Fredyagrion andromache (Hagen in Selys, 1876)

Lencioni, F. A. A., 2022, Analysis of male Leptagrion Selys, 1876 sensu lato (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) with description of four new genera and a new species, Zootaxa 5105 (1), pp. 63-104 : 75

Fredyagrion andromache (Hagen in Selys, 1876) comb. nov.

Fig. 17 (app), Fig. 27 (prothorax), Fig. 36 (habitus).

Etymology: andromache = Greek (Ἀνδρομάχη) classical mythology, the wife of Hector and mother of Astyanax.

Hagen in Selys 1876: 978 (description of male and female); Kirby 1890: 155 (data on publication and distribution); Williamson 1917: Plate XVII, 3–4 (illustration of appendages in lateral and dorsal views); Kennedy 1919: 182 (illustration of appendages in lateral and dorsal views); Santos 1962: 5, Figs. 9 , 11 (data on distribution, female prothorax in dorsal view, female pterostigma hind wing); Santos 1965a: 30 (compared with L. aculeatum ); Santos 1965b: 43 (compared with L. capixabae ); Santos 1966: 83 (data on larvae); Santos 1968a: 64 (compared with L. dardanoi ); Santos 1978: 5 (compared with L. vriesianum ); Davies & Tobin 1984: 82 (data on publication and distribution); Bridges 1994: (VII) 12 (data on publication, types depository, type locality and references); Costa & Garrison 2001: 382, Figs. 5 , 26 , 38a , 47b (distribution, key to Brazilian Leptagrion , illustration of appendages in lateral, mediodorsal and dorsal, male forewing pterostigma, female prothorax in dorsal view, female hindwing pterostigma); Lencioni 2006: 141, Figs. 82C–E (illustration of male forewing pterostigma, female hind wing pterostigma, female prothorax in dorsal view. Appendages in lateral and dorsal views of a specimen incorrectly identified by the author as L. andromache , but corresponding to L. jeromei Lencioni, Vilela & Furieri, 2021 ); Machado 2007: 126 (occurrence in Minas Gerais as “ L. andromadra ”); Muzón et al. 2009: 65, Figs. 1–10 (description of larvae and first occurrence of the genus in Argentina, larval illustrations); Costa et al. 2009: 94 (larval description and illustrations); Garrison et al. 2010: 264 (data on species); Lencioni 2017a: 369, Figs. 213A–E, 214A (data on description, type locality, type deposition, distribution, and larval description, illustration belongs to a new species incorrectly identified by the author as L. andromache , but corresponding to L. jeromei Lencioni, Vilela & Furieri, 2021 ).

Deposition of type series. Syntypes in IRSNB (examined through photos) .

Larva described. Yes ( Muzón et al. 2009).

Material examined. 2♂♂ ( UFAP), Brazil: Amapá, Laranjal do Jari, Comunidade de Água Branca do Cajari , (0.5693 S, 52.1759 W), 20.viii.2019, M.D.N. Garcia Júnior leg.

Distribution. Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Bahia), Argentina (Misiones).

Figures

FIGURE 1. A —Leptagrion auriceps: Appendages, mediodorsal view; B —Leptagrion macrurum: Appendages, mediodorsal view.

FIGURE 2. Leptagrion bocainense: A—Appendages, lateral view; B—Appendages, dorsal view.

FIGURE 3. Leptagrion macrurum: A—Appendages, lateral view; B—Appendages, dorsal view.

FIGURE 4. Leptagrion vilelai: A—Appendages, lateral view; B—Appendages, dorsal view.

FIGURE 5. Leptagrion bocainense: Penis, lateral view.

FIGURE 6. Leptagrion macrurum: Penis, lateral view.

FIGURE 7. Leptagrion vilelai: Penis, lateral view.

FIGURE 8. Leptagrion auriceps: A—Prothorax, lateral view (holotype); B—Detail.

FIGURE 9. Leptagrion bocainense: A—Prothorax, lateral view; B—Prothorax, dorsal view

FIGURE 10. Leptagrion macrurum: A—Prothorax, lateral view; B—Prothorax, dorsal view, C—Prothorax, lateral view (lectotype); D—Detail of figure 10A.

FIGURE 11. Leptagrion vilelai: A—Prothorax, lateral view; B—Prothorax, dorsal view.

FIGURE 17. Fredyagrion andromache: A—Appendages, lateral view, B—Appendages, dorsal view.

FIGURE 26. Fredyagrion vriesianum: A—Appendages, lateral view, B—Appendages, dorsal view.

FIGURE 27. Fredyagrion aculeatum: A—Prothorax, lateral view, B— Prothorax, dorsal view.

FIGURE 36. Fredyagrion siqueirai: A—Prothorax, lateral view, B— Prothorax, dorsal view.

FIGURE 38. Fredyagrion andromache: Habitus.

FIGURE 47. Machadagrion cyanostigma: A—Appendages, lateral view, B—Appendages, dorsal view.