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Issue: Vol. 5493 No. 1: 8 Aug. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-08-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5493.1.4
Page range: 72-78
Abstract views: 6
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Neocordulia maurocostai sp. nov. (Odonata, Anisoptera: Oxygastridae), a new species of Emerald dragonfly from western Pantepui region, Venezuela

Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola Francisco Fernández Yépez (MIZA); Facultad de Agronomía; Universidad Central de Venezuela; Apartado 4579; Maracay 2101-A; Venezuela
Odonata biogeography Mesocordulia neotropical taxonomy

Abstract

The new species is described and illustrated from two males (holotype: Venezuela, Amazonas State, Serranía del Cuao, Caño Negro, 1440 m elevation, 5.087°N, 67.438°W, deposited in the MIZA Odonata collection, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Faculty of Agronomy, Maracay). The new species differs from all other species so far known mainly in structure of posterior hamulus and cercus. The subgenus Mesocordulia May, 1992 is formally elevated to generic rank different from Neocordulia Selys, 1882.

 

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