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(key), 41 (notes);
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(key to neotropical genera).
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by monotypy.
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[
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:
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followed by
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, Steinmann (2007), and
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listed this species as
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apparently to conform to Art. 31.2.1 of the Code. The species epithet
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is a noun in apposition (f., Latin: anvil), probably referring to the shape of the pronotum, and therefore should not be changed [Arts. 32. 2.2 and 31.2.3].
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,
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(
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)
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,
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB00FF8201E3F94A83CA449C" bold="true" box="[198,419,1702,1728]" pageId="2" pageNumber="49">Characterization.</emphasis>
Medium sized (
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), largely pale coenagrionids with a long abdomen (ratio of 5.16.36 to length of head plus thorax); head and dorsum of abdomen orange to brown or black with some metallic iridescence, pale areas yellow or light blue. Blue postocular spots present or absent and pale occipital bar absent. Pterothorax lacking dark mid-dorsal and metapleural stripes; in mature specimens brown mesepisternal and metepisternal stripes and pale antehumeral, mesepimeral, and metepisternal stripes present (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB00FF8201BAF88D828F4527" box="[159,230,1889,1915]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="8.[151,261,1550,1574]" captionText="FIGURE 8. Male thorax, lateral view. (a) Mesoleptobasis cyanolineata, paratype, Surinam, Mungatapoe; (b) Metaleptobasis manicaria, male Trinidad, SE of Valencia." pageId="2" pageNumber="49">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
a); in immature specimens pterothorax entirely pale brown or orange. Frons rounded; location of most posterior point of head at level of eyes (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB00FF82035DF86A80D445FC" box="[632,701,1926,1952]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,255,1565,1589]" captionText="FIGURE 1. Head, medio-dorsal view. (a) Mesoleptobasis incus, male lectotype, Brazil, Rio Autaz; (b) Metaleptobasis manicaria, male Trinidad, SE of Valencia." pageId="2" pageNumber="49">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
a). Posterior lobe of prothorax in male with long projections, which may be represented by lateral processes (
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a) or by a medial bifurcate process (
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be); pronotum in female projected as in male (in
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB00FF820382F83D810F45B6" box="[679,870,2001,2026]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="49">M. cyanolineata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB00FF820252F83D81D545B7" box="[887,956,2001,2027]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="6.[151,256,1931,1955]" captionText="FIGURE 5. Female pronotum. (a) Mesoleptobasis acuminata, Peru, Explorama Lodge; (b, c) M. cantralli, paratype, Brazil, Porto Velho; (d) M. cyanolineata, paratype, Surinam, Mungatapoe; (e) M. elongata, allotype; (f, g) M. incus, Brazil, Porto Velho. (a), (b), (d), (e), (f), dorsal view; (c), (g), medio-dorsal view. la. l.: lateral lobe; me. l.: medial lobe." pageId="2" pageNumber="49">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
d) or slightly trilobate (in
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB00FF8205D4F83D87FD45B6" box="[1265,1428,2001,2026]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="49">M. acuminata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB01FF8301B2FF74834C42ED" box="[151,293,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">M. cantralli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB01FF830011FF7483AD42ED" box="[308,452,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">M. elongata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB01FF830323FF74800542ED" box="[518,620,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">M. incus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB01FF830358FF7480A742EE" box="[637,718,152,178]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="6.[151,256,1931,1955]" captionText="FIGURE 5. Female pronotum. (a) Mesoleptobasis acuminata, Peru, Explorama Lodge; (b, c) M. cantralli, paratype, Brazil, Porto Velho; (d) M. cyanolineata, paratype, Surinam, Mungatapoe; (e) M. elongata, allotype; (f, g) M. incus, Brazil, Porto Velho. (a), (b), (d), (e), (f), dorsal view; (c), (g), medio-dorsal view. la. l.: lateral lobe; me. l.: medial lobe." pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Figs. 5</figureCitation>
ac, eg).
