Juenagrion Lencioni 2023, gen. nov.
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Juenagrion gen. nov.
Type species. Juenagrion nanae spec. nov. by present designation.
Etymology: Juenagrion = Juen, after Dr. Leandro Juen (b. 15–xi–1980), longtime friend and fellow odonatologist + agrion, neuter form of agrios (ἄγριος) meaning “wild”, which in damselflies is now used as an indicator that a genus belongs to the Coenagrionidae (Fliedner 2006).
Generic characterization. Medium sized Coenagrionidae (29–34.5 mm), angulated frons. Prothorax of female with a pair of short processes on dorsum of posterior lobe directed caudad (Fig. 15A, 16). Penis with tip of S3 sharp– angled arrow–shaped (J. igapocola and J. nanae) or slightly rounded with a rim (J. leptocyclia and J. selaopyge), ectal region of S3 with a pair of lateral folds (Fig. 17–18).
Species included: Juenagrion igapocola (Faasen, 2017) comb. nov.; Juenagrion leptocyclia (Garrison, 2009) comb. nov.; Juenagrion nanae spec. nov.; Juenagrion selaopyge (De Marmels, 1989) comb. nov.
Distribution. Peru, Venezuela and Brazil.
For species identification: De Marmels (1989), Faasen (2017) and Garrison (2009).
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Lencioni
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Odonata
- Family
- Coenagrionidae
- Genus
- Juenagrion
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic status
- gen. nov.
- Taxonomic concept label
- Juenagrion Lencioni, 2023
References
- Fliedner, H. (2006) Die wissenschaftlichen Namen der Libellen in Burmeisters " Handbuch der Entomologie ". Virgo, 9, 5 - 23.
- Faasen, T. (2017) Telebasis igapocola sp. nov., a new damselfly from Amazonian Peru and Brazil (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). International Journal of Odonatology, 20, 113 - 121. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 13887890.2017.1331867
- Garrison, R. W. (2009) A synopsis of the genus Telebasis (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). International Journal of Odonatology, 12 (1), 1 - 121. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 13887890.2009.9748331
- De Marmels, J. (1989) Odonata or dragonflies from Cerro de la Neblina. Boletin de la Academia de las Ciencias Fisicas, Matematicas y Naturales, Caracas, Venezuela, 25, 1 - 78.