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(catalog);
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: 288
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: 39
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: 159
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(notes and illustrations from original description);
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: 395
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(key and reproduction of
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illustrations).
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.
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(locality unknown) in MNRJ (not examined but our illustrations compared and confirmed with
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by J.M. Costa).
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB07FF8501E3FB9183BA46CB" bold="true" box="[198,467,1149,1175]" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">Specimens examined.</emphasis>
Total: 3 3,
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, Loreto Department: 1 3, Explorama Lodge,
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NE of Iquitos on Amazon River at junction with Yanamono River (
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,
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),
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, leg. S.W. Dunkle (RWG); 2 3, same but
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(RWG); 2 Ƥ, same but
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(RWG); 2 Ƥ, same but
<date id="FFEB1005EB07FF850475FB2482BD475B" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" value="1989-08-31">31 viii 1989</date>
(RWG); Explornapo Camp at junction of Sucusari River and Napo River, ca
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NE of Iquitos (
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,
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),
<date id="FFEB1005EB07FF8500EAFAFE80374770" box="[463,606,1298,1324]" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" value="1989-08-27">27 viii 1989</date>
, leg. S.W. Dunkle (SWD).
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Male prothorax with a pair of lateral projections separated at base (
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a; unique) and with acuminate apices directed antero-laterally; female prothorax lacking processes, with posterior margin slightly trilobate, with smoothly convex medial lobe slightly projected posteriorly beyond level of lateral lobes (
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a; unique). Costal side of FW pt shorter than basal side (unique), its posterior margin strongly convex in male (
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a), moderately convex in female (
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a). CuA relatively long (shared with
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), extending one and a half to four cells distal to vein descending from subnodus in male, three to seven cells in female (
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a, 12a). Genital ligula in ectal view with distal margin transverse and lateral sub-apical deep emarginations (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB07FF850071F9D183C6440B" box="[340,431,1597,1623]" captionStart="FIGURE 14" captionStartId="14.[151,258,1840,1864]" captionTargetBox="[152,1429,181,1839]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[151,1436,178,1846]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 14. Genital ligula, ectal view. (a) Mesoleptobasis acuminata, Peru, Explorama Lodge; (b) M. cantralli, paratype, Brazil, Porto Velho; (c) M. cyanolineata, paratype, Surinam, Mungatapoe; (d) M. elongata, holotype; (e) M. incus, lectotype, Brazil, Rio Autaz." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/188662/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">Fig. 14</figureCitation>
a; unique); in lateral view with a large triangular lateral lobe bearing a spine at its posterior base (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB07FF850045F98E83D64420" box="[352,447,1634,1660]" captionStart="FIGURE 15" captionStartId="14.[151,257,1944,1968]" captionText="FIGURE 15. Genital ligula, lateral view. (a) Mesoleptobasis acuminata, Peru, Explorama Lodge; (b) M. cantralli, paratype, Brazil, Porto Velho; (c) M. cyanolineata, paratype, Surinam, Mungatapoe; (d) M. elongata, holotype; (e) M. incus, lectotype, Brazil, Rio Autaz. b. lobe: basal lobe; i. f.: inner fold; l. l. lateral: lateral lobe." pageId="5" pageNumber="52">Fig. 15</figureCitation>
a; unique), and with an inconspicuous low latero-basal lobe (shared with
<taxonomicName id="4C554D46EB07FF85045EF98F834744FD" class="Insecta" family="Coenagrionidae" genus="Metaleptobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cyanolineata">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB07FF85045EF98F834744FD" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">M. cyanolineata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Posterior margin of male S10 recessed and with a medio-dorsal emargination, lacking posterolateral processes (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB07FF850051F94183B3449B" box="[372,474,1709,1735]" captionStart="FIGURE 17" captionStartId="18.[151,256,1833,1857]" captionTargetBox="[176,1403,213,1785]" captionTargetId="figure@18.[174,1418,197,1806]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="FIGURE 17. Male S 10, medio-dorsal view. (a) Mesoleptobasis acuminata, Peru, Explorama Lodge; (b) M. cantralli, paratype, Brazil, Porto Velho; (c) M. cyanolineata, paratype, Surinam, Mungatapoe; (d) M. elongata, holotype; (e) M. incus, lectotype, Brazil, Rio Autaz." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/188664/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">Figs. 17</figureCitation>
