Mecistogaster mielkei, 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 : 220-221

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4668.2.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F41E013A-A2B0-4642-AED6-27777DA950B5
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5931742
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/52335737-B626-4435-A273-151A0CA7516F
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:52335737-B626-4435-A273-151A0CA7516F
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Mecistogaster mielkei
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Mecistogaster mielkei sp. nov.

( Figs 5, 6 View FIGURES 4–7 , 19, 20 View FIGURES 19–22 )

Holotype. ♁ ( ABMM), Brazil, Santa Catarina State (27° 14’ 00” S, 50° 13’ 00” W), IV.1976. GoogleMaps

Paratypes. 27 ♁♁. Brazil, Santa Catarina State: Joinville , 1980, Miers leg.; idem, XI.1980; idem, 13.XII.1981; idem, 20.II.1985; idem, 10.III.1985 ( ABMM) ; Campo Alegre , 24.III.1985 ( ABMM) ; São Bento do Sul , 6.III.1985 ( ABMM) ; Rio de Janeiro State: Rio de Janeiro , 21.IV.1971 ( ABMM) ; Rio de Janeiro, Jacarepaguá , Represa dos Ciganos, 1.V.1963, Berla leg. ( MNRJ) ; idem, 30.V.1965, N. Santos leg. ( ABMM) ; Covanca de Jacarepaguá , 28.IV.1963, Mielke leg. ( ABMM) ; idem, 2.V.1963, Berla leg. ( MNRJ) ; Rio de Janeiro, Jacarepaguá, Três Rios , 14.IV.1935, d’Almeida leg. ( MNRJ) ; Duque de Caxias, Imbariê , 30.II.1964, Ebert leg. ( ABMM) ; Paraty, Pedra Branca , XII.1944, O. Silva leg. ( ABMM) ; Fazenda União , 13.IV.1989, Brown leg. ( ABMM) ; Espírito Santo State: Colatina , VIII-IX.1937, M. Rosa leg.; idem, X.1936 ( MNRJ) ; 2 Km N. São Sebastião , 17.XII.1987, Brown leg. ( ABMM) ; Serra W de São João de Petrópolis, 22.IV.1988, Brown leg. ( ABMM) ; Linhares , III.1978, Elias leg. ( ABMM) ; Minas Gerais State: Brumadinho, Inhotim , 20.III.2013, Karina leg. ( ABMM) ; Matipó , IX.19 ??, O. Fonseca leg. ( ABMM) ; Bahia State: Mucuri , II.1974, Elias leg. ( MNRJ) ; Paraíba State: João Pessoa , 27.IV.1952, J.Kesselring leg. ( ABMM) ; Pernambuco State: Timbaúba, Água Azul , 15.X.1988, J. Kesselring leg. ( ABMM) .

Female. Unknown.

Etymology. Named in honor of our good friend Prof. Olaf H. H. Mielke, who collected part of this material and has contributed with many valuable Odonata species to ABMM’s Collection.