Heteragrion palmichale spec. nov., a new damselfly from the Cordillera de la Costa, Venezuela (Zygoptera: Megapodagrionidae)

The new sp. is described from the Cordillera de la Costa in Venezuela. Holotype <J: Venezuela, Edo. Carabobo, Bejuma, CerrodePajamountain, alt. ca 1200m, I3-V1-1992; paratype i, same data; the holotype is to be deposited in MIZA, Maracay, Venezuela. No other specimens are known to date. This is one of the largest spp. within Heteragrion. The appendices are strongly arched in contrast to other members of the genus. Some similarities of appendices or size exist with H. tricellulare Calv., simulatum Wllmsn, peregrinum Wllmsn, and icterops Sel. The new sp. was found in an inhabited region of the Cordillera de la Costa, near Bejuma, Carabobo.