Leptagrion macrurum ( Burmeister, 1839 )

Lencioni, F. A. A., 2022, Analysis of male Leptagrion Selys, 1876 sensu lato (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) with description of four new genera and a new species, Zootaxa 5105 (1), pp. 63-104 : 67-68

Leptagrion macrurum ( Burmeister, 1839)

Fig. 1B (app mediodorsal view), 3 (app), Fig. 6 (penis), Fig. 10 (prothorax), Fig. 14 (habitus).

Etymology: macrurum = macros (μακρός), Greek for long + ura (οὐρά) Greek for tail, in reference to the long abdomen.

Burmeister 1839: 819 (description of male and female); Kirby 1890: 155 (data on publication and distribution); Calvert 1898: 94 (data on type); Calvert 1909: 158 (data on distribution); Kennedy 1919: 182, Figs. 1070–1071 (illustration of appendages in lateral and dorsal views, penis in lateral and ectal views); Santos 1962: 4, Figs. 6 , 14 (data on distribution, female prothorax in dorsal view, female pterostigma hind wing); Santos 1966: 83 (data on larvae); Santos 1968a: 64 (compared with L. dardanoi ); St. Quentin 1970: 257 (designation of lectotype); Kiauta 1972: 31 (karyotype); Santos 1979: 170 (compared with L. bocainense ); Davies & Tobin 1984: 82 (data on publication and distribution); Bridges 1994: (VII) 142 (data on publication, type depository, type locality and references); Costa & Garrison 2001: 384, Figs. 13a–c , 20a–b , 33, 33b , 45b , 53b , 61 (key to Brazilian species, illustrations of appendages in lateral, mediodorsal and dorsal views, male prothorax in dorsal and lateral views, male pterostigma, female prothorax in lateral view, female S 8–10 in lateral view, female hindwing pterostigma); Costa et al. 2009: 103 (description and illustration of larva); Lencioni 2006: 149, Figs. 90A–L (data on description, type locality, type deposition, distribution, and larval description, illustration of appendages in lateral, dorsal and mediodorsal views, male and female prothorax in lateral and dorsal views, male pterostigma, female hind wing pterostigma, female S 8–10 in lateral view, male habitus in lateral view); Garrison et al. 2010: 264, Figs. 1640–1641, 1643–1645, 1652, 1655, 1659, 1665 (data on species, illustration of male habitus, male wings, penis in lateral and ectal views, appendages in lateral, mediodorsal and dorsal views); Dijkstra & Kalkman 2013: 189 ( Argiagrion leoninum Selys, 1876 listed as a junior synonym of L. macrurum ); Lencioni 2017b: 377, Figs. 221A–D, 222A (data on description, type locality, type deposition, distribution, and larval description, illustration of appendages in lateral and dorsal views, male prothorax in dorsal and lateral views, male habitus).

Deposition of type series. Lectotype in NHMW (designated by St. Quentin 1970, examined through photos).

Larva described. Yes ( Costa et al. 2009).

Synonym. Argiagrion leoninum Selys, 1876 (Dijkstra & Kallman 2013)

Material examined. (2 ♂♂): 1 ♂ Brazil: Espírito Santo, Santa Teresa, Estação Biológica Santa Lucia ( Trilha do Rio ), 08.ii.2003 (4:10 pm), K.S. Furieri, J.B. Santos & S. Nunes leg. ; 1 ♂ Brazil: Espírito Santo, Santa Teresa, Estação Biológica Santa Lucia ( Trilha do Sagui ), 02.iii.2003, F.S. Furieri & F.C.C. Barreto leg.

Distribution. Brazil (Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Santa Catarina).

Figures

FIGURE 1. A —Leptagrion auriceps: Appendages, mediodorsal view; B —Leptagrion macrurum: Appendages, mediodorsal view.

FIGURE 6. Leptagrion macrurum: Penis, lateral view.

FIGURE 10. Leptagrion macrurum: A—Prothorax, lateral view; B—Prothorax, dorsal view, C—Prothorax, lateral view (lectotype); D—Detail of figure 10A.

FIGURE 13. Leptagrion bocainense: Habitus.

FIGURE 14. Leptagrion macrurum: Habitus.

FIGURE 20. Fredyagrion dispar: A—Appendages, lateral view, B—Appendages, dorsal view.

FIGURE 33. Fredyagrion itabaiana: A—Prothorax, lateral view, B— Prothorax, dorsal view.

FIGURE 45. Fredyagrion lencioninetoi: Habitus.

FIGURE 53. Machadagrion cyanostigma: A—Penis, lateral view, B— S3, ental view.

FIGURE 61. Nathaliagrion perlongum: A—Prothorax, lateral view, B— Prothorax, dorsal view.