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Epipleoneura lamina Williamson 1915

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Epipleoneura lamina Williamson, 1915

(Figs. 11, 28, 66)

Epipleoneura lamina Williamson 1915: 625 –627, figs. 25–26 (new species, description of male and female, illustration of S 10 in dorsal and lateral view, type material at NMNH). Kennedy 1917: 293, plate xxiii fig. 29 (illustration of genital ligula in lateral view). Rácenis 1960: 25–26 (included in list of species, recorded for British Guyana). De Marmels 1992: 61, 72, figs. 20–22 (new record for Venezuela, illustrations of genital ligula in ectal and lateral view, female prothorax in dorsal view). Garrison et al. 2010 : 352, 355, figs. 2318, 2319, 2345 (included in list of species, illustrations of head in anterior view, male pronotum and epiproct in posterior view). Pessacq et al. 2012 : 4 (included in list of Brazilian Protoneuridae, new record for Brazil).

Specimens examined. 2♂, 1♀. 1♂, Brazil, Amazonas State, Borba, Jutaí, route BR 319, km 378 (04º23’16”S, 59º35’38”W), leg. J. Becker, 3 xi 1977. 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Brazil, Rondônia State, Pardo river and tributaries, 13 km NW of Fazenda Rancho Grande, 62 km SW of Ariquemes (10º50’S, 63º07’W), RWG.

Diagnosis. Male cercus resembles that of E. capilliformis. The cercus posses a well-developed inner-basal branch, with its apex directed posteriorly, reaching midline of S10. The epiproct (Fig. 11 b–c) resembles that of E. tariana Machado, 1985, but is short and its apex has two small rounded lobes joined at base that may represent two almost completely fused branches. See under E. tariana for further comments. The two lateral elongated L-shaped lobes on the genital ligula apex (Fig. 28) differentiate E. lamina from all other species. The female posterior margin of pronotum (Fig. 66) is unique in having a medial depression, thus resulting in two lateral lobes each with its inner apex rounded and divided by a small distance from each other.

Distribution. Northwestern Brazil in the States of Amazonas and Rondônia and Guyana (type locality Wismar, Guyana).

Notes. The present record for Rondônia represents a new record for that State.

Notes

Published as part of Pessacq, Pablo, 2014, Synopsis of Epipleoneura (Zygoptera, Coenagrionidae, " Protoneuridae "), with emphasis on its Brazilian species, pp. 201-234 in Zootaxa 3872 (3) on pages 221-222, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3872.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/230974

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Scientific name authorship
Williamson
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Odonata
Family
Protoneuridae
Genus
Epipleoneura
Species
lamina
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Epipleoneura lamina Williamson, 1915 sec. Pessacq, 2014

References

  • Kennedy, C. H. (1917) Notes on the penes of Zygoptera (Odonata). Entomological News, 28 (3), 289 - 294.
  • Racenis, J. (1960) Cuatro nuevas especies del genero Epipleoneura (Odonata: Protoneuridae). Acta Biologica Venezuelica, 3 (2), 25 - 42.
  • De Marmels, J. (1992) Caballitos del Diablo (Odonata) de las sierras de Tapirapeco y Unturan, en el Extremo Sul de Venezuela. Acta Biologica Venezuelica, 14, 57 - 78.
  • Garrison, R. W., von Ellenrieder, N. & Louton, J. A. (2010) Damselfly genera of the New World. An Illustrated and Annotated Key to the Zygoptera. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 490 pp.
  • Pessacq, P., Santos, T. C. & Costa, JM. (2012) Checklist and updated distribution of Protoneuridae from Brazil. International Journal of Odonatology, 15 (1), 1 - 15. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 13887890.2012.672158
  • Machado, A. B. M. (1985) Studies on Neotropical Protoneuridae. 5. Redescription of the type of Phasmoneura ephippigera (Selys, 1886) (Zygoptera, Protoneuridae). Odonatologica, 14, 363 - 368.