First description of the larva of Psaironeura, based on specimens of P. anegloi from Costa Rica (Odonata: Coenagrionidae: Protoneurinae), with a key to the genera of Central American Protoneurinae.

Román Heracleo, Jareth; Novelo Gutiérrez, Rodolfo; Springer Springer, Monika

First description of the larva of Psaironeura, based on specimens of P. anegloi from Costa Rica (Odonata: Coenagrionidae: Protoneurinae), with a key to the genera of Central American Protoneurinae.

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2020

Authors

Román Heracleo, Jareth

Novelo Gutiérrez, Rodolfo

Springer Springer, Monika

Abstract

The larva of Psaironeura is formally described for the first time, based upon reared specimens of Psaironeura angeloi from the Tirimbina Biological Reserve, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province, Costa Rica. Detailed illustrations are also provided. The larva is characterized by a slender dark brown body, premental setae 2+1, six palpal setae, male cerci globose, and caudal lamellae markedly slender, 3.5–4 times longer than wide, with tips bi- or trilobated.