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Published: 2019-01-17
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Argia mauffrayi n. sp. from Ecuador (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)

Plant Pest Diagnostics Center, California Department of Food & Agriculture, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, CA 95832-1448, USA
Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales (COCIBA), Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Diego de Robles y Av. Interoceánica Quito, Ecuador
Odonata Damselfly description Neotropical

Abstract

Argia mauffrayi n. sp. (Holotype ♂: ECUADOR, Pichincha Province, San Miguel de Los Bancos Cantón, Recinto Milpe, Milpe Bird Sanctuary, Mirador Uno Trail, 0.0333° N, 78.8661 W, 4 ix 2018, William F. Mauffray leg., in Laboratorio de Zoología Terrestre USFQ [ZSFQ]) is described and illustrated and compared with similar species.

 

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