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Issue: Vol. 5519 No. 4: 10 Oct. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-10-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5519.4.6
Page range: 571-589
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Devadatta adii sp. nov. (Odonata: Zygoptera: Devadattidae) from Upper Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh, India

Government Medical College and Hospital; Sindhudurg; 416534; Maharashtra; India; National Centre for Biological Sciences; GKVK Campus; Bellary Rd; Bengaluru; Karnataka; India 560065
National Centre for Biological Sciences; GKVK Campus; Bellary Rd; Bengaluru; Karnataka; India 560065; Department of Biological Sciences; University of Arkansas; Fayetteville; Arkansas; USA 72703
National Centre for Biological Sciences; GKVK Campus; Bellary Rd; Bengaluru; Karnataka; India 560065
Sustainability Department; The Tata Power Company Limited; Carnac Bunder; Mumbai; 400009; Maharashtra; India
National Centre for Biological Sciences; GKVK Campus; Bellary Rd; Bengaluru; Karnataka; India 560065
National Centre for Biological Sciences; GKVK Campus; Bellary Rd; Bengaluru; Karnataka; India 560065
National Centre for Biological Sciences; GKVK Campus; Bellary Rd; Bengaluru; Karnataka; India 560065
Odonata Species discovery new species taxonomic description Odonata taxonomy Indian Odonata

Abstract

We erect a new species Devadatta adii sp. nov. based on five males and five females collected from Upper Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh, India. The males of the new taxon are unique in terms of having a golden yellow lateral pterothorax, strongly curved cerci and filamentous genital ligula. We also provide illustrations of male thorax and caudal appendages of Devadatta spp..

 

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