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Issue: Vol. 5468 No. 2: 12 Jun. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-06-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.8
Page range: 379-392
Abstract views: 78
PDF downloaded: 2

Description of the female and variation in males of the critically endangered Caledargiolestes janiceae Lieftinck, 1975 from South New Caledonia (Odonata: Zygoptera: Argiolestidae)

IAC; Institut Agronomique néo-Calédonien (IAC); Équipe Sol & Végétation (SolVeg); 101 Promenade Roger Laroque; 98848 Nouméa; New Caledonia
Museum and Institute of Zoology; Polish Academy of Sciences; 00-818 Warsaw; Poland
IAC; Institut Agronomique néo-Calédonien (IAC); Équipe ARBOREAL (AgricultuRe BiOdiveRsite Et vALorisation); Laboratoire d’Entomologie Appliquée; PO Box 32; 98880 La Foa; New Caledonia
Aix Marseille Univ; Avignon Univ; CNRS; IRD; IMBE; PO Box A5; 98848 Nouméa cedex; New Caledonia
Incursion Investigation Plant Health Team; Ministry for Primary Industries; 14 Sir William Pickering Drive; Christchurch 8544; New Zealand
Odonata Zygoptera Caledargiolestes janiceae New Caledonia

Abstract

Caledargiolestes janiceae Lieftinck, 1975 was erected on the basis of a single not-fully mature male. Eleven years later a female was captured but never described. Despite further searching, this species was only rediscovered in early 2022 with one female and two males (immature and mature) collected. This paper provides descriptions of the female and of the male in different stages of maturity.

 

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