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femur short, not reaching anterior margin of S1; metatibial spurs shorter than twice intervening spaces (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB01FF83027BFF5181CC428B" box="[862,933,189,215]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="8.[151,261,1550,1574]" captionText="FIGURE 8. Male thorax, lateral view. (a) Mesoleptobasis cyanolineata, paratype, Surinam, Mungatapoe; (b) Metaleptobasis manicaria, male Trinidad, SE of Valencia." pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
a); pretarsus with vestigial supplementary tooth represented by an obtuse low prominence (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB01FF8303E8FF0E817A42A0" box="[717,787,226,252]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="8.[151,262,1654,1678]" captionTargetBox="[160,1400,726,1503]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,700,1526]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 9. Metapretarsus, lateral view. (a) Mesoleptobasis acuminata, male Peru, Explorama Lodge; (b) Metaleptobasis bicornis, female holotype, Amazonas." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/188657/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
a). CuA extending from two to four (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB01FF83059AFF0E877642A0" box="[1215,1311,226,252]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="10.[151,256,1467,1491]" captionTargetBox="[163,1412,189,1411]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[151,1436,163,1443]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 10. Male wings. (a) Mesoleptobasis acuminata, Peru, Explorama Lodge; (b) M. cantralli, paratype, Brazil, Porto Velho." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/188658/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Figs. 10</figureCitation>
a) or six or seven cells (in
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB01FF83006FFEE48062437D" box="[330,523,264,289]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">M. cyanolineata</emphasis>
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and females of
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB01FF8303EEFEE48119437D" box="[715,880,264,289]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">M. acuminata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB01FF8302A4FEE48188437E" box="[897,993,264,290]" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="11.[151,254,1971,1995]" captionTargetBox="[163,1403,304,1937]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[151,1436,293,1960]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 11. Male wings. (a) Mesoleptobasis cyanolineata, paratype, Surinam, Mungatapoe; (b) M. elongata, paratype, Brazil, Rio Curari; (c) M. incus, lectotype, Brazil, Rio Autaz." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/188659/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Figs. 11</figureCitation>
a, 12a, 13a) distal to vein descending from subnodus to one or two cells proximal to vein descending from subnodus (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB01FF83055EFEC1868B431B" box="[1147,1250,301,327]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="10.[151,256,1467,1491]" captionTargetBox="[163,1412,189,1411]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[151,1436,163,1443]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 10. Male wings. (a) Mesoleptobasis acuminata, Peru, Explorama Lodge; (b) M. cantralli, paratype, Brazil, Porto Velho." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/188658/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Figs. 10</figureCitation>
b, 11b, c); CuP reaching posterior margin of wing; vein descending from quadrangle forming an unbroken line to wing margin (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB01FF8301DDFE9483EE43CE" box="[248,391,376,402]" captionStart-0="FIGURE 10" captionStart-1="FIGURE 11" captionStart-2="FIGURE 12" captionStart-3="FIGURE 13" captionStartId-0="10.[151,256,1467,1491]" captionStartId-1="11.[151,254,1971,1995]" captionStartId-2="12.[151,254,1309,1333]" captionStartId-3="13.[151,259,1825,1849]" captionTargetBox-0="[163,1412,189,1411]" captionTargetBox-1="[163,1403,304,1937]" captionTargetBox-2="[163,1379,197,1255]" captionTargetBox-3="[163,1386,218,1760]" captionTargetId-0="figure@10.[151,1436,163,1443]" captionTargetId-1="figure@11.[151,1436,293,1960]" captionTargetId-2="figure@12.[151,1436,194,1286]" captionTargetId-3="figure@13.[151,1436,197,1800]" captionTargetPageId-0="10" captionTargetPageId-1="11" captionTargetPageId-2="12" captionTargetPageId-3="13" captionText-0="FIGURE 10. Male wings. (a) Mesoleptobasis acuminata, Peru, Explorama Lodge; (b) M. cantralli, paratype, Brazil, Porto Velho." captionText-1="FIGURE 11. Male wings. (a) Mesoleptobasis cyanolineata, paratype, Surinam, Mungatapoe; (b) M. elongata, paratype, Brazil, Rio Curari; (c) M. incus, lectotype, Brazil, Rio Autaz." captionText-2="FIGURE 12. Female wings. (a) Mesoleptobasis acuminata, Peru, Explorama Lodge; (b) M. cantralli, paratype, Brazil, Porto Velho." captionText-3="FIGURE 13. Female wings. (a) Mesoleptobasis cyanolineata, paratype, Surinam, Mungatapoe; (b) M. elongata, allotype; (c) M. incus, paralectotype, Brazil, Rio Autaz." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/188658/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/188659/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/188660/files/figure.png" httpUri-3="https://zenodo.org/record/188661/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Figs. 1013</figureCitation>
