Review of the “metallic group” of species of Argia Rambur known from Venezuela, with description of the larva of Argia jocosa Hagen in Selys, 1865 (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)

Review of the “metallic group” of species of Argia Rambur known from Venezuela, with description of the larva of Argia jocosa Hagen in Selys, 1865 (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) 00

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 15, Issue 3, Pages 249-262, 2012

https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2012.717906

Published: 1 September 2012 (Received: 13 June 2012, Accepted: 29 July 2012)

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Abstract

In Venezuela, the “metallic group” includes three species: Argia cupraurea Calvert, Argia jocosa Hagen in Selys, and Argia orichalcea Hagen in Selys. These are here diagnosed and illustrated, and their distribution in Venezuela is mapped. The larva of A. jocosa differs from the few other known larvae of the group in details of the prementum, labial palp and shape of caudal gills.

Keywords: Odonata, damselfly, Zygoptera, Coenagrionidae, Argia, Venezuela

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