A remarkable new species of Heteragrion from Brazil (Odonata: Megapodagrionidae)
A remarkable new species of Heteragrion from Brazil (Odonata: Megapodagrionidae) 00
Angelo B.M. Machadoa ✉️ , Marcos M. de Souzab
- Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Sul de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
International Journal of Odonatology, Volume 17, Issue 2-3, Pages 95-99, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2014.925514
Published: 3 July 2014 (Received: 2 March 2014, Accepted: 14 May 2014)
Abstract
A new species, Heteragrion cyane sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on one ♂ collected in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The new species is remarkable for its blue color, a rare character within the species of group A Heteragrion.
Keywords: Odonata, damselfly, Megapodagrionidae, Zygoptera, Brazil
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