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Issue: Vol. 4471 No. 2: 5 Sept. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-09-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4471.2.5
Page range: 334–340
Abstract views: 65
PDF downloaded: 1

Description of a new species of Cephalaeschna (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnidae) from northern Vietnam

Tawaramoto-cho, Shiki-gun, Nara Pref., Japan.
Vietnam National Museum of Nature, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet street, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam. Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST).
Odonata yanagisawai Hoang Lien Lai Chau Province

Abstract

A new aeshnid species, Cephalaeschna yanagisawai sp. nov. from northern Vietnam (Hoang Lien National Park, Lai Chau Province, 103°45’E, 22°20’N, 1900~2000 m a.l.s.), is described and illustrated. This species can be differentiated from the other species of the genus by body maculation, the morphology of the male anal appendages, and female postero-ventral S10 tergite projecting posteriorly, which is a rare feature in the genus.

 

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