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Issue: Vol. 1704 No. 1: 15 Feb. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-02-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1704.1.5
Page range: 64–68
Abstract views: 54
PDF downloaded: 1

Description of a new species of Neocordulia Selys, 1882 (Odonata: Libellulidae, Corduliinae) from southern Brazil

Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Centro de Ciências Agro-Ambientais e de Alimentos, Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Comunitária Regional de Chapecó (UNOCHAPECÓ)
Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências Ambientais, UNOCHAPECÓ
Odonata Libellulidae Corduliinae Neocordulia sp.n. larva taxonomy Brazil

Abstract

Neocordulia santacatarinensis sp. n. is described and illustrated based on a reared male and its exuviae collected at Irani river, Ponte Serrada, Santa Catarina State, Brazil. Holotype is deposited in the Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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