). Genital ligula distal segment with inner fold; with sclerotized areas present as spine-like projections on lateral margins (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB01FF830321FE71803243EB" box="[516,603,413,439]" 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="3" pageNumber="50">Fig. 15</figureCitation>
); with two pairs of lateral lobes, a smaller latero-basal one and a larger latero-medial one; apex transverse (
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB01FF830368FE2E809C4387" box="[589,757,450,475]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">M. acuminata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB01FF830222FE2E81344380" box="[775,861,450,476]" 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="3" pageNumber="50">Fig. 14</figureCitation>
a) or deeply bifid (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB01FF830566FE2E86CE4380" box="[1091,1191,450,476]" 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="3" pageNumber="50">Figs. 14</figureCitation>
be). Postero-dorsal margin of male S10 projected caudally and with a pair of medial lobe-like projections (
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB01FF8305F3FE048702405D" box="[1238,1387,488,513]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">M. cantralli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C554D46EB01FF830459FE048297407A" class="Insecta" family="Coenagrionidae" genus="Mesoleptobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="3" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elongata">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB01FF830459FE048297407A" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">M. elongata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB01FF83001AFDE183CC407A" box="[319,421,525,550]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">M. incus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB01FF830090FDE1807C407B" box="[437,533,525,551]" 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="3" pageNumber="50">Figs. 17</figureCitation>
b, d, e, 18b, d, e, 19ac) or emarginate and lacking lobe-like projections (
<taxonomicName id="4C554D46EB01FF830459FDE1837C4017" class="Insecta" family="Coenagrionidae" genus="Mesoleptobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="3" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acuminata">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB01FF830459FDE1837C4017" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">M. acuminata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB01FF83006AFDDE807B4017" box="[335,530,562,587]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">M. cyanolineata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB01FF830307FDDE80ED4010" box="[546,644,562,588]" 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="3" pageNumber="50">Figs. 17</figureCitation>
a, c, 18a, c). Male cercus entire, approximately horizontal with tip bent ventrally, shorter than to subequal to S10 (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB01FF8303F2FDB48102402E" box="[727,875,600,626]" captionStart-0="FIGURE 17" captionStart-1="FIGURE 18" captionStart-2="FIGURE 19" captionStartId-0="18.[151,256,1833,1857]" captionStartId-1="18.[151,254,1938,1962]" captionStartId-2="19.[151,254,1145,1169]" captionTargetBox-0="[176,1403,213,1785]" captionTargetBox-2="[151,1426,214,1096]" captionTargetId-0="figure@18.[174,1418,197,1806]" captionTargetId-2="figure@19.[151,1436,194,1121]" captionTargetPageId-0="18" captionTargetPageId-2="19" captionText-0="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." captionText-1="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." captionText-2="FIGURE 19. Male S 10, dorsal view. (a) Mesoleptobasis cantralli, paratype, Brazil, Porto Velho; (b) M. elongata, Brazil, Rio Curari; (c) M. incus, lectotype, Brazil, Rio Autaz; (d) detail right cercus, M. elongata, Brazil, Rio Curari; (e) detail right cercus, M. incus, Brazil, Porto Velho." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/188664/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/188665/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Figs. 1719</figureCitation>
), with an elongate membranous depression on dorsal surface only in
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB01FF83008CFD91803B40CA" box="[425,594,637,662]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">M. acuminata</emphasis>
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(
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB01FF830346FD9180D740CB" box="[611,702,637,663]" 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="3" pageNumber="50">Fig. 17</figureCitation>
