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Issue: Vol. 5239 No. 4: 13 Feb. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-02-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5239.4.5
Page range: 537-550
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Gynacantha anandmati, a new species of dragonfly (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnidae) from Maharashtra, India

Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital and Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Sion, Mumbai 400022, Maharashtra, India. Indian Foundation for Butterflies, Bangalore 560097, India.
104, E wing, Mukta Heights, Valivali, Badlapur, Thane 421503, Maharashtra, India.
albistyla endemic new species description species discovery taxonomy Thane Odonata

Abstract

We erect Gynacantha anandmati sp. nov. based on one male and one female specimens collected from Thane district of Maharashtra. The new species is distinguished from its congeners by long, straight and nearly flat cerci, distinct ‘T-shaped mark’ on postfrons and vividly marked abdomen. We also provide updated key to identification of males of South Asian Gynacantha spp.

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