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Issue: Vol. 1453 No. 1: 23 Apr. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-04-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1453.1.2
Page range: 33–40
Abstract views: 77
PDF downloaded: 2

Garrisonia aurindae gen. and spec. nov. from the State of Bahia, Brazil (Anisoptera: Libellulidae)

Clínica Nephron, Praça Almirante Coelho Neto, n° 50, Barris – 40.070-140, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, BR – 20.940-040, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Anisoptera Libellulidae Brazil new genus new species

Abstract

Garrisonia gen. nov. is established for Garrisonia aurindae sp. n. (type species, holotype % and allotype & : Brazil: Bahia, Salvador, in Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro). Diagnoses and illustrations are given for similar genera of the region.

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