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Issue: Vol. 2674 No. 1: 11 Nov. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-11-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2674.1.4
Page range: 51–60
Abstract views: 24
PDF downloaded: 1

Descriptions of two new species of the genus Planaeschna from China (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnidae)

Department of Entomology, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong Province, P. R. of China
Division of Forest Protection, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, 53 Nan-hai Road 10016 Taipei, Taiwan
Department of Entomology, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong Province, P. R. of China
Odonata Planaeschna China new species

Abstract

Two new species of Planaeschna McLachlan, P. laoshanensis sp. nov. from Shandong, China and P. nankunshanensis sp. nov. from Guangdong, China are described and illustrated and diagnosed from their congeners. Description of the final stadium larva of Planaeschna nankunshanensis is also provided.

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