A new species of Erythrodiplax breeding in bromeliads in Costa Rica (Odonata: Libellulidae)
Author
Haber, William A.
Author
Wagner, David L.
Author
Rosa, Carlos De La
text
Zootaxa
2015
3947
3
386
396
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3947.3.5
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1175-5326
234674
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Key to larvae of
Erythrodiplax
from bromeliads
1. S8–9 with posterolateral spines; prementum with 7 long and 5–6 short setae on each side; distal margin of labial palpus with fine crenulations........................................................................... ..
bromeliicola
- S8–9 without posterolateral spines; prementum with 5 long and 7 short setae on each side; distal margin of labial palpus without crenulations..................................................................................
laselva
The larva of
E. bromeliicola
was described by
Trapero-Quintana & Novelo-Gutiérrez (2012)
. The larva of
E. castanea
has not been described (
Garrison
et al.
2006
).
Lozano
et al.
(2011)
reviewed the described larvae of
Erythrodiplax
species and included
E. bromeliicola
within the
connata
group. The larva of
E. laselva
can be distinguished easily from
E. bromeliicola
by the absence of lateral spines in
E. laselva
, while that of
E. bromeliicola
has well-developed spines on S8–9 (
Trapero-Quintana & Novelo-Gutierrez 2012
).
E. connata
is the only other known species of
Erythrodiplax
that lacks posterolateral spines on S8–9 (
Lozano
et al.
2011
).