Heteragrion mantiqueirae Machado, 2006

Vilela, Diogo Silva, Lencioni, Frederico A. A., Bota-Sierra, Cornelio A., Ware, Jessica L. & Bispo, Pitágoras C., 2023, Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Heteragrion Selys, 1862 (Zygoptera: Heteragrionidae): male morphology, new species and illustrated key, Zootaxa 5356 (1), pp. 1-96 : 67-68

Heteragrion mantiqueirae Machado, 2006

( Figs. 49a–d )

[Key locator: Key to Group A species, couplet 18 (17’)]

Heteragrion mantiqueirae: Machado 2006: 1065–1068 (description of ♁, illustration of ♁ head, thorax dorsal and lateral, ♁ appendages in dorsal and lateral views; figs. 4, 8, 12, 17–18);— Garrison et al. 2010: 88 (list of Heteragrion species);— Lencioni 2013: 11 (synonymic list, types, distribution and diagnosis; figs. 19, 37a–c, 51c, 63, 69);— Lencioni 2017: 149–150 (general taxonomic information; distribution; figs. 73–74);—Ávila-Jr. et al. 2020: 128–129 (comparison with H. itacolomii ; figs. 9c, g, k);— Stefani-Santos et al. 2021: 188–189 (description and diagnosis of ♀; fig. 6).

Material examined. 1♁ ( HOLOTYPE) BRAZIL, São Paulo state, Campos do Jordão, State Park of Campos do Jordão , 25.i.1992, ( 1600 m asl), Mielke & Casagrande leg., ABMM (missing head and anal appendages); 1 ♁ São Paulo state, Salesópolis , 03.xi.2000, F.A.A. Lencioni leg., FAAL .

Known distribution. Brazil (states of Minas Gerais and São Paulo) .

Diagnosis and remarks. This species is assessed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List, due to its limited range and presence in areas threatened with deforestation ( Vilela & Guillermo-Ferreira 2021g). The following character combination distinguishes this species from the remainder of Group A species: ML forming a broad plate ( Fig. 49c ); ML ridge long, sinuous, reaching ML apex ( Fig. 49c ); in lateral view, BP only slightly expanded, ML visible, quite sinuous ( Fig. 49d ); ML wider than long, with rounded apex ( Fig. 49c ).

Figures

FIGURE 49. Heteragrion mantiqueirae: (a) anterior view of head; (b) lateral view of pterothorax; (c) mediodorsal view of cercus; (d) lateral view of cercus; (a) adapted from Machado (2006). MP: medial portion; ML: medial lobe.