A description of the larva of Mesopodagrion tibetanum australe (Odonata: “Megapodagrionidae”)

Xin Yua

  1. Institute of Entomology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, PR China

International Journal of Odonatology, Volume 19, Issue 4, Pages 275-282, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2016.1259663
Published: 1 October 216 (Received: 15 July 2016, Accepted: 8 November 2016)

Abstract

The larva of the genus Mesopodagrion was identified with the help of DNA barcoding and described for the first time. The larvae have flat horizontal gills resembling those of Argiolestidae but the adults lack setae on the shaft of the genital ligula. Molecular data are shown to be useful and necessary in larval identification and should be adopted as a standard tool in future studies.

Keywords: Zygoptera, Megapodagrionidae, Mesopodagrion tibetanum australe, larva, DNA barcoding, dragonfly

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