Abstract
The type series of Aeshna punctata Martin, 1908 was examined and some inconsistent points in the original description were elucidated. A lectolype was designated, redescribed and illustrated. The two females originally referred to this species actually belong to the Mexican species Aeshna jalapensis Williamson, 1908. Thus, A. punctata should be dropped from the faunistic list of Mexico.
Notes of the types of Aeshna punctata Martin, 1908 (Odonata, Aeshnidae)
Angelo B. M. Machado
Departamento de Morfologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG
ABSTRACT
The type series of Aeshna punctata Martin, 1908 was examined and some inconsistent points in the original description were elucidated. A lectolype was designated, redescribed and illustrated. The two females originally referred to this species actually belong to the Mexican species Aeshna jalapensis Williamson, 1908. Thus, A. punctata should be dropped from the faunistic list of Mexico.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This research was supported by FINEP, and CNPq provided the funds that allowed my visit to Selys' and Martin's collections. I would like to express my gratitude to Prof. Jean Legrand and Prof. G. Desmoulin for the opportunity to study the type specimens of A. punctata in Martin collection in Paris and Selys' collection in Brussels. To the entomologist Maria Aparecida Vulcano I am deeply indebted for the drawings that illustrate this article and also thank Dr. Antonio Cesar R. Leite for help in obtaining the photograph of the wings.
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