Epipleoneura manauensis Santos 1964
Creators: name: Pessacq, Pablo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Protoneuridae
Epipleoneura
Epipleoneura manauensis

description: Epipleoneura manauensis Santos, 1964   
(Figs. 27, 44, 57)  
 Epipleoneura manauensis Santos 1964: 40 –43, figs. 1–3, 7–8, 10–11, 15 (new species, description of male and female, illustration of male S 10 in lateral and dorsal view, male epiproct in middle posterior view, genital ligula in lateral and ectal view, male and female prothorax in dorsal view and female prothorax in antero-dorsal view, type material at MNRJ). De Marmels 1989: 20 (new record for Venezuela). Lencioni 2005: 179, figs. 109 a–g (references, type locality, distribution, described stages, reproduction of original illustrations of male S 10 in lateral and dorsal view, male epiproct in middle posterior view, genital ligula in lateral and ectal view, male and female prothorax in dorsal view and female prothorax in antero-dorsal view).  Garrison et al. 2010 : 352, 355, fig. 2347 (included in list of species, illustrations of epiproct in posterior view).  Pessacq et al. 2012 : 4 (included in list of Brazilian Protoneuridae, new record for Pará State).   
 Specimens examined. 59♂, 6♀. Holotype ♂, Brazil, Amazonas State, Manaus, Igarapé, between km 30 and 40 of Manaus - Itacoatiara Road (about 03º08’34”S, 58º26’38”W), leg. N.D. Santos, 27 x 1959. 5 ♂ paratypes, same as previous but leg. Olivera, vii 1962. 4 ♂ paratypes, same as previous but leg. N. Ferreira Jr. & A.B.M. Machado, vii 1960. 4 ♂ paratypes, same as previous but route M1, km 50, leg. M.C. Melo, 26 v 1960. 2 ♂ paratypes, same as previous but route br17, km 38 (about 02º47’40”S, 60º02’09”W), xi 1959. 1 ♂ paratype, same as previous but leg. N.D. Santos, x 1959. 1 ♂ paratype, same as previous but small stream in the Itacoatiara – Rio Branco route bifurcation, leg. N.D. Santos, 21 x 1959. 10 ♂ paratypes, same as previous but Itacoatiara – Manaus route, km 30–40, small stream within the forest (about 03º04’60”S, 58º39’00”W), leg. N.D. Santos, 27 x 1959. 12 ♂ 6 ♀ paratypes, same as previous but Reserva Ducker (03º06’S, 60º01’W), leg. M.C. Melo, 14 vii 1960. 12 ♂ paratypes, same as previous but colonia Santo Antonio, Beirao stream, M.C. Melo leg, 3 ix 1960. 6 ♂ paratypes, same as previous but colonia Santo Antonio, Rosa de Maio stream (Colonia Santo Antonio: 03º02’25”S, 60º01’19”W), leg. M.C. Melo, 22 viii 1960. 1 ♂, same as previous but brushy bank of Negro river past Manaus brewery (03º06’S, 60º00’W), leg. J.H. Williamson & J.H. Strohm, 8 vi 1922, RWG.   
 Color pattern (not described in Santos 1964). Male: Head: Dorsally metallic green; anterior side yellow, except for black postclypeus; rear of head black ventrally, with two narrow yellow stripes bordering eyes; labrum and maxilla yellow.   
 Thorax. Dorsal half of prothorax metallic green, ventral half brown. Mesothorax metallic green with a brown band between mesepimeron and mesepisternum; metathorax brown.   
 Abdomen: S1–2 dorsally metallic green, sides brown, S3–6 dorsally dark brown, sides light brown, S7–8 dorsally black, sides brown, S9–10 black.   
 Female. Head: Dorsally metallic green; anterior side yellow, except for black postclypeus; rear of head black ventrally, with two narrow yellow stripes bordering eyes; labrum and maxilla yellow. Thorax. Prothorax dorsal half metallic green, ventral half yellow. Mesothorax metallic green with a yellow band between mesepimeron and mesepisternum; metathorax yellow. Abdomen: S1–2 dorsally metallic green, sides light brown, S3–9 dorsally brown, sides light brown, S10 brown.   
 Diagnosis. The cercus (Fig. 27) and genital ligula (Fig. 44) resemble those of E. angeloi and Epipleoneura williamsoni and are diagnosed under the first species. The epiproct (Figs. 27 b–c) morphology is unique by its widened base, bifurcated and ventrally curved branches that are relatively long, parallel and join basally. Posterior margin of female pronotum (Fig. 57) is similar to those of E. humeralis and E. westfalli, with two erected lobes, that in E. manauensis are wider and with a deep V cleft between them.   
 Distribution. Northern Brazil in the State of Amazonas (type locality Óbidos, Curucambá river, 01º55’04”S, 55º31’04”W), Northern Venezuela, San Carlos-Solanos road, Cojedes State.
description: Published as part of Pessacq, Pablo, 2014, Synopsis of Epipleoneura (Zygoptera, Coenagrionidae, " Protoneuridae "), with emphasis on its Brazilian species, pp. 201-234 in Zootaxa 3872 (3) on page 223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3872.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/230974