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Issue: Vol. 1876 No. 1: 15 Sep. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-09-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1876.1.3
Page range: 29–34
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 1

Description of the larva of Paraphlebia zoe Selys in Hagen, 1861(Odonata: Megapodagrionidae)

Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Departamento de Entomología. Apartado Postal 63, 91070 Xalapa, Veracruz, MEXICO
Odonata Paraphlebia zoe larva description Zygoptera Mexico

Abstract

The larva of Paraphlebia zoe is described, this being the first for the genus Paraphlebia. It is compared to all other known neotropical megapodagrionid larvae from which it can be distinguished by following combination of characters: antenna shorter than length of head; second antennomere the longest; prementum slightly wider than long; male gonapophyses absent; gills strongly inflated with a thick caudal filament. The larva inhabits seepages.

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