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Published: 2014-04-22
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Description of Chlorogomphus auripennis spec. nov. from Guangdong Province, with new records of Chlorogomphidae from Yunnan Province, China (Odonata: Chlorogomphidae)

State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China.
State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China.
Odonata Anisoptera Chlorgomphus new species China

Abstract

A new chlorogomphid, Chlorogomphus (Orogomphus) auripennis spec. nov. (holotype male; Mt Nankunshan, Longmen County, Guangdong Province, China, 20. V. 2008) is described and illustrated. It is the first species belonging to the subgenus Orogomphus recorded from mainland China. The holotype will be deposited in the Collection of Aquatic Animals, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. Chlorogomphus auratus Martin, 1910 and Chloropetalia selysi (Fraser, 1929) are recoded from Chinese territory for the first time. The total number of Chlorogomphidae in China reaches 20. Description of the hitherto unknown female of Chlorogomphus yokoii Karube, 1995 is provided.