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Issue: Vol. 5352 No. 1: 2 Oct. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-10-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5352.1.5
Page range: 137-144
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Description of Protosticta samtsensis sp. nov. (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from Samtse district, Bhutan

College of Natural Resources; Department of Forest Science; Royal University of Bhutan
The Center for Entomology & Parasitology Research; College of Medicine and Pharmacy; Duy Tan University; Da Nang; Vietnam
Odonata Damselflies new species endemic species biodiversity Bhutan Himalayas

Abstract

Protosticta samtsensis sp. nov. (holotype ♂: Bhutan, Samtse District, Norgaygang gewog (Bara), 27.142670°N, 88.835228°E; altitude 1,264 m, 12-viii-2022), is described from a holotype male and a female paratype and compared with P. himalaica Laidlaw, 1917.

 

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