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Review of the genus Leptagrion in Venezuela with new synonymies and descriptions of a new genus, Bromeliagrion, and a new species, B. rehni (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2012

Jürg De Marmels  and
Rosser W. Garrison
Jürg De Marmels
Affiliation:
Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola Francisco Fernández Yépez, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Apartado 4579, Maracay 2101-A, Venezuela
Rosser W. Garrison*
Affiliation:
California Department of Food and Agriculture, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, California 95832-1448, United States of America
*
1Corresponding author (e-mail: rgarrison@cdfa.ca.gov).
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Abstract

Type material of poorly known taxa currently placed under the genera Leptagrion Selys and Telagrion Selys is reviewed, illustrated, and correctly associated with currently known specimens in collections. The following changes are made: Leptagrion beebeanum Calvert and Leptagrion fernandezianum Rácenis are placed and keyed in a new genus, Bromeliagrion De Marmels gen. nov.; Bromeliagrion rehni Garrison sp. nov. is described from Ecuador. The following synonymies are proposed: Leptagrion auriceps St. Quentin is a junior synonym of Leptagrion macrurum (Burmeister); Leptagrion autazensis Sjöstedt is a junior synonym of Aeolagrion flammeum (Selys); Leptagrion? rufum Selys is a junior synonym of Anisagrion inornatum (Selys); and Leptobasis tenax St. Quentin is a junior synonym of Telagrion longum Selys.

Résumé

Les types de quelques espèces peu connues, actuellement placées dans les genres Leptagrion Selys et Telagrion Selys, sont examinés, illustrés et associés correctement avec des exemplaires conservés dans diverses collections. Les changements proposés sont les suivants: Leptagrion beebeanum Calvert et Leptagrion fernandezianum Rácenis sont placées dans un nouveau genre, Bromeliagrion De Marmels gen. nov.; Bromeliagrion rehni Garrison sp. nov. est décrite de l'Équateur. On ajoute une clef pour déterminer les trois espèces. En addition, Leptagrionauriceps St. Quentin est placée en synonymie avec Leptagrion macrurum (Burmeister), Leptagrion autazensis Sjöstedt avec Aeolagrion flammeum (Selys), Leptagrion? rufum Selys avec Anisagrion inornatum (Selys) et finalement Leptobasis tenax St. Quentin avec Telagrion longum Selys.

Resumen

Material tipo de taxa poco conocidos, actualmente incluidos en los géneros Leptagrion Selys y Telagrion Selys, es revisado, ilustrado, y asociado con especimenes conocidos en colecciones. Los siguientes cambios son realizados: Leptagrion beebeanum Calvert y Leptagrion fernandezianum Rácenis son incluidos y diagnosticados en un nuevo género, Bromeliagrion De Marmels gen. nov.; Bromeliagrion rehni Garrison sp. nov. es descripta de Ecuador. Los siguientes sinónimos son propuestos: Leptagrion auriceps St. Quentin sinónimo júnior de Leptagrion macrurum (Burmeister), Leptagrion autazensis Sjöstedt sinónimo júnior de Aeolagrion flammeum (Selys), Leptagrion? rufum Selys sinónimo júnior de Anisagrion inornatum (Selys), Leptobasis tenax St. Quentin sinónimo júnior de Telagrion longum Selys.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 137 , Issue 3 , June 2005 , pp. 257 - 273
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 2005

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