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

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

Acknowledgements

We thank Frederico Lencioni for confirming the novelty of our specimens, Rosser W. Garrison for helping with images, illustrations and suggestions, Natalia von Ellenrieder and Pablo Pessacq for critically reviewing this manuscript. We also thank Federal University of Uberlândia for allowing us to work in the study area.

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Funding

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Process 140158/2018-9); JCS acknowledges their research grants by CNPq (JCS grant process #312752/2018-0).