Mecistogaster nordestina, Soldati Lacerda & Monteiro Machado, 2019

Soldati Lacerda, Déborah S. & Monteiro Machado, Angelo B., 2019, The damselfly genus Mecistogaster (Odonata: Pseudostigmatidae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest with a description of three new species and a neotype designation for M. amalia (Burmeister, 1839), Zootaxa 4668 (2), pp. 207-228 : 224

Mecistogaster nordestina sp. nov.

( Figs 25, 26 )

Holotype. ♁ ( ABMM), Brazil, Pernambuco State: São Lourenço da Mata (07° 59’ 45”S, 35° 02’ 29” W), 17.VI.1976, J. Kesselring leg.

Paratypes. 6 ♁ ( ABMM). Brazil, Alagoas State: Murici, Estação Ecológica de Murici , 14.V.2015, J. E. Santos Jr. leg. ; idem, 6.X.2012 ; Paraíba State: João Pessoa , 7.IX.1974, J. Kesselring leg. ; idem, 10.XI.1951 ; Pernambuco State: Jaqueira, RPPN Frei Caneca , 9.X.2012, J. E. Santos Jr. leg. ; Vicência, Água Azul , 4.VI.1971, J. Kesselring leg.

Female. Unknown.

Etymology. The name refers to the origin of the specimens from Northeastern region of Brazil.

Figures

FIGURES 23–26. Males of Atlantic Forest species of Mecistogaster. (23–24) Mecistogaster amalia, specimen compared with neotype: (23) penis in ectal view, (24) penis in lateral view [part of flagellum cut to fit the image]; (25–26) Mecistogaster nordestina sp. nov., holotype: (25) penis in ectal view, (26) penis in lateral view [part of flagellum cut to fit the image].