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Issue: Vol. 5311 No. 2: 29 Jun. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-06-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5311.2.5
Page range: 251-266
Abstract views: 234
PDF downloaded: 14

On the Fijian endemic Nesobasis brachycerca Tillyard, 1924 (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) with first description of the female and updated description of the male

University of the South Pacific; Discipline of Biological and Chemical Sciences; School of Agriculture; Geography; Environment; Ocean and Natural Sciences; Laucala Campus; Fiji
Professor Emeritus; State University of New York at Binghamton; USA
Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development (PaCE-SD); University of the South Pacific (USP); Laucala Campus; Fiji
University of the South Pacific; Discipline of Biological and Chemical Sciences; School of Agriculture; Geography; Environment; Ocean and Natural Sciences; Laucala Campus; Fiji
NatureFiji-Mareqeti Viti; 72 McGregor Rd; Suva; Fiji
Institute of Applied Science; University of the South Pacific; Suva; Fiji
Republic of Fiji Military Force; Sukainavalu Barrack; Labasa; Fiji
Biosecurity Surveillance & Incursion Investigation Plant Health Team; Ministry for Primary Industries; Christchurch; New Zealand
Odonata Nesobasis Vanua Levu Rabi Fiji female description Pacific Odonata taxonomy

Abstract

Nesobasis brachycerca Tillyard, 1924 specimens have been sampled during the course of an ongoing PhD study investigating the utility of Odonata individuals for assessing the conservation importance of the Fijian freshwater resources. Material was analysed and compared to all published records on this taxon. We here provide the first morphological description (by supposition) of the female of N. brachycerca, update the morphological characteristics of the male and present some habitat specifications measured in the field.

 

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