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Issue: Vol. 5613 No. 3: 28 Mar. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-03-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5613.3.9
Page range: 577-584
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PDF downloaded: 2

Description of the F-0 exuviae of Argia claussenii Selys, 1865 (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)

Graduate Program in Entomology; University of São Paulo; Ribeirão Preto; São Paulo; Brazil.
Ecology Department; Universidade Federal de Sergipe; São Cristóvão; Sergipe; Brazil.
Federal Institute of Southern Minas Gerais state; Inconfidentes; Minas Gerais; Brazil.
Federal Institute of Southern Minas Gerais state; Inconfidentes; Minas Gerais; Brazil.
Odonata Cerrado Minas Gerais damselfly

Abstract

Here we describe, illustrate and diagnose the F-0 exuviae of Argia claussenii Selys, 1865, collected in Minas Gerais state, Brazil (18°23’14.8” S, 43°18’14.3” W) between May and November 2024. It can be separated from other congeners by the morphology of the mandible, prementum and gonapophyses.

 

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How to Cite

Dias-Oliveira, T.M., Santos, J.C., Souza, M.M.D. & Vilela, D.S. (2025) Description of the F-0 exuviae of Argia claussenii Selys, 1865 (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). Zootaxa, 5613 (3), 577–584. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5613.3.9