Abstract
Forcepsioneura haerteli sp. n. and F. westfalli sp. n. are described and illustrated from material collected respectively in the Santa Catarina State (Blumenau), Brazil and in the Napo Province (Limoncocha), Ecuador. Some notes are made on Forcepsioneura soncta (Hagen,1860) and a male topotype is illustrated. A key to males of Forcepsioneura is provided.
Odonata; Protoneuridae; Forcepsioneura; new species; Brazil; Ecuador
Studies on neotropical Protoneuridae. 11. two new species of Forcepsioneura Lencioni (Odonata-Zygoptera) with a key to males of the genus
Angelo B.M. Machado
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Caixa Postal 486, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil
ABSTRACT
Forcepsioneura haerteli sp. n. and F. westfalli sp. n. are described and illustrated from material collected respectively in the Santa Catarina State (Blumenau), Brazil and in the Napo Province (Limoncocha), Ecuador. Some notes are made on Forcepsioneura soncta (Hagen,1860) and a male topotype is illustrated. A key to males of Forcepsioneura is provided.
Key words: Odonata, Protoneuridae, Forcepsioneura, new species, Brazil, Ecuador
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. I am grateful to Professor Dr. Minter Westfall, Jr. from the International Odonata Research Institute, Gainesville, USA, for allowing me to study the specimens collected at Limoncocha. I am also grateful to Myrian Morato Duarte for the drawings of this paper and to Dr. Luiz A. Haertel and his wife Dr. Lucia M. Haertel for receiving me in their house in Blumenau.
Recebido em 13.XII.2000; aceito em 16.VIII.2001.
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Date of issue
Sept 2001
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Received
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Accepted
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