a); male paraproct forcipate, much longer than S10, with tip recurved medio-ventrally (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB01FF8300EAFD4E803640E0" box="[463,607,674,700]" captionStart-0="FIGURE 17" captionStart-1="FIGURE 18" captionStart-2="FIGURE 19" captionStartId-0="18.[151,256,1833,1857]" captionStartId-1="18.[151,254,1938,1962]" captionStartId-2="19.[151,254,1145,1169]" captionTargetBox-0="[176,1403,213,1785]" captionTargetBox-2="[151,1426,214,1096]" captionTargetId-0="figure@18.[174,1418,197,1806]" captionTargetId-2="figure@19.[151,1436,194,1121]" captionTargetPageId-0="18" captionTargetPageId-2="19" captionText-0="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." captionText-1="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." captionText-2="FIGURE 19. Male S 10, dorsal view. (a) Mesoleptobasis cantralli, paratype, Brazil, Porto Velho; (b) M. elongata, Brazil, Rio Curari; (c) M. incus, lectotype, Brazil, Rio Autaz; (d) detail right cercus, M. elongata, Brazil, Rio Curari; (e) detail right cercus, M. incus, Brazil, Porto Velho." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/188664/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/188665/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Figs. 1719</figureCitation>
). Female lacking vulvar spine on S8 (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB01FF83053DFD4E861140E0" box="[1048,1144,674,700]" 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="3" pageNumber="50">Figs. 16</figureCitation>
a, b) or with a very small spine in some females of
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB01FF8300E3FD2480EF40BD" box="[454,646,712,737]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">M. cyanolineata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(reported by
<bibRefCitation id="EFC44B34EB01FF83020DFD2481B240BE" author="Wasscher" box="[808,987,712,738]" pageId="3" pageNumber="68" refString="Wasscher, M. T. (1998) Metaleptobasis cyanolineata spec. nov., a new damselfly from Surinam (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae). Odonatologica, 27 (4), 487 - 490." type="journal article" year="1998">Wasscher 1998</bibRefCitation>
for allotype) and
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB01FF830594FD24877E40BD" box="[1201,1303,712,737]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">M. incus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB01FF830402FD24871640BE" box="[1319,1407,712,738]" 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="3" pageNumber="50">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
e); postero-dorsal margin of S9 with denticles; ovipositor extending beyond tips of cerci for a distance shorter (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB01FF8301BAFCFE83694170" box="[159,256,786,812]" 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="3" pageNumber="50">Figs. 16</figureCitation>
a, c, e) to subequal (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB01FF8300CEFCFE80564170" box="[491,575,786,812]" 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="3" pageNumber="50">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
d) or longer (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB01FF8303FCFCFE81444170" box="[729,813,786,812]" 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="3" pageNumber="50">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
b) than cerci length.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<caption id="DF2A664DEB01FF8301B2F9F180334404" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">
<paragraph id="8BEA36C5EB01FF8301B2F9F180334404" blockId="3.[151,1436,1565,1693]" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB01FF8301B2F9F183734469" bold="true" box="[151,282,1565,1589]" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
Head, medio-dorsal view. (a)
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB01FF830346F9F181234468" box="[611,842,1565,1588]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Mesoleptobasis incus</emphasis>
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, male lectotype, Brazil, Rio Autaz; (b)
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB01FF8305DDF9F1836D4404" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Metaleptobasis manicaria</emphasis>
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, male Trinidad, SE of Valencia.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="DF2A664DEB01FF8301B2F98F87FA44C1" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/188654/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="50" targetBox="[155,1428,864,1543]" targetPageId="3">
<paragraph id="8BEA36C5EB01FF8301B2F98F87FA44C1" blockId="3.[151,1436,1565,1693]" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB01FF8301B2F98F83754427" bold="true" box="[151,284,1635,1659]" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
Pronotum, dorsal view. (a)
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB01FF830374F98881324427" box="[593,859,1636,1659]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Metaleptobasis bicornis</emphasis>
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female holotype, Amazonas; (b)
