Mitragomphus ganzanus Needham, 1944, a geographically misplaced dragonfly, is a junior synonym of Gomphidia kirschii Selys, 1878 (Odonata: Gomphidae).

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  • Rosser W Garrison
  • Klaas-Douwe B Dijkstra
  • Matti Hämäläinen
  • Reagan Joseph T Villanueva
چکیده

Based on comparison of specimens and descriptions, Mitragomphus ganzanus Needham, 1944, described from Braganza [Bragança], Pará State, Brazil, and known only from the holotype, is found to be a junior synonym of Gomphidia kirschii Selys, 1878, a species from the Philippines. The monotypic genus Mitragomphus Needham, 1944, is synonymized with the genus Gomphidia Selys, 1854. 

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Zootaxa

دوره 3911 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015