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Issue: Vol. 1848 No. 1: 13 Aug. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-08-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1848.1.6
Page range: 57–65
Abstract views: 120
PDF downloaded: 10

Description of the larva of Lauromacromia picinguaba Carvalho, Salgado & Werneck-de-Carvalho 2004, with a key to the genera of Corduliidae larvae occurring in South America (Odonata: Anisoptera)

Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) / Laboratório de Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, UFRJ Address: Caixa Postal 68044, BR 21944-970, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) / Laboratório de Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, UFRJ
Museu Integrado de Roraima, Av. Brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes, Parque Anauá, BR69305-010 Boa Vista, RO, Brazil / CNRS UMR 5202, CP 50, Entomologie, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 45 Rue Buffon, F-75005, Paris, France
Odonata Corduliidae Lauromacromia larvae identification key South America

Abstract

The ultimate stadium larva of Lauromacromia picinguaba Carvalho, Salgado & Werneck-de-Carvalho is described and illustrated based on reared specimens from Picinguaba, Ubatuba, São Paulo state, Brazil, some of which belong to the type-series. All material is deposited in the Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro. General notes on larval biology and the breeding habitat are provided. A generic key for South American Corduliidae larvae is appended.

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