taxonID	type	description	language	source
252E2B12B27F3A02FF38E3BF646DAF74.taxon	description	Figures 1 – 8	en	Novelo-Gutiérrez, Rodolfo, Bota-Sierra, Cornelio Andrés (2022): Description of the final larval stadium of Miocora aurea (Ris, 1918) (Odonata: Polythoridae). Zootaxa 5182 (3): 279-287, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5182.3.5
252E2B12B27F3A02FF38E3BF646DAF74.taxon	materials_examined	Material. One exuvia (1 ♀, reared), 9 F- 0 larvae (6 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀). COLOMBIA: Risaralda Department, Tatamá National Park, Pueblo Rico Municipality, Monte Bello Township, Montenegro stream, 5.2273 ° N, 76.0830 ° W, elev. 1363 m, 12 February 2019, C. Bota, R. Novelo, R. W. Sites leg, 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ (1 ♀ emerged on 13 February 2019); same data but 2 nd order tributary stream of Río Taibá, 5.2164 ° N, 76.0883 ° W, elev. 1600 m, 13 February 2019, C. Bota, R. Novelo, R. W. Sites leg., 3 ♂♂; same data but Minas de Cristal de Cuarzo stream, 5.2286 ° N, 76.0981 ° W, elev. 1480, 14 February 2019, C. Bota, R. Novelo leg., 1 ♀.	en	Novelo-Gutiérrez, Rodolfo, Bota-Sierra, Cornelio Andrés (2022): Description of the final larval stadium of Miocora aurea (Ris, 1918) (Odonata: Polythoridae). Zootaxa 5182 (3): 279-287, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5182.3.5
252E2B12B27F3A02FF38E3BF646DAF74.taxon	description	Description. Larva robust (Fig. 1), dorsally yellowish-brown anteriorly, dark brown posteriorly, ventrally yellow anteriorly, grayish-violet posteriorly. Abdomen strongly convex dorsally, flat ventrally; digitiform, coiled, ventrolateral gills on S 2 – 7; caudal gills petiolate, inflated, and scaly. Head: Wider than long, posterior margin widely concave, dorsal color yellowish-brown with darker areas in a complex color pattern (Fig. 2 a). Labrum mostly yellowish-brown, sides brown, covered with minute spiniform setae, distally setose, ventrally flat (Fig. 2 b); clypeus yellowish-brown, with a pair of parallel, white narrow lines along middle third. Frons reddish-brown, vertex yellowish-brown, both flat and granulose, with three large pale ocelli on vertex. Antennae 7 - segmented (Fig. 2 a), longer than head, scape and pedicel brown beset with small scalelike setae, flagellomeres yellowish-brown becoming paler on tip, with minute scale-like setae; size proportion of antennomeres (from basal to apical): 0.70, 1.0, 0.75, 0.50, 0.45, 0.30, 0.20. Compound eyes large, strongly bulging (Fig. 2 a), with a row of large, dark brown scale-like setae arranged in palisade following the ventral margin of eyes (Fig. 2 b). Occiput shorter than compound eye dorsal length; cephalic lobes rounded, yellowish-brown dorsally, dark brown posteriorly, beset with small scale-like setae (Fig. 2 a); subocular areas of head yellow, with a well-developed, longitudinal carina which extends to posterior margin of cephalic lobes (Fig. 2 b). Mandibles (Figs. 3 a – d) with molar crest, with following formula: L 1 ’ 1 2 3 4 0 a b / R 1 ’ 1 2 3 4 y a (m 1 – 5 or 6) b, both mandibles fringed with a ventral and dorsal, transverse, row of long, stiff setae; basal-external surface shallowly concave. Ventral pad of hypopharynx creamy-pale (Fig. 2 b), subpentagonal, posterior margin concave, anterolateral margins setose. Maxilla: galeolacinia (Fig. 4) with seven teeth, three dorsal teeth moderately incurved (Fig. 4 a), approximately same size and longest, three ventral teeth of different sizes and shortest (Fig. 4 b), apical tooth stoutest, a row of 8 – 10 reddish-brown, stout, long, incurved setae preceding ventral teeth a row of long, white, delicate setae preceding dorsal teeth; maxillary palp shorter than galeolacinia, setose, ending in a robust blunt spine. Labium yellow. Prementum-postmentum articulation reaching anterior margin of mesosternum (Fig. 1 b). Prementum subpentagonal (Fig. 5 a), yellow ventrally with a subquadrate gray spot on each side of midline just below of ligula, 0.20 x longer than its widest part, lateral margins sinuose and smooth; ligula convex, moderately developed (Fig. 5 b), 0.18 – 0.20 as long as its basal width measured dorsally, distal margin serrulate with a small, narrow, v-shaped, median cleft, a small, submarginal tooth on each side of median cleft but rather far from it. Premental palp reddish-yellow, smooth (Fig. 5 b) with three end hooks shorter than movable hook, the ventral (mesal) one shortest and truncated, internal margin of palp finely serrate; movable hook reddish, smooth, incurved, sharply-pointed, shorter than palpal lobe. Thorax: Pronotal disk subtrapezoid (Fig. 1 a), mostly yellowish-brown with abundant, minute, scale-like setae, anterior lobe large and subtriangular, anterior margin straight, lateral margins concave at middle, slightly reflexed and rimmed, anterolateral corners produced as a blunt, triangular process, posterior