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB01FF8305E8F988872A4427" box="[1229,1347,1636,1659]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">M. diceras</emphasis>
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, female syntype, Brazil, Pará; (c)
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB01FF830082F96A805144C1" box="[423,568,1670,1693]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">M. manicaria</emphasis>
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, male Trinidad, SE of Valencia; (d)
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB01FF83029EF96A862F44C1" box="[955,1094,1670,1693]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">M. mauffrayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, male Peru, Explorama Lodge.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C34F654EEB01FF8401E3F927801B4380" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="51" pageId="3" pageNumber="50" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="8BEA36C5EB01FF8401E3F927801B4380" blockId="3.[151,1436,1739,2027]" lastBlockId="4.[151,1437,152,700]" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="51" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB01FF8301E3F927832F44B9" bold="true" box="[198,326,1739,1765]" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Within New World
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,
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB01FF830201F92081B344B9" box="[804,986,1740,1765]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Mesoleptobasis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
shares only with
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB01FF8305ECF920870B44B9" box="[1225,1378,1740,1765]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Aceratobasis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB01FF8301B2F91D83244556" box="[151,333,1777,1802]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Metaleptobasis</emphasis>
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the combination of a pretarsus with vestigial supplementary tooth represented by an obtuse low prominence or else absent (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB01FF830331F8FA8032456C" box="[532,603,1814,1840]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="8.[151,262,1654,1678]" captionTargetBox="[160,1400,726,1503]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,700,1526]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 9. Metapretarsus, lateral view. (a) Mesoleptobasis acuminata, male Peru, Explorama Lodge; (b) Metaleptobasis bicornis, female holotype, Amazonas." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/188657/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
) and a vein descending from quadrangle forming an unbroken line to wing margin (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB01FF830064F8D783BC4509" box="[321,469,1851,1877]" captionStart-0="FIGURE 10" captionStart-1="FIGURE 11" captionStart-2="FIGURE 12" captionStart-3="FIGURE 13" captionStartId-0="10.[151,256,1467,1491]" captionStartId-1="11.[151,254,1971,1995]" captionStartId-2="12.[151,254,1309,1333]" captionStartId-3="13.[151,259,1825,1849]" captionTargetBox-0="[163,1412,189,1411]" captionTargetBox-1="[163,1403,304,1937]" captionTargetBox-2="[163,1379,197,1255]" captionTargetBox-3="[163,1386,218,1760]" captionTargetId-0="figure@10.[151,1436,163,1443]" captionTargetId-1="figure@11.[151,1436,293,1960]" captionTargetId-2="figure@12.[151,1436,194,1286]" captionTargetId-3="figure@13.[151,1436,197,1800]" captionTargetPageId-0="10" captionTargetPageId-1="11" captionTargetPageId-2="12" captionTargetPageId-3="13" captionText-0="FIGURE 10. Male wings. (a) Mesoleptobasis acuminata, Peru, Explorama Lodge; (b) M. cantralli, paratype, Brazil, Porto Velho." captionText-1="FIGURE 11. Male wings. (a) Mesoleptobasis cyanolineata, paratype, Surinam, Mungatapoe; (b) M. elongata, paratype, Brazil, Rio Curari; (c) M. incus, lectotype, Brazil, Rio Autaz." captionText-2="FIGURE 12. Female wings. (a) Mesoleptobasis acuminata, Peru, Explorama Lodge; (b) M. cantralli, paratype, Brazil, Porto Velho." captionText-3="FIGURE 13. Female wings. (a) Mesoleptobasis cyanolineata, paratype, Surinam, Mungatapoe; (b) M. elongata, allotype; (c) M. incus, paralectotype, Brazil, Rio Autaz." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/188658/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/188659/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/188660/files/figure.png" httpUri-3="https://zenodo.org/record/188661/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Figs. 1013</figureCitation>
). However, it differs from both
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB01FF830273F8D0819A4509" box="[854,1011,1852,1877]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Aceratobasis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB01FF83050AF8D0868E4509" box="[1071,1255,1852,1877]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Metaleptobasis</emphasis>
