Epipleoneura protostictoides ( Fraser, 1946 )

Pessacq, Pablo, 2014, Synopsis of Epipleoneura (Zygoptera, Coenagrionidae, “ Protoneuridae ”), with emphasis on its Brazilian species, Zootaxa 3872 (3), pp. 201-234 : 227

Epipleoneura protostictoides ( Fraser, 1946)

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Protoneura protostictoides Fraser 1946: 458 –459 (new species, male description, holotype with S 9–10 lost, type material at BMNH).

Epipleoneura lamina Garrison 1991: 29 (examination of holotype, suggestion of synonymy). Epipleoneura protostictoides von Ellenrieder & Garrison 2008: 28 (retention of the name due to speciose nature of genus). Garrison et al. 2010: 352, 353, fig. 2326–2327 (included in list of species, illustrations of genital ligula in ectal and lateral view).

Diagnosis. Epipleoneura protostictoides is known only from the male holotype, which lacks S 9–10. Its genital ligula ( Fig. 29 ), illustrated in Garrison et al. ( 2010), has a medially narrow segment 3 with sides elevated and apex with a wide U-shaped cleft and lateral corners rounded; postero-lateral projections are directed posteriorly and are pedunculate.

Distribution. Peru ( type locality, Mishuyacu, Loreto Department, approx. 50 º 52 ’ 21 ”N, 73 º 13 ’02”W).

Figures

FIGURES 28 – 47. Genital ligula, lateral and ectal view. Figures 29, 33, 47 modified from Garrison et al. (2010). PLP: posterolateral projection.