margin straight, all margins beset with scale-like setae; propleura reddish-brown, propleural apophyses short and roundly-pointed, beset with scale-like setae, proepimeral apophysis largest. Pterothorax mostly dark brown (Figs. 1 a, c), covered with minute scale-like setae, ventral margin of mesothorax straight, that of metathorax sinuose. Wing sheaths mostly yellowishbrown, with basal and costal areas reddish-brown (Figs. 1 a, c), anterior pair reaching basal half of S 7, posterior pair reaching posterior margin of S 7, both in individuals with abdomen not relaxed. A blunt, conical, median, dorsal protuberance on posterior margin of metanotum. Legs long (Fig. 1 a) (i. e., tip of metatibiae surpassing well S 10 when fully extended), beset with scale-like setae of different sizes excepting on tarsi; all tibiae longer than respective femora. Femora largely light-brown, laterally compressed; tibiae and tarsi light-yellowish-brown; apicalinternal margin of tibiae with 4 – 5 thick, robust, reddish, spine-like setae (Fig. 5 c); tarsi with abundant, stiff setae on ventral surface; pretarsal claws simple, widely separated each other, hooked on apex, with pulvilliform empodium. Thoracic sternum light yellowish-brown, beset with dark scale-like setae; metasternum divided into four sternites, with laterosternites produced medially as large ovoid plates (Fig. 1 b). Abdomen: Subcylindrical, strongly convex dorsally, flat ventrally, wider at base, narrowing caudally (Fig. 1). Tergites brown to dark brown, usually light yellowish-brown on midline of S 8 – 10 (Fig. 6 a) ,, beset with small scale-like setae on S 3 – 10 including posterior margins; posterior margin of S 10 with a middle, deep, U-shaped emargination. Dorsal protuberances well-developed, caudally-directed, and roundly-tipped on S 2 – 9 (Fig. 6 b). Lateral margins of S 1 – 8 ventrolaterally expanded, those of S 7 – 8 more developed covered with abundant scale-like setae. Sternum mostly light brown, sterna beset with small scale-like setae. A pair of ventrolateral, grayish-violet, digitiform, tapering, coiled fleshy gills on S 2 – 7 (Fig. 6 c). Male gonapophyses (Fig. 6 d) small, with an obtuse tip that reaches the posterior margin of S 9, with scale-like setae. Female gonapophyses (Figs. 7 a, b) well-developed, surpassing by much posterior margin of S 10 (Fig. 7 a); lateral valves densely covered with dark brown scale-like setae on basal 0.80, distal 0.20 smooth, digitiform, and roundly-poited (Fig. 7 a), central and dorsal valves smooth, 0.21 x longer than lateral valves (Fig. 7 b). Male cerci creamy pale (Figs. 7 c, d), with dark brown scale-like setae on dorsal surface, in lateral view subquadrate (Fig. 7 d), dorsal margin slightly convex, ventral margin shallowly concave, distal margin straight, distoventral corner slightly produced ventrally (Fig. 7 d), in dorsal (Fig. 7 c) and ventral view appearing digitiform. Female cerci as in male but conical and roundly-pointed in lateral view (Fig. 8 a). Caudal gills petiolate and inflated (Figs. 1, 6 a, d, 7 d, 8), densely covered with scale-like setae, with 4 – 5 small, conical, roundly-pointed projections (Figs. 6 a, 8); central gill (epiproct), in caudal view (Fig. 8 b), laterally compressed, with five projections (Fig. 8 a); lateral gills (paraprocts) larger and more inflated than central gill, with four projections, the mesal and ventral surfaces grayish-violet, largely smooth, apparently concave but becoming inflated in alcoholic specimens. Measurements [averages in brackets]: F- 0 larvae: Total length (without caudal lamellae) 10.1 – 13.7 [12.2; N = 9]; maximum width of head 3.1 – 3.8 [3.62; N = 9]; hind femur 3.0 – 3.4 [3.07; N = 9]; abdomen 4.0 – 6.3 [5.55; N = 9]; paraprocts 2.8 – 3.0 [2.9; N = 8]; epiproct 1.8 – 2.2 [1.98; N = 7]. Exuvia: TL 11.5; MWh 3.9; Hf 3.2; Ab 5.0; Pp 2.8.	en	Novelo-Gutiérrez, Rodolfo, Bota-Sierra, Cornelio Andrés (2022): Description of the final larval stadium of Miocora aurea (Ris, 1918) (Odonata: Polythoridae). Zootaxa 5182 (3): 279-287, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5182.3.5
252E2B12B27F3A02FF38E3BF646DAF74.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The larva of M. aurea is very similar to the larva of M. chirripa, but with the following differences [in square brackets M. chirripa]: pedicel 0.25 x longer than 3 rd antennomere [0.35]; prementum 0.20 x longer than its widest part [0.18 x]; posterior margin of tergite 10 with a moderate incision [with a deep incision]. Habitat. Larvae of M. aurea inhabit small shallow forested streams, crawling among sand, gravel, small stones where the water flow is moderate.	en	Novelo-Gutiérrez, Rodolfo, Bota-Sierra, Cornelio Andrés (2022): Description of the final larval stadium of Miocora aurea (Ris, 1918) (Odonata: Polythoridae). Zootaxa 5182 (3): 279-287, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5182.3.5
