Descriptions of the last instar larvae of two species of Megalestes Selys from Yunnan, China (Odonata: Zygoptera: Synlestidae)

Descriptions of the last instar larvae of two species of Megalestes Selys from Yunnan, China (Odonata: Zygoptera: Synlestidae) 00

Guo-Hui Yanga ✉️, Qing Liub

  1. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Dali University, Yunnan, PR China
  2. School of Resources and Environment, Baoshan University, Baoshan, Yunnan, PR China

International Journal of Odonatology, Volume 23, Issue 4, Pages 357-363, 2020

https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2020.1794987

Published: 1 October 2020 (Received: 20 May 2020, Accepted: 7 July 2020)

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Abstract

The final stadium larvae of Megalestes micans Needham, 1930 and M. kurahashii Asahina, 1985 are described and illustrated from Yunnan Province, China, and a key to the known larvae of seven species of the genus Megalestes is provided. All exuviae will be stored at the Invertebrate Collection of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan, China.

http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:461E0535-7F93-4B2E-A53A-F288D6310D73

Keywords: Megalestes micans, Megalestes kurahashii, dragonfly

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