The females of Epipleoneura capilliformis (Selys, 1886) and E. albuquerquei Machado, 1964 (Odonata: Protoneurinae): description and diagnosis
We describe, illustrate and diagnose two hitherto unknown females of the genus Epipleoneura Williamson, 1915: E. capilliformis (Selys, 1886) and E. albuquerquei Machado, 1964. Both females are diagnosed based on the prothoracic hind lobe morphology: in E. capilliformis, the hind lobe is trilobed, with an elevated median portion, unique within the known females of the genus. Females of E. albuquerquei have an entire, posteriorly oriented (i.e. not partitioned into additional lobes) hind lobe, similar to E. haroldoi Santos, 1964, although more concave.
Authors
- Leandro Juen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6188-4386)
- Marcos Magalhães de Souza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0415-1714)
- Diogo Silva Vilela (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-7018)
- Emmy Fiorella Medina‐Espinoza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9600-9557)
- Tomás Matheus Dias-Oliveira
Institutions
- National University of San Marcos (PE)
- Instituto Federal do Sul de Minas (BR)
- Universidade Federal do Pará (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2024-09-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5507.1.10
- Primary Topic
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00