A new species of Leptagrion Selys, 1876 is described and named in honor to Dr. Jerome Constant: Leptagrion jeromei (Holotype: Brazil: Bahia, Jussari, RPPN Serra do Teimoso, Jequitiba tree (Cariniana legalis (Mart.) Kuntze, 1898) at 32 m, 10.v.2005, K.S. Furieri leg and deposited in FAAL). This species was confused for a long time with L. andromache Hagen in Selys, 1876 its closest congener. Diagnostic illustrations of L. andromache (lectotype and specimens collected at AmapBrazil) and L. jeromei spec. nov. are presented. We also present the northernmost record for L. andromache in Amap state, Northern Brazil.
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We provide updated synonymies for various genera and species of Neotropical Zygoptera based on examination of specimens and literature accompanied by justifications and supported by illustrations. The following generic synonyms are proposed: Austrotepuibasis Machado & Lencioni, 2011 and Pseudotepuibasis Stand-Prez & Prez-Gutirrez, 2020 are junior synonyms of Tepuibasis De Marmels, 2007; Fredyagrion Lencioni, 2022, Kiautagrion Lencioni, 2022, Nathaliagrion Lencioni, 2022, and Machadagrion Lencioni, 2022 are junior synonyms of Leptagrion Selys, 1876; Juenagrion Lencioni, 2023 is a junior synonym of Telebasis Selys, 1865. The following specific synonyms are proposed: Lestes fernandoi Costa, Souza & Muzn, 2006 is a junior synonym of Lestes debellardi De Marmels, 1992; Lestes tikalus Kormondy, 1959 is a junior synonym of Lestes scalaris Gundlach, 1888; Palaemnema brasiliensis Machado, 2009 is a junior synonym of Palaemnema brevignoni Machet, 1990; Hetaerina aurora Ris, 1918 is a junior synonym of Hetaerina duplex Selys, 1853; Hetaerina hebe Selys, 1853 is a junior synonym of Hetaerina longipes Hagen in Selys, 1853; Mnesarete mariana Machado, 1996 is a junior synonym of Mnesarete guttifera (Selys, 1873); Acanthagrion hartei Muzn & Lozano, 2005 is a junior synonym of Acanthagrion obsoletum (Frster, 1914); Oxyagrion bruchi Navs, 1924 is a junior synonym of Oxyagrion ablutum (Calvert, 1909); Austrotepuibasis alvarengai Machado & Lencioni, 2011 and Austrotepuibasis manolisi Machado & Lencioni, 2011 are junior synonyms of Tepuibasis demarmelsi (Machado & Lencioni, 2011).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnalysis of male Leptagrion Selys, 1876 sensu lato (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) with description of four new genera and a new species.
Zootaxa
March 2022
Private researcher, Rua Anibal, 216-Jd. Coleginho, Vila Zez, Jacare, CEP (ZIP) 12310-780, So Paulo. Brazil. .
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- - The study reclassifies multiple species currently categorized under the Leptagrion genus into five distinct genera, including new classifications such as Fredyagrion, Nathaliagrion, Machadagrion, and Kiautagrion.
- - Within the original Leptagrion genus, several species are retained, including the type species Leptagrion macrurum and new species like Leptagrion vilelai.
- - The paper provides diagnostic illustrations for all the identified species to aid in their identification and classification.
Leptagrion jeromei (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) spec. nov. from Brazil, with notes on L. andromache Hagen in Selys, 1876.
Zootaxa
November 2021
Rua Anibal, 216, Jardim Coleginho, CEP 12310-780, Jacare, SP, Brazil..
A new species of Leptagrion Selys, 1876 is described and named in honor to Dr. Jerome Constant: Leptagrion jeromei (Holotype: Brazil: Bahia, Jussari, RPPN Serra do Teimoso, Jequitiba tree (Cariniana legalis (Mart.) Kuntze, 1898) at 32 m, 10.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDescription of the larva of Leptagrion dispar Selys, 1876 (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) with notes on distribution and ecology of the specie.
Zootaxa
December 2020
Laborátorio de Organismos Aquáticos, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), Ilhéus, BA, Brasil.
The genus Leptagrion Selys, 1876 comprises 17 described species. Of these species, only eight have their immature stage described. In this work, we describe the last instar larva of Leptagrion dispar Selys, 1876.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFinal instar larva of Acanthagrion truncatum Selys, 1876 (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae).
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November 2020
Rua Jaime Bilharinho, 575, CEP 38065-280, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Here we describe the final instar larvae of Acanthagrion truncatum Selys, 1876, the 16th described for the genus. We compare the diagnostic characters of A. truncatum with other species of the Group II.
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