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Issue: Vol. 5601 No. 2: 7 Mar. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-03-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5601.2.13
Page range: 395-400
Abstract views: 105
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Nikoulabasis dalingarum, sp. nov. from Fiji (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)

Biosecurity Incursion Investigation Plant Health Team; Ministry for Primary Industries; 14 Sir William Pickering Drive; Christchurch 8544; New Zealand
2091 Partridge Lane; Binghamton; NY; 13903; USA
Program for Conservation Genomics; Department of Biology; Stanford University; Stanford; California 94305; USA
Odonata Viti Levu Pacific Odonata taxonomy nomenclature new species

Abstract

Nikoulabasis dalingarum sp. nov. (holotype male, Viti Levu, Fiji) is erected as a new taxon. Illustrations of key characters and a distribution map are provided.

 

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