When rare is just a matter of sampling: unexpected dominance of clubtail dragonflies (Odonata, Gomphidae) through different collecting methods at Parque Nacional da Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

• Published in: Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 2013-12, Vol.57 (4), p.417-423
• Main Authors: Almeida, Marcus Vinícius Oliveira de, Pinto, Ângelo Parise, Carvalho, Alcimar do Lago, Takiya, Daniela Maeda
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Anisoptera; Cerrado; ENTOMOLOGY; Gomphidae; Insecta; new record; Odonata; Progomphus; taxonomy
• ISSN: 0085-5626; 1806-9665; 1806-9665
• DOI: 10.1590/S0085-56262013005000042

When rare is just a matter of sampling: Unexpected dominance of clubtail dragonflies (Odonata, Gomphidae) through different collecting methods at Parque Nacional da Serra do Cipo, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Capture of dragonfly adults during two short expeditions to Parque Nacional da Serra do Cipo, Minas Gerais State, using three distinct collecting methodsemdashaerial nets, Malaise and light sheet traps-is reported. The results are outstanding due the high number of species of Gomphidae (7 out of 26 Odonata species), including a new species of Cyanogomphus Selys, 1873, obtained by two non-traditional collecting methods. Because active collecting with aerial nets is the standard approach for dragonfly inventories, we discuss some aspects of the use of traps, comparing our results with those in the literature, suggesting they should be used as complementary methods in faunistic studies. Furthermore, Zonophora campanulata annulata Belle, 1983 is recorded for the first time from Minas Gerais State and taxonomic notes about Pkyllogomphoides regularis (Selys, 1873) and Progomphus complicatus Selys. 1854 are also given.