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Issue: Vol. 5356 No. 1: 16 Oct. 2023
Type: Monograph
Published: 2023-10-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5356.1.1
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Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Heteragrion Selys, 1862 (Zygoptera: Heteragrionidae): male morphology, new species and illustrated key

Laboratório de Biologia Aquática; Departamento de Ciências Biológicas; Faculdade de Ciências e Letras de Assis; Universidade Estadual Paulista; Assis; SP; Brazil
Rua Anibal; 216; Jardim Coleginho; CEP 12310-780; Jacareí; SP; Brazil
Grupo de Entomología Universidad de Antioquia (GEUA); Universidad de Antioquia; Medellin 50010; Colombia
Division of Invertebrate Zoology; American Museum of Natural History; USA
Laboratório de Biologia Aquática; Departamento de Ciências Biológicas; Faculdade de Ciências e Letras de Assis; Universidade Estadual Paulista; Assis; SP; Brazil
Odonata Zygoptera Heteragrionidae damselfly morphology new taxon new records

Abstract

In this study, we have comprehensively presented taxonomic information on all 62 known species of Heteragrion Selys, 1862, which includes illustrations, photographs, diagnostic characters, and a key to males. Our analysis is based on the examination of over 900 specimens from 19 different collections worldwide, encompassing the type material for at least 42 species. Furthermore, we have described a new species, Heteragrion corderoi sp. nov. (♂, BRAZIL, São Paulo state, Campos do Jordão, Condomínio Paradise, 24.i.1999, (Coordinates: -22.7072, -45.5894, 1796 m asl), F.A.A. Lencioni leg., LABECO), which we identified from a male that was previously considered to be a paratype of H. mantiqueirae Machado, 2006 and additional specimens collected in Campos do Jordão, São Paulo state.

 

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