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Published on: August 30, 2022
Argia sertaneja sp. nov. (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) from Northern Minas Gerais state, Brazil
Diogo Silva Vilela1, Gabriel DE Castro Jacques2, Marcos Magalhães DE Souza3
1Instituto Federal de Educação; Ciência e Tecnologia do Sul de Minas - Campus Inconfidentes; Inconfidentes; Minas Gerais; Brazil. diogo.vilela@ifsuldeminas.edu.br.
Abstract:
Argia sertaneja sp. nov. (BRAZIL, Minas Gerais state, Chapada Gaúcha, Grande Sertão Veredas National Park, Vereda lodging (15.iv.2023, 15°11'14.7"S 45°41'01.7"W, 807 m asl, M.M. Souza leg., Coleção Biológica de Vespas Sociais-CBVS) is described, illustrated, and diagnosed. The new species can be separated from its congeners by the wide morphology of male cercus, and shape of female hind lobe of prothorax and mesostigmal lobes.

