title: Mitragomphus ganzanus Needham, 1944, a geographically misplaced dragonfly, is a junior synonym of Gomphidia kirschii Selys, 1878 (Odonata: Gomphidae).
abstract: 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.
authors: Plant Pest Diagnostic Branch, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, United States of America.; Email: rgarrison@cdfa.ca.gov.
authors: Rosser W
authors: RW
authors: Garrison
authors: Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands.; Email: kd.dijkstra@naturalis.nl.
authors: Klaas-Douwe B
authors: KD
authors: Dijkstra
authors: Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands.; Email: matti.hamalainen@helsinki.fi.
authors: Matti
authors: M
authors: Hämäläinen
authors: Forestal Healing Home and Therapeutic Milieu, Forestal Road, Cabantian, Davao City, 8000, Philippines.; Email: rjtvillanueva@gmail.com.
authors: Reagan Joseph T
authors: RJ
authors: Villanueva
mesh_terms: D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D063191:Odonata / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D009929:Organ Size