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Issue: Vol. 1688 No. 1: 23 Jan. 2008
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2008-01-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1688.1.6
Page range: 66–68
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 1

Description of the last instar larva of Erythrodiplax fervida (Erichson, 1848) (Anisoptera: Libellulidae), with notes on the biology of the species

Departamento de Biología. Universidad de Oriente. Ave. Patricio Lumumba. Santiago de Cuba 90500. Cuba
Departamento de Biología. Universidad de Oriente. Ave. Patricio Lumumba. Santiago de Cuba 90500. Cuba
Odonata Anisoptera Libellulidae

Abstract

The dragonfly genus Erythrodiplax Brauer is distributed mainly in the Neotropics, and includes 56 described species (Garrison et al. 2006). Five of seven Antillean species occur in Cuba: Erythrodiplax berenice naeva (Hagen, 1861), E. bromeliicola Westfall, 2000, E. fervida (Erichson, 1848), E. justiniana (Selys, 1857) and E. umbrata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Trapero & Naranjo 2003). The last stage larva has been described for all species from Cuba except for E. fervida.

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