Erythrodiplax nataliae sp. nov., a new species for the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil

Abstract Erythrodiplax nataliae sp. nov. (5 males), collected in Vereda wetlands (a unique Neotropical savanna environment) in Mato Grosso, Brazil is described and illustrated. The new species fits in Borror’s Juliana Group, and can be distinguished from other species by the combination of the following traits: blue pruinosity on thorax (more dense dorsally); sides of the pterothorax yellowish, darkening dorsally; face ivory, dorsally black with a metallic blue reflection; wings hyaline with a small basal brown spot; vesica spermalis with long lateral lobes, enclosing the median process and median process elongated with a pair of conspicuous rectangular and elongated lateral lobes, with a middle dorso-ventral furrow.

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Main Authors: PALACIO,ALEJANDRO DEL, MUZON,JAVIER, JUEN,LEANDRO, FERREIRA,VICTOR RENNAN SANTOS, BATISTA,JOANA DARC
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2020
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652020000400721
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