a, 18a; shared with
<taxonomicName id="4C554D46EB07FF8503E9F94181FD449A" box="[716,916,1709,1734]" class="Insecta" family="Coenagrionidae" genus="Metaleptobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cyanolineata">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB07FF8503E9F94181FD449A" box="[716,916,1709,1734]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">M. cyanolineata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Male cercus subtriangular and attenuate dorsally with a membranous central area (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB07FF8503A7F93E80B144B0" box="[642,728,1746,1772]" captionStart="FIGURE 17" captionStartId="18.[151,256,1833,1857]" captionTargetBox="[176,1403,213,1785]" captionTargetId="figure@18.[174,1418,197,1806]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="FIGURE 17. Male S 10, medio-dorsal view. (a) Mesoleptobasis acuminata, Peru, Explorama Lodge; (b) M. cantralli, paratype, Brazil, Porto Velho; (c) M. cyanolineata, paratype, Surinam, Mungatapoe; (d) M. elongata, holotype; (e) M. incus, lectotype, Brazil, Rio Autaz." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/188664/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">Fig. 17</figureCitation>
a; unique); in lateral view smoothly curved, with tip directed postero-ventrally (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB07FF850056F91483A2454E" box="[371,459,1784,1810]" captionStart="FIGURE 18" captionStartId="18.[151,254,1938,1962]" captionText="FIGURE 18. Male S 10, lateral view. (a) Mesoleptobasis acuminata, Peru, Explorama Lodge; (b) M. cantralli, paratype, Brazil, Porto Velho; (c) M. cyanolineata, paratype, Surinam, Mungatapoe; (d) M. elongata, holotype; (e) M. incus, lectotype, Brazil, Rio Autaz." pageId="5" pageNumber="52">Fig. 18</figureCitation>
b; shared with
<taxonomicName id="4C554D46EB07FF850359F9148162454D" box="[636,779,1784,1809]" class="Insecta" family="Coenagrionidae" genus="Mesoleptobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cantralli">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB07FF850359F9148162454D" box="[636,779,1784,1809]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">M. cantralli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C554D46EB07FF850262F91481C7454D" box="[839,942,1784,1809]" class="Insecta" family="Coenagrionidae" genus="Mesoleptobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="incus">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB07FF850262F91481C7454D" box="[839,942,1784,1809]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">M. incus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); male paraproct about as high as half of S10 height at base in lateral view (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB07FF850309F8F180EB456B" box="[556,642,1821,1847]" captionStart="FIGURE 18" captionStartId="18.[151,254,1938,1962]" captionText="FIGURE 18. Male S 10, lateral view. (a) Mesoleptobasis acuminata, Peru, Explorama Lodge; (b) M. cantralli, paratype, Brazil, Porto Velho; (c) M. cyanolineata, paratype, Surinam, Mungatapoe; (d) M. elongata, holotype; (e) M. incus, lectotype, Brazil, Rio Autaz." pageId="5" pageNumber="52">Fig. 18</figureCitation>
a; shared with
<taxonomicName id="4C554D46EB07FF850209F8F18183456A" box="[812,1002,1821,1846]" class="Insecta" family="Coenagrionidae" genus="Metaleptobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cyanolineata">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB07FF850209F8F18183456A" box="[812,1002,1821,1846]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">M. cyanolineata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); base of paraproct lacking a thumblike tubercle (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB07FF85001DF8AE83FE4500" box="[312,407,1858,1884]" captionStart="FIGURE 17" captionStartId="18.[151,256,1833,1857]" captionTargetBox="[176,1403,213,1785]" captionTargetId="figure@18.[174,1418,197,1806]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="FIGURE 17. Male S 10, medio-dorsal view. (a) Mesoleptobasis acuminata, Peru, Explorama Lodge; (b) M. cantralli, paratype, Brazil, Porto Velho; (c) M. cyanolineata, paratype, Surinam, Mungatapoe; (d) M. elongata, holotype; (e) M. incus, lectotype, Brazil, Rio Autaz." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/188664/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">Figs. 17</figureCitation>
a, 18a; shared with
<taxonomicName id="4C554D46EB07FF85035FF8AF81514500" box="[634,824,1859,1884]" class="Insecta" family="Coenagrionidae" genus="Metaleptobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cyanolineata">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB07FF85035FF8AF81514500" box="[634,824,1859,1884]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">M. cyanolineata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C554D46EB07FF850254F8AF81BC4500" box="[881,981,1859,1884]" class="Insecta" family="Coenagrionidae" genus="Mesoleptobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="incus">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB07FF850254F8AF81BC4500" box="[881,981,1859,1884]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">M. incus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Ovipositor surpassing tip of cerci for a distance shorter than length of cerci (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB07FF85037BF88480DD45DE" box="[606,692,1896,1922]" captionStart="FIGURE 16" captionStartId="15.[151,257,1351,1375]" captionTargetBox="[155,1427,210,1312]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[151,1436,194,1327]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 16. Female S 8 10, lateral view. (a) Mesoleptobasis acuminata, Peru, Explorama Lodge; (b) M. cantralli, paratype, Brazil, Porto Velho; (c) M. cyanolineata, paratype, Surinam, Mungatapoe; (d) M. elongata, holotype; (e) M. incus, paralectotype, Brazil, Rio Autaz." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/188663/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