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by its rounded frons (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB01FF8301C1F88D834E4527" box="[228,295,1889,1915]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,255,1565,1589]" captionText="FIGURE 1. Head, medio-dorsal view. (a) Mesoleptobasis incus, male lectotype, Brazil, Rio Autaz; (b) Metaleptobasis manicaria, male Trinidad, SE of Valencia." pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
a), highly modified pronotum with long processes at least in males (
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,
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB01FF830588F88D86D74527" box="[1197,1214,1889,1915]" 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="3" pageNumber="50">4</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB01FF8305EEF88D86B34527" box="[1227,1242,1889,1915]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="6.[151,256,1931,1955]" captionText="FIGURE 5. Female pronotum. (a) Mesoleptobasis acuminata, Peru, Explorama Lodge; (b, c) M. cantralli, paratype, Brazil, Porto Velho; (d) M. cyanolineata, paratype, Surinam, Mungatapoe; (e) M. elongata, allotype; (f, g) M. incus, Brazil, Porto Velho. (a), (b), (d), (e), (f), dorsal view; (c), (g), medio-dorsal view. la. l.: lateral lobe; me. l.: medial lobe." pageId="3" pageNumber="50">5</figureCitation>
d), pterothoracic color pattern lacking dark mid-dorsal stripe (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB01FF830385F86A808C45FC" box="[672,741,1926,1952]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="8.[151,261,1550,1574]" captionText="FIGURE 8. Male thorax, lateral view. (a) Mesoleptobasis cyanolineata, paratype, Surinam, Mungatapoe; (b) Metaleptobasis manicaria, male Trinidad, SE of Valencia." pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
a), and genital ligula with a small inner fold and with spinelike projections on lateral margins distal to flexure (
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), this last character being unique for the genus. In
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB01FF8301B2F83D835D45B6" box="[151,308,2001,2026]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Aceratobasis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C554D46EB01FF830055F83D804145B6" box="[368,552,2001,2026]" class="Insecta" family="Coenagrionidae" genus="Metaleptobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="3" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB01FF830055F83D804145B6" box="[368,552,2001,2026]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Metaleptobasis</emphasis>
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the frons is angled (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB01FF830206F83D810145B7" box="[803,872,2001,2027]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,255,1565,1589]" captionText="FIGURE 1. Head, medio-dorsal view. (a) Mesoleptobasis incus, male lectotype, Brazil, Rio Autaz; (b) Metaleptobasis manicaria, male Trinidad, SE of Valencia." pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
b), the pronotum is devoid of long projections (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB06FF840185FF74828742EE" box="[160,238,152,178]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,256,1635,1659]" captionTargetBox="[155,1428,864,1543]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[153,1438,857,1549]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Pronotum, dorsal view. (a) Metaleptobasis bicornis female holotype, Amazonas; (b) M. diceras, female syntype, Brazil, Pará; (c) M. manicaria, male Trinidad, SE of Valencia; (d) M. mauffrayi, male Peru, Explorama Lodge." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/188654/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
), and the distal segment of genital ligula lacks an inner fold, lateral lobes, and any sclerotized projections distal to flexure (
<bibRefCitation id="EFC44B34EB06FF8400DAFF5180AC428B" author="Cumming" box="[511,709,189,215]" pageId="4" pageNumber="68" refString="Cumming, R. B. (1954) Notes on the genus Metaleptobasis with the description of a new species from Panama (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). Florida Entomologist, 37 (1), 23 - 32." type="journal article" year="1954">Cumming 1954</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFC44B34EB06FF8403F6FF518117428B" author="Racenis" box="[723,894,189,215]" pageId="4" pageNumber="68" refString="Racenis, J. (1955) El genero Metaleptobasis (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) en Venezuela. Boletin del Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Caracas, 1, 65 - 82." type="journal article" year="1955">Rácenis 1955</bibRefCitation>
; von
<bibRefCitation id="EFC44B34EB06FF8402E7FF518744428B" author="Ellenrieder" box="[962,1325,189,215]" pageId="4" pageNumber="68" refString="von Ellenrieder, N. &amp; Garrison, R. W. (2008) A redefinition of Telagrion Selys and Aceratobasis Kennedy stat. rev. and the description of Schistolobos gen. nov. for Telagrion boliviense Daigle (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 134, 1 - 22." type="journal article" year="2008">Ellenrieder &amp; Garrison 2008</bibRefCitation>
). CuA in
