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Argia mayi, a new species from México (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae)

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A new species of Argia is illustrated and described from material collected in the states of Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos and Oaxaca, México. Argia mayi n. sp. is morphologically similar to Argia pocomana Calvert. It differs from the latter by the morphology of the abdominal appendages in the males and by having four postquadrangular cells in FW in both sexes, blue on the dorsum of males restricted to S8-9 and an erect hind margin of the mesostigmal plate in females.

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Acknowledgments

I wish to thank R.W. Garrison who graciously permitted me to describe this species, and provided enormous help with the drawings accompanying the text. Thanks are also extended to Rodolfo Novelo (IEXA) for the loan of specimens from the state of Michoacán.

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  1. Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biologia, UNAM, Apartado Postal 70-153, CP 04510, Mexico City, Mexico

    Enrique González-Soriano

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This is a contribution to the Festschrift for Michael L. May.

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González-Soriano, E. Argia mayi, a new species from México (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae). Org Divers Evol 12, 261–265 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-012-0078-2

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