Tukanobasis gen. nov. with the description of T. corbeti sp. nov. from the Amazonian region of Brazil (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)

Angelo B.M. Machadoa

  1. Departamento de Zoologia , Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

International Journal of Odonatology, Volume 12, Issue 2, Pages 331-336, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2009.9748349
Published: 1 October 2009 (Received: 27 February 2009, Accepted: 19 March 2009)

Abstract

A new coenagrionid genus, Tukanobasis, is described for T. corbeti sp. nov. found in a flooded forest in the Amazonian region of Brazil (holotype: Brazil, Amazonas State, Taraquá [3°27′15″S, 62°51′05″W, 35 m], viii 1964, in ABMM). The new genus is characterized by the presence of an apical brown spot on Hw of mature males, a ventral thoracic tubercle, long paraprocts, two large pleural yellow stripes, and a short CuA. Its affinities are uncertain.

Keywords: Odonata, dragonfly, Zygoptera, Coenagrionidae, new genus, new species, Brazil

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