a; shared with
<taxonomicName id="4C554D46EB07FF85027BF884867545DD" box="[862,1052,1896,1921]" class="Insecta" family="Coenagrionidae" genus="Metaleptobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cyanolineata">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB07FF85027BF884867545DD" box="[862,1052,1896,1921]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">M. cyanolineata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C554D46EB07FF850570F88486D345DD" box="[1109,1210,1896,1921]" class="Insecta" family="Coenagrionidae" genus="Mesoleptobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="incus">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB07FF850570F88486D345DD" box="[1109,1210,1896,1921]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">M. incus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BEA36C5EB07FF8501E0F861830B45AE" blockId="5.[151,1437,1074,2034]" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB07FF8501E0F861830845FB" bold="true" box="[197,353,1933,1959]" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">Dimensions.</emphasis>
Males (
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB07FF8500E0F86183BD45FA" box="[453,468,1933,1958]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">n</emphasis>
3; mean in parenthesis): Hw 18.519.0 (18.8); abdomen 32.033.0 (32.7); total length 38.039.0 (38.3). Females (
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB07FF85036CF85F80314590" box="[585,600,1971,1996]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">n</emphasis>
4): Hw 20.021.0 (20.6); abdomen 32.033.0 (32.25); total length 37.039.0 (38.0).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<caption id="DF2A664DEB04FF8601B2F95786BC4544" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/188655/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" targetBox="[188,1393,181,1698]" targetPageId="6">
<paragraph id="8BEA36C5EB04FF8601B2F95786BC4544" blockId="6.[151,1437,1723,2024]" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB04FF8601B2F9578370448F" bold="true" box="[151,281,1723,1747]" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Pronotum, lateral view. (a)
<taxonomicName id="4C554D46EB04FF860361F9578109448E" box="[580,864,1723,1746]" class="Insecta" family="Coenagrionidae" genus="Mesoleptobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acuminata">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB04FF860361F9578109448E" box="[580,864,1723,1746]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">Mesoleptobasis acuminata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, male Peru, Explorama Lodge; (b)
<taxonomicName id="4C554D46EB04FF8605FEF9578732448E" box="[1243,1371,1723,1746]" class="Insecta" family="Coenagrionidae" genus="Mesoleptobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cantralli">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB04FF8605FEF9578732448E" box="[1243,1371,1723,1746]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">M. cantralli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, male paratype, Brazil, Porto Velho; (c)
<taxonomicName id="4C554D46EB04FF86032DF93280D144A9" box="[520,696,1758,1781]" class="Insecta" family="Coenagrionidae" genus="Metaleptobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cyanolineata">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB04FF86032DF93280D144A9" box="[520,696,1758,1781]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">M. cyanolineata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, male paratype, Surinam, Mungatapoe; (d)
<taxonomicName id="4C554D46EB04FF8605B1F932872C44A9" box="[1172,1349,1758,1781]" class="Insecta" family="Coenagrionidae" genus="Metaleptobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cyanolineata">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB04FF8605B1F932872C44A9" box="[1172,1349,1758,1781]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">M. cyanolineata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, female paratype, Surinam, Mungatapoe; (e)
<taxonomicName id="4C554D46EB04FF86033AF8ED80C94544" box="[543,672,1793,1816]" class="Insecta" family="Coenagrionidae" genus="Mesoleptobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elongata">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB04FF86033AF8ED80C94544" box="[543,672,1793,1816]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">M. elongata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, holotype; (f)
<taxonomicName id="4C554D46EB04FF86021FF8ED81FC4544" box="[826,917,1793,1816]" class="Insecta" family="Coenagrionidae" genus="Mesoleptobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="incus">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB04FF86021FF8ED81FC4544" box="[826,917,1793,1816]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">M. incus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, lectotype, Brazil, Rio Autaz.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="DF2A664DEB04FF8601B2F8CF806745DC" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">
<paragraph id="8BEA36C5EB04FF8601B2F8CF806745DC" blockId="6.[151,1437,1723,2024]" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB04FF8601B2F8CF83744567" bold="true" box="[151,285,1827,1851]" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
Male pronotum, anterior view. (a)
