneura angeloi sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on males from Mato Grosso and Goiás states, central region of Brazil.

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