Leptagrion jeromei (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) spec. nov. from Brazil, with notes on L. andromache Hagen in Selys, 1876 Author Vilela, Diogo Silva Laboratório de Biologia Aquática, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Faculdade de Ciências e Letras de Assis, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Assis, São Paulo, Brazil. Author Junior, Manoel Daltro Nunes Garcia 0000-0002-7555-3414 Universidade Federal do Amapá, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade Tropical, Macapá, AP, Brazil. m. d. juniorbio @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7555 - 3414 m.d.juniorbio@gmail.com Author Furieri, Karina S. Laboratório de Ensino de Zoologia, Departamento de Ciências Agrárias e Biológicas, CEUNES, UFES, BR 101 Norte, Km 60, Bairro Litorâneo, CEP 29932 - 540, São Mateus, ES, Brazil. Author Lencioni, Frederico A. A. Rua Anibal, 216, Jardim Coleginho, CEP 12310 - 780, Jacareí, SP, Brazil. text Zootaxa 2021 2021-11-16 5068 2 240 246 journal article 3519 10.11646/zootaxa.5068.2.4 9dae40e7-1734-4657-b1d8-e3efbcdaa21b 1175-5326 5704345 BB2841C0-C081-44E4-AE93-8A553F22C839 Leptagrion jeromei spec. nov. Lencioni, Vilela & Furieri ( Figs. 1c , 2b, 2d , 3c–d ) Holotype . ♂ ( UFPA , FAAL-NC 4700 ), Brazil : Bahia , Jussari , RPPN Serra do Teimoso , bromeliad over a Jequitiba tree ( Cariniana legalis (Mart.) Kuntze, 1898 ) at 32 m , ( 15.1536 S , 39.5242 W ), 11.v.2005 , K.S. Furieri leg. Paratypes . 4♂♂ : 1 ♂ : ( FAAL-NC 4136) Brazil : Bahia , Mucuri—Paulo Freire settlement (in Aechmea sp. over a jackfruit tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus Lamark ), ( 15.0963 S , 39.6571 W ), 11.i.2006 , K.S. Furieri, A.F.Van de Koken, A.F. Matos leg.; 1♂ same data of holotype but 10.v.2005 ; 1 ♂ ( IRSNB ) same data of holotype but 05.iv.2005 ; 1♂ ( FAAL-NC 3984) same data of holotype but 13.iv.2005 . Etymology. Named jeromei (noun in the genitive case) after Jérôme Constant, Hemiptera expert, Direction Taxonomy and Phylogeny and collection management expert at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (IRSNB), for his great contributions to the odonatology, mainly working with the Selys’ collection curation and for helping us many times over the years. Description of holotype Head. Labrum, anteclypeus, postclypeus, antefrons and genae black; two brownish small D-shaped spots (on each side of lateral ocelli); a large transversal pale stripe ranging from the postocular lobes through the occipital area, slightly darker in the occipital area; remainder of the head matte black. Thorax ( Figs. 1c , 2b, 2c ). Prothorax: anterior lobe pale brown; in dorsal view, medial lobe reddish-brown; hind lobe bluish, nearly straight at the middle, with blunt rounded corners. Pterothorax: black humeral stripe covering upper half of mesepisternum, remainder pale brown. FIGURE 1. Male habitus: a —dorsal view of a lectotype of Leptagrion andromache Hagen in Selys, 1876 and paratype´s labels (IRSNB); b —lateral view of L. andromache from Amapá state, Brazil; c —lateral view of holotype of Leptagrion jeromei spec. nov. (FAAL); d —Comparison between Leptagrion andromache and Leptagrion jeromei forewing pterostigma. Wings ( Fig. 1c ). Hyaline; pterostigma dark brown, rhomboid, occupying nearly one cell; 10 Px in FW, 11 Px in RHW ( 10 in LHW); RP2 arising at Px 6 in all wings. Abdomen ( Fig. 1c ). S1–2 dorsally dark brown, remainder pale brown; S3–5 light brown dorsally, pale brown laterally, S6–9 dark brown dorsally, pale greenish-brown laterally with black basal rings; anterior portion of S10 black dorsolaterally, remainder brown. Anal appendages ( Figs. 3c–d ). Dark brown; subequal in length to S10; in lateral view, with a small, dorsal, blunt, medial projection; in dorsal view, distal tooth short, not reaching middle portion of cercus, with blunt tips directed anteromedially. Measurements. TL: 47, AL: 39.4; FW: 23; HW: 22.3. Female . Unknown Variations in paratypes . Overall coloration of one paratype (collected 11.i.2006 ) is paler, the light brown in the abdomen of the holotype is replaced by a light green and the black in the labrum, anteclypeus, postclypeus, antefrons and genae is replaced by blue. Size differences compatible with a species that breeds in phytotelmata (TL: 47–52).