Analysis of male Leptagrion Selys, 1876 sensu lato (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) with description of four new genera and a new species
Author
Lencioni, F. A. A.
Private researcher, Rua Anibal, 216 - Jd. Coleginho, Vila Zezé, Jacareí, CEP (ZIP) 12310 - 780, São Paulo. Brazil.
text
Zootaxa
2022
2022-03-02
5105
1
63
104
journal article
20367
10.11646/zootaxa.5105.1.3
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1175-5326
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Nathaliagrion
gen. nov.
Figs. D, 59–66
.
Type
species:
Nathaliagrion porrectum
Selys, 1876
by present designation.
Etymology
: Named
Nathalia
after Nathalia Rodrigues Lencioni (b.
26.vii.2000
) my beloved daughter +
agrion
, neuter form of agrios (ἄγριος) meaning “wild”, which in damselflies is now used as an indicator that the genus belongs to the
Coenagrionidae (
Fliedner 2006
)
.
Generic characterization.
Large
Coenagrionidae
(
61–69 mm
), pale postocular spots and pale occipital bar absent, rear of the head pale, cerci longer than S10, basal 1/2 of cerci roughly cylindrical flattened laterally, apical 1/2 bifurcated, dorsal branch simple with tip covered with brush-like setae, ventral branch bifurcated and directed medially, posterior section of ventral branch wider and with a heavily chitinized tip, anterior section narrow, and nail shaped, paraproctus vestigial (plate-like) and ental surface of penis S3 with a long filament.
Distribution
.
Brazil
(Atlantic Forest in
Brazil
from
Bahia
to
Santa Catarina
).