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Reproductive Techniques for Ovarian Monitoring and Control in Amphibians
Published on: May 12, 2019
The female of Epipleoneura spatulata Rácenis, 1960 (Odonata: Protoneurinae)
Diogo Silva Vilela1, Ulisses Gaspar Neiss, Ricardo Koroiva
1University of São Paulo, Graduate Program in Entomology, Av. Bandeirantes, 3900, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil Laboratory of Ecological Studies on Ethology and Evolution (LESTES), Department of Hydrobiology, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil. deeogoo@gmail.com.
Abstract:
Here we describe the hitherto unknown female of Epipleoneura spatulata Rácenis, 1960 and present a table of characters (all illustrated) to distinguish it from other known congeneric females. We suggest that the main diagnostic character of the female of E. spatulata is the shape of posterior margin of prothorax, which is flat medially with smoothly curved erect lateral projections.