<taxonomicName id="4C554D46EB04FF860384F8CF81AF4566" box="[673,966,1827,1850]" class="Insecta" family="Coenagrionidae" genus="Mesoleptobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acuminata">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB04FF860384F8CF81AF4566" box="[673,966,1827,1850]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">Mesoleptobasis acuminata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Peru, Explorama Lodge; (b)
<taxonomicName id="4C554D46EB04FF860437F8CF87FC4566" box="[1298,1429,1827,1850]" class="Insecta" family="Coenagrionidae" genus="Mesoleptobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cantralli">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB04FF860437F8CF87FC4566" box="[1298,1429,1827,1850]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">M. cantralli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, paratype, Brazil, Porto Velho; (c)
<taxonomicName id="4C554D46EB04FF86032CF8AA80D04501" box="[521,697,1862,1885]" class="Insecta" family="Coenagrionidae" genus="Metaleptobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cyanolineata">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB04FF86032CF8AA80D04501" box="[521,697,1862,1885]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">M. cyanolineata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, paratype, Surinam, Mungatapoe; (d)
<taxonomicName id="4C554D46EB04FF86057FF8AA86B44501" box="[1114,1245,1862,1885]" class="Insecta" family="Coenagrionidae" genus="Mesoleptobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elongata">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB04FF86057FF8AA86B44501" box="[1114,1245,1862,1885]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">M. elongata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, holotype; (e)
<taxonomicName id="4C554D46EB04FF86045AF8AA82A645DC" class="Insecta" family="Coenagrionidae" genus="Mesoleptobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="incus">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB04FF86045AF8AA82A645DC" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">M. incus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, lectotype, Brazil, Rio Autaz.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="DF2A664DEB04FF8601B2F86787E545B4" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">
<paragraph id="8BEA36C5EB04FF8601B2F86787E545B4" blockId="6.[151,1437,1723,2024]" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB04FF8601B2F867837445FF" bold="true" box="[151,285,1931,1955]" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
Female pronotum. (a)
<taxonomicName id="4C554D46EB04FF86033FF867815645FE" box="[538,831,1931,1954]" class="Insecta" family="Coenagrionidae" genus="Mesoleptobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acuminata">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB04FF86033FF867815645FE" box="[538,831,1931,1954]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">Mesoleptobasis acuminata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Peru, Explorama Lodge; (b, c)
<taxonomicName id="4C554D46EB04FF860580F867874145FE" box="[1189,1320,1931,1954]" class="Insecta" family="Coenagrionidae" genus="Mesoleptobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cantralli">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB04FF860580F867874145FE" box="[1189,1320,1931,1954]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">M. cantralli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, paratype, Brazil, Porto Velho; (d)
<taxonomicName id="4C554D46EB04FF860086F842803F4599" box="[419,598,1966,1989]" class="Insecta" family="Coenagrionidae" genus="Metaleptobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cyanolineata">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB04FF860086F842803F4599" box="[419,598,1966,1989]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">M. cyanolineata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, paratype, Surinam, Mungatapoe; (e)
<taxonomicName id="4C554D46EB04FF8602DEF84286E94599" box="[1019,1152,1966,1989]" class="Insecta" family="Coenagrionidae" genus="Mesoleptobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elongata">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB04FF8602DEF84286E94599" box="[1019,1152,1966,1989]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">M. elongata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, allotype; (f, g)
<taxonomicName id="4C554D46EB04FF860413F84287FC4599" box="[1334,1429,1966,1989]" class="Insecta" family="Coenagrionidae" genus="Mesoleptobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="incus">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB04FF860413F84287FC4599" box="[1334,1429,1966,1989]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">M. incus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Brazil, Porto Velho. (a), (b), (d), (e), (f), dorsal view; (c), (g), medio-dorsal view. la. l.: lateral lobe; me. l.: medial lobe.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C34F654EEB05FF8801E3FF7B87464007" lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="55" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BEA36C5EB05FF8701E3FF7B830F4068" blockId="7.[151,1436,151,564]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB05FF8701E3FF7B832942ED" bold="true" box="[198,320,151,177]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Remarks.</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFC44B34EB05FF870062FF74838542EE" author="Santos" box="[327,492,152,178]" pageId="7" pageNumber="68" refString="Santos, N. D. (1961) Duas novas especies do genero Mesoleptobasis Sjostedt, 1917 (Coenagriidae, Odonata). Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 21, 197 - 203." type="journal article" year="1961">Santos (1961)</bibRefCitation>
described this species from one male lacking locality data, which he designated as
<typeStatus id="54EE8867EB05FF870192FF5283494284" box="[183,288,190,216]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
