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| Paraphlebia sp. Ortega-Salas, González-Soriano & Jocqué, 2022. |
Abstract
A review of the Mesoamerican genus Paraphlebia Selys in Hagen, 1861 is presented, including diagnoses, illustrations of diagnostic characters, and distribution maps for all species. A key to the known males and females is provided. Eleven new species are described: P. akan Ortega-Salas & González-Soriano. sp. nov., P. chaak Ortega-Salas & González-Soriano sp. nov., P. chiarae Ortega-Salas sp. nov., P. esperanza Ortega-Salas & González-Soriano sp. nov., P. flinti Ortega-Salas & González-Soriano sp. nov., P. hunnal Ortega-Salas & González-Soriano sp. nov., P. itzamna Ortega-Salas, Jocque & González-Soriano sp. nov., P. ixchel Ortega-Salas & González-Soriano sp. nov., P. kauil Ortega-Salas & González-Soriano sp. nov., P. kinich Ortega-Salas & González-Soriano sp. nov., and P. kukulkan Jocque & Ortega-Salas sp. nov.
Keywords: Odonata, Damselfly, Central America, Mexico, male dimorphism, new species
Héctor Ortega-Salas, Enrique González-Soriano and Merlijn Jocqué. 2022. Untangling the Waterfall Damsels: A Review of the Mesoamerican Genus Paraphlebia Selys in Hagen, 1861 (Odonata: Thaumatoneuridae) with Descriptions of 11 New Species. Zootaxa. 5089(1); 1-66. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5089.1.1
