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Issue: Vol. 4830 No. 3: 14 Aug. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-08-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4830.3.5
Page range: 565–572
Abstract views: 56
PDF downloaded: 2

Redescription of the larva of Neoerythromma cultellatum (Hagen in Selys, 1876) (Odonata: Coenagrionidae: Coenagrioninae)

Sistema de Estudios de Posgrado en Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro Montes de Oca, 2060 San José, Costa Rica.
Museo de Zoología, Escuela de Biología & CIMAR, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro Montes de Oca, Costa Rica.
Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Red de Biodiversidad y Sistemática. Carretera Antigua a Coatepec 351, El Haya, 91070 Xalapa, Veracruz, MEXICO.
Odonata Costa Rica Zygoptera final instar taxonomy damselflies

Abstract

The final instar of Neoerythromma cultellatum (Hagen in Selys, 1876) is redescribed and illustrated based upon reared specimens from Turrialba, Cartago, Costa Rica. This is a detailed complement of the original description provided by García-Díaz (1938) and illustrated with high quality photos of the larval morphology. The larva of N. cultellatum is characterized by a slender, spinulose, and yellow to yellowish-brown body, premental setae 3+1, five palpal setae, male cerci long, and caudal lamella lanceolate, with obvious node, spotted, and markedly tracheate.

 

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