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Issue: Vol. 4171 No. 2: 28 Sept. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-09-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4171.2.10
Page range: 373–381
Abstract views: 80
PDF downloaded: 2

Leptobasis linda sp. nov. from Ecuador (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)

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Odonata Zygoptera Coenagrionidae Leptobasis new species Ecuador

Abstract

Leptobasis linda is described from the Pacific lowlands of Ecuador. The coloration of mature individuals is superficially similar to the widespread L. vacillans, but structural and color characteristics differentiate L. linda from all congeneric species. The male caudal appendages and the female posterior margin of the prothorax are unique among Leptobasis.

 

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