, and two females from Porto Velho, Rondônia,
<collectingCountry id="F3427655EB05FF87026AFF5281F34284" box="[847,922,190,216]" name="Brazil" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Brazil</collectingCountry>
. His description and figures of the
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show no central membranous area on the dorsal surface of male cercus characteristic of the males from
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we examined (
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a). Unfortunately the
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is incomplete and only its wings and hind legs remain (J.M. Costa pers. comm.). J.M. Costa kindly illustrated a pair of its wings for us, which had not been figured by
<bibRefCitation id="EFC44B34EB05FF870198FEB58302432F" author="Santos" box="[189,363,345,371]" pageId="7" pageNumber="68" refString="Santos, N. D. (1961) Duas novas especies do genero Mesoleptobasis Sjostedt, 1917 (Coenagriidae, Odonata). Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 21, 197 - 203." type="journal article" year="1961">Santos (1961)</bibRefCitation>
. Her drawing (J.M. Costa in litt.) shows Fw Pt as less markedly convex along posterior margin than in the male we illustrated (
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a), and Hw Pt rectangular, with costal and posterior sides slightly longer than basal and distal sides, rather than rhomboidal, with costal and posterior sides slightly shorter than basal and distal sides, as in our illustration (
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a). The remainder of Santos (1961) description and illustrations of the
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fully agree with males we ascribe to this species, and we consider them conspecific.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB05FF8701B2F98A83754422" bold="true" box="[151,284,1638,1662]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
Female anterior portion of mesanepisterum, medio-dorsal view. (a)
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB05FF87052AF98B86FA4422" box="[1039,1171,1639,1662]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">M. cantralli</emphasis>
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, paratype, Brazil, Porto Velho; (b)
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB05FF87002BF966807144FD" box="[270,536,1674,1697]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Metaleptobasis bicornis</emphasis>
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, holotype, Amazonas; (c)
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB05FF87021AF96681DC44FD" box="[831,949,1674,1697]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">M. diceras</emphasis>
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, syntype, Brazil, Pará; (d)
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB05FF8705C7F96687FC44FD" box="[1250,1429,1674,1697]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">M. quadricornis</emphasis>
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, holotype, Brazil, Pará.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB05FF8701B2F922837444BA" bold="true" box="[151,285,1742,1766]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
Female mesostigmal plates, dorsal view. (a)
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB05FF87022BF923865A44BA" box="[782,1075,1743,1766]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Mesoleptobasis acuminata</emphasis>
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, Peru, Explorama Lodge; (b)
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB05FF87045AF923829A4555" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">M. cantralli</emphasis>
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, paratype, Brazil, Porto Velho; (c)
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB05FF87034FF91E81714555" box="[618,792,1778,1801]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">M. cyanolineata</emphasis>
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, paratype, Surinam, Mungatapoe; (d)
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB05FF870595F91E87584555" box="[1200,1329,1778,1801]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">M. elongata</emphasis>
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, allotype; (e)
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB05FF87019EF8F8837E4577" box="[187,279,1812,1835]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">M. incus</emphasis>
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, paralectotype, Brazil, Rio Autaz.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BEA36C5EB05FF8701E3F8B187F545B7" blockId="7.[151,1436,1885,2027]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">
The females described by
<bibRefCitation id="EFC44B34EB05FF870327F8B180C1452B" author="Santos" box="[514,680,1885,1911]" pageId="7" pageNumber="68" refString="Santos, N. D. (1961) Duas novas especies do genero Mesoleptobasis Sjostedt, 1917 (Coenagriidae, Odonata). Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 21, 197 - 203." type="journal article" year="1961">Santos (1961)</bibRefCitation>
as
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB05FF8703F6F8B28111452B" box="[723,888,1886,1911]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">M. acuminata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(allotype and
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) are still in the MNRJ and not in the UMMZ as stated in the description (J.M. Costa pers. comm.). J.M. Costa sent us illustrations of one pair of wings, posterior lobe of pronotum, and S8-10 of female allotype (J.M. Costa in litt.). According to her drawings, pterostigmata are unmodified and rectangular and ovipositor is short, not surpassing tip of cerci.
