Three new libelluline dragonflies from southern Venezuela, with new records of other species (Odonata: Libellulidae)

Jürg De Marmelsa

  1. Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola “Francisco Fernández Yépez” (MIZA) Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Venezuela

International Journal of Odonatology, Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages 1-13, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2008.9748306
Published: 1 April 2008 (Received: 3 August 2007, Accepted: 8 January 208)

Abstract

Elasmothemis rufa sp. nov. (holotype: Venezuela, Amazonas, Río Cataniapo), Macrotbemis taurepan sp. nov. (holotype: Venezuela, Bolívar, El Paují), and Oligoclada garrisoni sp. nov. (holotype: Venezuela: Amazonas, San Fernando de Atabapo) are described and illustrated. All holotypes are deposited at MIZA. Macrothemis heteronycha and Micrathyria paruensis are recorded from Venezuela for the first time, and Micrathyria dunklei for the second. Some of their features are illustrated. Distribution maps of all these species are also presednted.

Keywords: Odonata, dragonflies, Libellulidae, Anisoptera, Venezuela, new species, new records

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