Heteragrion johndeaconi Lencioni, 2013

Vilela, Diogo Silva, Lencioni, Frederico A. A., Bota-Sierra, Cornelio A., Ware, Jessica L. & Bispo, Pitágoras C., 2023, Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Heteragrion Selys, 1862 (Zygoptera: Heteragrionidae): male morphology, new species and illustrated key, Zootaxa 5356 (1), pp. 1-96 : 62-63

Heteragrion johndeaconi Lencioni, 2013

( Figs. 44a–d )

[Key locator: Key to Group A species, couplet 28 (26’)]

Heteragrion johndeaconi: Lencioni 2013: 18–19 (description and diagnosis of ♁ and ♀; comparison with H. freddiemercuryi , H. brianmayi and H. rogertaylori ; figs. 29, 39d–f, 44d–f, 49e–f, 59c–d, 76).

Material examined. 1♁ (HOLOTYPE) BRAZIL, Goiás state, Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Córrego João de Melo , 18.vi.2008, (-14.1819, -47.6433, 1198m asl), M.C. Almeida & S.L. Dutra leg., FAAL .

Known distribution. Brazil (Northeastern Goiás state).

Diagnosis and remarks. Little is known of this species other than its morphology; for this it has been assessed as Data Deficient in the IUCN Red List ( Vilela & Guillermo-Ferreira 2021f). The following character combination distinguishes this species from the remainder of Group A species: upper plate small, rounded, bearing a posterior row of small teeth, not centered ( Fig. 44c ); broadly developed BP ventral concavity; in lateral view, BP very broad, tapering towards the apex, ML visible ( Fig. 44d ); ML apex roughly squared ( Fig. 44c ).

Figures

FIGURE 44. Heteragrion johndeaconi: (a) anterior view of head; (b) lateral view of pterothorax; (c) mediodorsal view of cercus; (d) lateral view of cercus.