Libellula mariae spec. nov., a new dragonfly from Costa Rica (Anisoptera: Libellulidae)

In January, 1990, Dr Jean Belle kindly sent me a species of Libellula from Costa Rica to describe which is allied to L. foliata. Dr Belle indicated the following (in litt. 1 June 1990): ’’the Libellula... was collected long ago by a student of the Universidad de Costa Rica and deposited in its Museo de Insectes where I found it. I... asked the director..., Lie. Luis-Femando Jirön permission to describe and to put it in the Florida State Collection of Arthropods [FSCA], in Gainesville and he agreed.”