Descriptions of two new Cephalaeschna species from Yunnan, China (Odonata: Aeshnidae)

Descriptions of two new Cephalaeschna species from Yunnan, China (Odonata: Aeshnidae) 00

Haomiao Zhanga, Qinghua Caia ✉️

  1. State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology , Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, PR China

International Journal of Odonatology, Volume 16, Issue 3, Pages 239-246, 2013

https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2013.820977

Published: 1 September 2013 (Received: 20 March 2013, Accepted: 30 May 2013)

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Abstract

Two new species, Cephalaeschna cornifrons sp. nov. and C. ordopapiliones sp. nov. from Yunnan Province, China, are described, illustrated in color and compared with known Chinese Cephalaeschna. All the holotypes are deposited in the Collection of Aquatic Animals, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. Brief notes on biology of each species are also provided.

Keywords: Odonata, dragonfly, Cephalaeschna, new species, Yunnan, China

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