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Issue: Vol. 4422 No. 3: 24 May 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-05-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4422.3.9
Page range: 431–441
Abstract views: 88
PDF downloaded: 1

Description of a new species of Nososticta Hagen (Odonata: Platycnemididae: Disparoneurinae) from Central Nicobar Islands, India

Zoological Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, Port Blair-744 102, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700 053, India
Odonata Andaman Nososticta nancowra sp. nov. Nososticta nicobarica Central Nicobar Islands

Abstract

A new damselfly species, Nososticta nancowra Rajeshkumar sp. nov. is described based on eight males and three females from Central Nicobar Islands, India. The diagnostic characteristics of the new species separating it from congeners are discussed. Morphological variations observed in the anal appendages of males and the pronotum of females are documented. A description of the new species using photographs and drawings is given. An identification key to species of the genus Nososticta occurring in Nicobar Islands is given for both sexes.

 

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