</paragraph>
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The posterior lobe of the pronotum has lateral processes similar to those of males of
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB0AFF8805B1FF74875342ED" box="[1172,1338,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="55">M. acuminata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but the posterior margin between the lateral processes is bilobate lacking a medial lobe, rather than trilobate with a medial lobe as in the
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and in our males (
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a). We believe these females are not conspecific with the
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male, and belong instead to an undescribed species (
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB0AFF8802F3FEE081914379" box="[982,1016,268,293]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="55">M.</emphasis>
sp. in the key). We have females collected at the same locality as males we ascribe to
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB0AFF880220FEDE81C04317" box="[773,937,306,331]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="55">M. acuminata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and they lack the long lateral prothoracic processes mentioned by
<bibRefCitation id="EFC44B34EB0AFF880093FEB58034432F" author="Santos" box="[438,605,345,371]" pageId="8" pageNumber="68" refString="Santos, N. D. (1961) Duas novas especies do genero Mesoleptobasis Sjostedt, 1917 (Coenagriidae, Odonata). Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 21, 197 - 203." type="journal article" year="1961">Santos (1961)</bibRefCitation>
. They have instead a smooth pronotum with slightly trilobate posterior margin (
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a), similar to the trilobate margin of male (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB0AFF880209FE6C811A43C6" box="[812,883,384,410]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="6.[151,256,1827,1851]" captionText="FIGURE 4. Male pronotum, anterior view. (a) Mesoleptobasis acuminata, Peru, Explorama Lodge; (b) M. cantralli, paratype, Brazil, Porto Velho; (c) M. cyanolineata, paratype, Surinam, Mungatapoe; (d) M. elongata, holotype; (e) M. incus, lectotype, Brazil, Rio Autaz." pageId="8" pageNumber="55">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
a). They also differ by their ovipositor, which is longer (surpassing tip of cerci;
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB0AFF880324FE4A803D439C" box="[513,596,422,448]" captionStart="FIGURE 16" captionStartId="15.[151,257,1351,1375]" captionTargetBox="[155,1427,210,1312]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[151,1436,194,1327]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 16. Female S 8 10, lateral view. (a) Mesoleptobasis acuminata, Peru, Explorama Lodge; (b) M. cantralli, paratype, Brazil, Porto Velho; (c) M. cyanolineata, paratype, Surinam, Mungatapoe; (d) M. elongata, holotype; (e) M. incus, paralectotype, Brazil, Rio Autaz." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/188663/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="55">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
a) compared to the illustrations by
<bibRefCitation id="EFC44B34EB0AFF8802CCFE4A868F439C" author="Santos" box="[1001,1254,422,448]" pageId="8" pageNumber="68" refString="Santos, N. D. (1961) Duas novas especies do genero Mesoleptobasis Sjostedt, 1917 (Coenagriidae, Odonata). Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 21, 197 - 203." type="journal article" year="1961">Santos (1961, fig. 12)</bibRefCitation>
and J.M. Costa (in. litt.). We believe we have correctly associated the female sex of
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB0AFF880527FE2186D843BA" box="[1026,1201,461,486]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="55">M. acuminata</emphasis>
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since it shares the characteristic modified pterostigma of male (unique for this species within
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB0AFF88050BFE1886834051" box="[1070,1258,500,525]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="55">Mesoleptobasis</emphasis>
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), although the modification is less pronounced than in male. The identity of the two females described by
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as
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB0AFF8801B2FDAD83534006" box="[151,314,577,602]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="55">M. acuminata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
will remain uncertain until more of these females are found in association with males.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB0AFF8801E3FD8B830E40DD" bold="true" box="[198,359,615,641]" pageId="8" pageNumber="55">Distribution.</emphasis>
Amazonian region of
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(
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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