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Issue: Vol. 4374 No. 3: 19 Jan. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-01-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.3.7
Page range: 441–450
Abstract views: 63
PDF downloaded: 1

Description of the female of Dicterias atrosanguinea Selys 1853, with notes on male genital ligula and male behavior (Odonata: Dicteriadidae)

Graduate Program in Entomology, Department of Biology, University of São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, Brazil. Laboratory of Ecological Studies on Ethology and Evolution (LESTES), Department of Hydrobiology, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil.
Laboratory of Ecological Studies on Ethology and Evolution (LESTES), Department of Hydrobiology, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil.
Laboratory of Ecological Studies on Ethology and Evolution (LESTES), Department of Hydrobiology, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil.
Odonata damselfly female description genital ligula Brazil Amazon Dicteriadidae

Abstract

The female of Dicterias atrosanguinea Selys, 1853 is described and illustrated based on two specimens collected in Pará and Amazonas States, Brazil. We compare the female with the most closely related species, Heliocharis amazona Selys, 1853, and present SEM images of the genital ligula for both D. atrosanguinea and H. amazona males. Additionally we provide behavioral observations on D. atrosanguinea males.

 

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