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Issue: Vol. 5072 No. 1: 26 Nov. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-11-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5072.1.3
Page range: 23-33
Abstract views: 370
PDF downloaded: 26

Variation in Fukienogomphus prometheus (Lieftinck, 1939) reveals Stylurus takashii (Asahina, 1966) as a junior synonym, with discussion on the status of F. choifongae Wilson & Tam, 2006 (Odonata: Gomphidae)

Department of Entomology, National Chung Hsing University, 145 Xingda Rd., Taichung, 40227, Taiwan.
Conservation and Research Center, Taipei Zoo, Taipei, 11656, Taiwan.
No. 14, Hutou Road, Huangtang, Longfeng Sub-District, Huicheng District, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, 516008, China.
Division of Forest Protection, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute (TFRI), Taipei, 100051, Taiwan.
Odonata taxonomy intraspecific variation ecology distribution Taiwan

Abstract

We investigate variation of body pattern in Fukienogomphus prometheus (Lieftinck, 1939) and notice the similarity of its female to Stylurus takashii (Asahina, 1966), an enigmatic species whose male is still unknown. We then review the taxonomic history of S. takashii and compare its holotype female with the female F. prometheus. Our results show S. takashii is a junior synonym to F. prometheus. We elucidate the intraspecific variation of F. prometheus and provide information for its ecology and distribution in Taiwan. We also discuss the similarities between the adults of Fukienogomphus choifongae Wilson & Tam, 2006 and F. prometheus which in future studies may prove to be conspecific and will require to synonymise the two names. Finally, we confirm the genus Stylurus Needham, 1897 is not distributed in Taiwan.

 

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