Biography
Newton Dias dos Santos, Brazilian entomologist (Rio de Janeiro 14 September 1916 –Rio de Janeiro 03 March 1989)
Authored 124 papers about Odonata
DESCRIBED ODONATA TAXA
Genera
Inpabasis 1961
Minagrion 1965
Roppaneura 1966
Ypirangathemis 1945
Species
Acanthagrion egleri 1961
Aceratobasis mourei 1970
Aeschnosoma marizae 1981
Brechmorhoga travassosi 1946
Chalcopteryx seabrai 1960 with Machado
Elasmothemis alcebiadesi 1945
Elasmothemis schubarti 1945
Epipleoneura haroldoi 1964
Epipleoneura manauensis 1965
Epipleoneura williamsoni 1957
Erythrodiplax gomesi 1946
Erythrodiplax luteofrons 1956
Fluminagrion taxaensis 1965
Forcepsioneura itatiaiae 1970
Inpabasis hubelli 1961
Inpabasis machadoi 1961
Leptagrion aculeatum 1965
Leptagrion acutum 1961
Leptagrion bocainense 1979
Leptagrion capixabae 1965
Leptagrion dardanoi 1968
Leptagrion garbei 1961
Leptagrion siqueirai 1968
Leptagrion vriesianum 1978
Leptobasis costalimai 1957
Leptobasis tuberculata 1961
Macrothemis hosanai 1967
Mesoleptobasis acuminata 1961
Mesoleptobasis cantralli 1961
Metaleptobasis selysii 1956
Metaleptobasis sooretamae 1957
Micrathyria almeidai 1945
Micrathyria borgmeieri 1947
Micrathyria iheringi 1946
Micrathyria pirassunungae 1953
Micrathyria stawiarskii 1953
Minagrion caldensis 1965
Minagrion canaanensis 1967
Minagrion ribeiroi 1956
Neocordulia carloschagasi 1967
Neocordulia luismoojeni 1967
Nephepeltia berlai 1950
Oligoclada borrori 1945
Oligoclada calvertii 1951
Peristicta gauchae 1968
Phasmoneura ciganae 1968
Planiplax machadoi 1949
Roppaneura beckeri 1966
Telagrion mourei 1970
Telagrion ribeiroi 1962
Ypirangathemis calvertii 1949
Zenithoptera lanei 1941
Subspecies
Nephepeltia phryne tupiensis 1950
HONORS
Cordulisantosia Fleck & Costa 2007 (Odonata)