Heteragrion gorbi: Cezário & Guillermo-Ferreira 2021: 78–86

Vilela, Diogo Silva, Lencioni, Frederico A. A., Bota-Sierra, Cornelio A., Ware, Jessica L. & Bispo, Pitágoras C., 2023, Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Heteragrion Selys, 1862 (Zygoptera: Heteragrionidae): male morphology, new species and illustrated key, Zootaxa 5356 (1), pp. 1-96 : 52

Heteragrion gorbi: Cezário & Guillermo-Ferreira 2021: 78–86 (description and diagnosis of ♁ and ♀; figs. 1–5).

Material examined. 2♁♁ (PARATYPES) BRAZIL, São Paulo, São Carlos, Cerrado UFSCar, Espraiado , 29.ix.2020, (-21.9815, -47.8739, 845 m asl), Cezário & Guillermo-Ferreira, leg., LESTES .

Known distribution. Brazil (Center-Eastern São Paulo state).

Diagnosis and remarks. Heteragrion gorbi is one of the “blue species” of Group A, along with H. cyane and H. denisye , being very close morphologically to the latter ( Cezário & Guillermo-Ferreira 2021). The following character combination distinguishes this species from the remainder of Group A species: ML ridge almost reaching its apex; ML apex bilobate, anterior lobe with acute tip ( Fig. 36c–d ).

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FIGURE 36. Heteragrion gorbi: (a) anterior view of head; (b) lateral view of pterothorax; (c–e) mediodorsal view of cercus.