Indocypha cyanicauda sp. nov. from southern Yunnan, China (Odonata: Chlorocyphidae)

Hao-miao Zhanga, Matti Hämäläinenb , Wen-zhi Wangc,d

  1. South China DNA Barcoding Center, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, PR China
  2. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
  3. South China DNA Barcoding Center, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, PR China
  4. Forensic Science Service of Yunnan Endangered Species Scientific Committee, Kunming, PR China

International Journal of Odonatology, Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages 71-80, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2018.1437479
Published: 2 January 2018 (Received: 12 January 2018, Accepted: 2 February 2018)

Abstract

Indocypha cyanicauda Zhang & Hämäläinen, spec. nov. (holotype ♂ from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China; deposited at the Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology) is described and illustrated from both sexes and compared with its congener I. vittata. Brief notes on the ecology and behaviour of the new species are provided.

Keywords: damselfly, dragonfly, new species, Xishuangbanna, Vietnam

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