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB06FF8401B2FF0E832242A7" box="[151,331,226,251]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">Metaleptobasis</emphasis>
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extends more than seven cells posterior to the vein descending from the subnodus and males of all species have long mesepisternal horns (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB06FF840391FEE48095437E" box="[692,764,264,290]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="8.[151,261,1550,1574]" captionText="FIGURE 8. Male thorax, lateral view. (a) Mesoleptobasis cyanolineata, paratype, Surinam, Mungatapoe; (b) Metaleptobasis manicaria, male Trinidad, SE of Valencia." pageId="4" pageNumber="51">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
b), which in females are similar in size and length (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB06FF840445FEE482CF431B" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="7.[151,256,1638,1662]" captionTargetBox="[160,1402,614,1595]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,594,1613]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 6. Female anterior portion of mesanepisterum, medio-dorsal view. (a) M. cantralli, paratype, Brazil, Porto Velho; (b) Metaleptobasis bicornis, holotype, Amazonas; (c) M. diceras, syntype, Brazil, Pará; (d) M. quadricornis, holotype, Brazil, Pará." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/188656/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">Figs. 6</figureCitation>
b, c) or may be reduced to tubercles in some species (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB06FF840200FEC18104431B" box="[805,877,301,327]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="7.[151,256,1638,1662]" captionTargetBox="[160,1402,614,1595]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,594,1613]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 6. Female anterior portion of mesanepisterum, medio-dorsal view. (a) M. cantralli, paratype, Brazil, Porto Velho; (b) Metaleptobasis bicornis, holotype, Amazonas; (c) M. diceras, syntype, Brazil, Pará; (d) M. quadricornis, holotype, Brazil, Pará." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/188656/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
d). In
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB06FF840291FEC18602431A" box="[948,1131,301,326]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">Mesoleptobasis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
CuA never extends more than 7 cells distal to the vein descending from the subnodus (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB06FF84025DFEBE86614330" box="[888,1032,338,364]" captionStart-0="FIGURE 10" captionStart-1="FIGURE 11" captionStart-2="FIGURE 12" captionStart-3="FIGURE 13" captionStartId-0="10.[151,256,1467,1491]" captionStartId-1="11.[151,254,1971,1995]" captionStartId-2="12.[151,254,1309,1333]" captionStartId-3="13.[151,259,1825,1849]" captionTargetBox-0="[163,1412,189,1411]" captionTargetBox-1="[163,1403,304,1937]" captionTargetBox-2="[163,1379,197,1255]" captionTargetBox-3="[163,1386,218,1760]" captionTargetId-0="figure@10.[151,1436,163,1443]" captionTargetId-1="figure@11.[151,1436,293,1960]" captionTargetId-2="figure@12.[151,1436,194,1286]" captionTargetId-3="figure@13.[151,1436,197,1800]" captionTargetPageId-0="10" captionTargetPageId-1="11" captionTargetPageId-2="12" captionTargetPageId-3="13" captionText-0="FIGURE 10. Male wings. (a) Mesoleptobasis acuminata, Peru, Explorama Lodge; (b) M. cantralli, paratype, Brazil, Porto Velho." captionText-1="FIGURE 11. Male wings. (a) Mesoleptobasis cyanolineata, paratype, Surinam, Mungatapoe; (b) M. elongata, paratype, Brazil, Rio Curari; (c) M. incus, lectotype, Brazil, Rio Autaz." captionText-2="FIGURE 12. Female wings. (a) Mesoleptobasis acuminata, Peru, Explorama Lodge; (b) M. cantralli, paratype, Brazil, Porto Velho." captionText-3="FIGURE 13. Female wings. (a) Mesoleptobasis cyanolineata, paratype, Surinam, Mungatapoe; (b) M. elongata, allotype; (c) M. incus, paralectotype, Brazil, Rio Autaz." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/188658/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/188659/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/188660/files/figure.png" httpUri-3="https://zenodo.org/record/188661/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">Figs. 1013</figureCitation>
) and the mesepisterna are always smooth (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB06FF8401D9FE94832443CE" box="[252,333,376,402]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="7.[151,256,1638,1662]" captionTargetBox="[160,1402,614,1595]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,594,1613]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 6. Female anterior portion of mesanepisterum, medio-dorsal view. (a) M. cantralli, paratype, Brazil, Porto Velho; (b) Metaleptobasis bicornis, holotype, Amazonas; (c) M. diceras, syntype, Brazil, Pará; (d) M. quadricornis, holotype, Brazil, Pará." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/188656/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">Figs. 6</figureCitation>
a, 7).
