Abstract

CARRICO, César; COSTA, Janira Martins  and  SANTOS, Tatiana Chrysostomo. Description of the larva of Neocordulia machadoi Santos, Costa & Carriço, 2010 (Odonata: Corduliidae) from Brazil. Biota Neotrop. [online]. 2011, vol.11, n.2, pp. 71-73. ISSN 1676-0603.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1676-06032011000200008.

The Larva of Neocordulia machadoi is described and illustrated based on a exuvia collected at Cachoeira da Eubisose stream, São Tomé das Letras, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. With the discovery of this new larva, the number of known Corduliidae larvae is now eight for the Neotropical region.

Keywords : dragonfly; Anisoptera; taxonomy; Brazil.