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Issue: Vol. 5506 No. 1: 5 Sept. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-09-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5506.1.5
Page range: 93-103
Abstract views: 134
PDF downloaded: 8

Description of the larvae of Epigomphus rufus Bota-Sierra & Novelo-Gutiérrez, 2020, and E. brillantina Bota-Sierra & Novelo-Gutiérrez, 2020 (Odonata: Gomphidae)

Instituto de Ecología; A.C. Red de Biodiversidad y Sistemática. Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351; El Haya 91073 Xalapa; Veracruz; MEXICO
Grupo de Entomología Universidad de Antioquia (GEUA); Universidad de Antioquia; Medellín; Antioquia; COLOMBIA
Odonata Anisoptera last instar larva reared exuviae Antioquia Colombia

Abstract

The larvae of Epigomphus rufus Bota-Sierra & Novelo-Gutiérrez, 2020, and E. brillantina Bota-Sierra & Novelo-Gutiérrez, 2020 (by supposition) are described, figured and compared with other described larvae of the genus. The larva of E. rufus is characterized by 3rd antennomere spindle-shaped, 2.12x as long as widest part; ligula with a ventral row of 8–10 short, truncate teeth on middle; abdomen lateral spines on S7–9 divergent and upturned; middorsal third of abdomen reddish-brown. The larva of E. brillantina is characterized by 3rd antennomere 2x as long as widest part, 4th antennomere more or less subspherical; ligula with 9–10 teeth, and lateral margins of S7–9 serrate.

 

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