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Issue: Vol. 4378 No. 4: 12 Feb. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-02-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4378.4.10
Page range: 589–594
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PDF downloaded: 1

Erpetogomphus oxybelis sp. nov. from Veracruz, Mexico (Odonata: Gomphidae)

Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, UNAM, México.
Odonata dragonfly Anisoptera new species Erpetogomphus ophibolus group Beatty

Abstract

Erpetogomphus oxybelis sp. nov. is described and figured from Río Hondo, Veracruz State, Mexico (18.387 N, -96.174 W, 20 m a.s.l.), the holotype is deposited in the Frost Entomological Museum at Pennsylvania State University, USA [PSUC]. Relationship with members of the ophibolus group sensu Garrison are discussed.

 

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