Cyanallagma corbeti sp. nov. from Brazil (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)

Janira M. Costaa, Tatiana C. Santosb, Luiz Onofre I. de Souzac

  1. Setor de Insetos Aquáticos, Departamento de Entomologia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  2. Setor de Insetos Aquáticos, Departamento de Entomologia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  3. Departamento de Biologia, CCBS , Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul – UFMS, Cidade Universitaria, Campo Grande, Brazil

International Journal of Odonatology, Volume 12, Issue 2, Pages 323-329, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2009.9748348
Published: 1 October 2009 (Received: 31 October 2008, Accepted: 14 February 2009)

Abstract

The new species Cyanallagma corbeti (holotype ♂: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul State, Rio do Pinto river, km 93 of road RS-453 between São Francisco de Paula and Rio Tainha, 29°30′70″S, 50°51′70″W, 900 m, 09 xi 1967, leg. N.D. Santos); deposited in the Museu Nacional (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is described, illustrated, and compared with the other species of the genus. A justification for the placement of this new species in Cyanallagma is presented, and males of known species of the genus are keyed.

Keywords: Odonata, dragonfly, Zygoptera, Coenagrionidae, new species, Cyanallagma, Brazil, South America

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