Redescription of the holotype of Mecistogaster pronoti Sjöstedt, 1918 (Zygoptera: Pseudostigmatidae) 00

Angelo Barbosa Monteiro Machado^a ✉️ , Déborah Souza Soldati Lacerda^b

Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Departamento de Zoologia, Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

International Journal of Odonatology, Volume 19, Issue 1-2, Pages 63-68, 2016

https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2016.1171802

Published: 2 April 2016 (Received: 28 December 2015, Accepted: 24 March 2016)

Abstract

Mecistogaster pronoti Sjöstedt, 1918 was described based on a female holotype deposited in the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm, collected in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. The original description has no illustrations, which makes its identification very difficult. Herewith we redescribe and illustrate this holotype. The species is red listed and considerations regarding its conservation are made.

Keywords: Odonata, damselfly, redescription, conservation, LED illumination

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