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB06FF8400AAFE94802C43CD" box="[399,581,376,401]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">Mesoleptobasis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
further differs from
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB06FF840210FE9481A743CD" box="[821,974,376,401]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">Aceratobasis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having male cerci entire and shorter than long, forcipate paraprocts (
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB06FF840337FE7180CD43EB" box="[530,676,413,439]" captionStart-0="FIGURE 17" captionStart-1="FIGURE 18" captionStart-2="FIGURE 19" captionStartId-0="18.[151,256,1833,1857]" captionStartId-1="18.[151,254,1938,1962]" captionStartId-2="19.[151,254,1145,1169]" captionTargetBox-0="[176,1403,213,1785]" captionTargetBox-2="[151,1426,214,1096]" captionTargetId-0="figure@18.[174,1418,197,1806]" captionTargetId-2="figure@19.[151,1436,194,1121]" captionTargetPageId-0="18" captionTargetPageId-2="19" captionText-0="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." captionText-1="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." captionText-2="FIGURE 19. Male S 10, dorsal view. (a) Mesoleptobasis cantralli, paratype, Brazil, Porto Velho; (b) M. elongata, Brazil, Rio Curari; (c) M. incus, lectotype, Brazil, Rio Autaz; (d) detail right cercus, M. elongata, Brazil, Rio Curari; (e) detail right cercus, M. incus, Brazil, Porto Velho." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/188664/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/188665/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">Figs. 1719</figureCitation>
); cerci in
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB06FF84023FFE7181DD43EA" box="[794,948,413,438]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">Aceratobasis</emphasis>
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are branched with a ventro-basal spur or spine and are longer than the paraprocts.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C34F654EEB06FF8401E3FE0B836540E0" pageId="4" pageNumber="51" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BEA36C5EB06FF8401E3FE0B83144010" blockId="4.[151,1437,152,700]" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB06FF8401E3FE0B830E405D" bold="true" box="[198,359,487,513]" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">Distribution.</emphasis>
Amazon forest in
<collectingCountry id="F3427655EB06FF840362FE0480AB405E" box="[583,706,488,514]" name="Venezuela" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">Venezuela</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F3427655EB06FF8403EAFE048144405E" box="[719,813,488,514]" name="Guyana" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">Guyana</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F3427655EB06FF84021EFE0481C8405E" box="[827,929,488,514]" name="Suriname" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">Surinam</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F3427655EB06FF84028BFE048191405E" box="[942,1016,488,514]" name="Brazil" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">Brazil</collectingCountry>
, and
<collectingCountry id="F3427655EB06FF84051CFE048606405E" box="[1081,1135,488,514]" name="Peru" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">Peru</collectingCountry>
(
<figureCitation id="136E2A40EB06FF8405A5FE0486B3405E" box="[1152,1242,488,514]" captionStart="FIGURE 21" captionStartId="20.[151,254,1504,1528]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,194,1441]" captionTargetId="figure@20.[151,1436,194,1480]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURE 21. Distribution of Mesoleptobasis." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/188667/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">Fig. 21</figureCitation>
). Specimens are infrequently collected, and it is therefore likely that distribution ranges are larger than those indicated by existing specimens.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BEA36C5EB06FF8401E3FDBB836540E0" blockId="4.[151,1437,152,700]" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">
<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB06FF8401E3FDBB8344402D" bold="true" box="[198,301,599,625]" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">Habitat.</emphasis>
Adults found within forest, in dark or shaded areas flying near the ground; some specimens of
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<emphasis id="B921EAD7EB06FF8401B2FD91830940CA" box="[151,352,637,662]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">M. cyanolineata</emphasis>
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were captured at night attracted to lights (
<bibRefCitation id="EFC44B34EB06FF840254FD91865A40CB" author="Wasscher" box="[881,1075,637,663]" pageId="4" pageNumber="68" refString="Wasscher, M. T. (1998) Metaleptobasis cyanolineata spec. nov., a new damselfly from Surinam (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae). Odonatologica, 27 (4), 487 - 490." type="journal article" year="1998">Wasscher 1998</bibRefCitation>
); breeding habitat and larvae unknown.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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