Fredyagrion aculeatum (Santos, 1965) Lencioni, 2022

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 : 74-75

Fredyagrion aculeatum (Santos, 1965) comb. nov.

Fig. 16 (app), Fig. 26 (prothorax), Fig. 35 (habitus).

Etymology: aculeatum = Latin for having sting, prickly.

Santos 1965a: 29, Figs. 1–8 (description of male, Illustration of head in dorsal view, Appendages in lateral and dorsal views, prothorax in lateral and dorsal views, penis in ectal and lateral views, pterostigma of forewing); Santos 1965b: 43 (compared with L. capixabae ); Santos 1968b: 138 (compared with L. siqueirai ); Santos 1978: 5 (compared with L. vriesianum ); Davies & Tobin 1984: 82 (data on publication and distribution); Machado & Costa 1990: 301 (data on publication and distribution); Bridges 1994: (VII) 2 (data on publication, type depository, type locality and references); Costa & Mascarenhas 1998: 6 (data on types); Costa & Garrison 2001: 382, Figs. 10a (a), 10a(c), 10b(a), 10b(c), 19a–b, 31, 37, 40a–b, 48a–b, 55–56 (distribution, description of female and key to Brazilian Leptagrion , illustration of appendages in lateral and dorsal views, male habitus, female prothorax in dorsal and lateral views, female pterostigma, metatarsal claw, female S 8–10 in lateral view, appendages in lateral and dorsal views, male prothorax in dorsal and lateral views, male forewing pterostigma); De Marmels & Garrison 2005: 258, Figs. 19 (illustration of appendages in dorsal and lateral views, penis in lateral and ectal views, distribution [mention that L. siqueirai in Lounibos et al. 1987 could be L. aculeatum or a new species and that the record in Machet (1989) of L. siqueirai from French Guiana may also refer to L. aculeatum ]); Lencioni 2006: 139, Figs. 80A–L (illustration of appendages in lateral and dorsal views, penis in lateral and ectal views, male prothorax in lateral and dorsal views, female prothorax in lateral and dorsal views, female pterostigma, tarsal claw, female S 8–10 in lateral view); Garrison et al. 2010: 264, Figs. 1651, 1661 (data on species, illustration of appendages in lateral and dorsal views).

Deposition of type series. Holotype in MNRJ (not examined—destroyed by fire on 02.ix.2018).

Larva described. No.

Material examined. (1 ♂): 1 ♂ Brazil: Pará, Belém, L.B. Calvão leg.

Distribution. Brazil (Pará, Amapá), Venezuela, Surinam and French Guiana.

Figures

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

FIGURE 2. Leptagrion bocainense: A—Appendages, lateral view; B—Appendages, dorsal view.

FIGURE 3. Leptagrion macrurum: A—Appendages, lateral view; B—Appendages, dorsal view.

FIGURE 4. Leptagrion vilelai: A—Appendages, lateral view; B—Appendages, dorsal view.

FIGURE 5. Leptagrion bocainense: Penis, lateral view.

FIGURE 6. Leptagrion macrurum: Penis, lateral view.

FIGURE 7. Leptagrion vilelai: Penis, lateral view.

FIGURE 8. Leptagrion auriceps: A—Prothorax, lateral view (holotype); B—Detail.

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

FIGURE 16. Fredyagrion aculeatum: A—Appendages, lateral view, B—Appendages, dorsal view.

FIGURE 19. Fredyagrion capixabae: A—Appendages, lateral view, B—Appendages, dorsal view.

FIGURE 26. Fredyagrion vriesianum: A—Appendages, lateral view, B—Appendages, dorsal view.

FIGURE 35. Fredyagrion lencioninetoi: A—Prothorax, lateral view, B— Prothorax, dorsal view.