Forcepsioneura machadorum (Coenagrionidae: Protoneurinae) sp. nov. from the Cerrado Biome of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil

Diogo Silva Vilelaa , Henrique Venânciob , Jean Carlos Santosc

  1. Rua Jaime Bilharinho, 575, CEP 38065-280, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
  2. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
  3. Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brazil

International Journal of Odonatology, Volume 23, Issue 4, Pages 397-404, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2020.1818640
Published: 1 October 2020 (Received: 4 August 2020, Accepted: 31 August 2020)

Abstract

The Neotropical genus Forcepsioneura is composed of 11 species that inhabit almost exclusively the Brazilian Atlantic Forest domain, with F. sancta (Hagen in Selys, 1860) being the only species of this genus known to occur in the Cerrado biome. Here we describe a new species of Forcepsioneura from the Cerrado of Minas Gerais State, Brazil. This new species is morphologically closer to F. sancta and can be separated from this and other species of Forcepsioneura mainly by the rectangular shape of male prothoracic hind lobe and cerci morphology
http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5706455E-92F5-44C3-AD13-820F4B5131AE

Keywords: Odonata, damselfly, dragonfly, gallery forest, Brazilian Savanna

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