Teinobasis budeni sp. nov. from Pohnpei, Eastern Caroline Islands, Micronesia (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)

Dennis R. Paulson^a

Slater Museum of Natural History , University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, USA

International Journal of Odonatology, Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 33-37, 2003
https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2003.10510449
Published: 1 January 2003 (Received: 28 June 2002, Accepted: 1 July 2002)

Abstract

Teinobasis budeni sp. nov. is described from Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. Holotype ♂: Micronesia, Pohnpei, Sokehs, Nanpil River headwaters, 01 July 2001; allotype ♀: same locality, 03 February 2001, both leg. D.W. Buden; to be deposited in FSCA, Gainesville, FL, USA. The new species belongs in the Fortis-group and differs from all species in that group by characters of the male appendages, female ovipositor, hind prothoracic lobe, and coloration of immatures.

Keywords: Odonata, dragonfly, Micronesia, Caroline Islands, Pohnpei, Coenagrionidae, Teinobasis

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