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Issue: Vol. 2245 No. 1: 2 Oct. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-10-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2245.1.4
Page range: 54–58
Abstract views: 33
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Description of two new damselflies, Protosticta zhengi and Sinosticta sylvatica, from China (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae)

College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
Institute of Entomology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
Odonata Platystictidae Protosticta Sinosticta new species China

Abstract

Two new species of Platystictidae (Sinosticta sylvatica, holotype male: China, Hainan, Diaoluoshan Nature Reserve, 620m, 29-V-2007; and Protosticta zhengi, holotype male; China, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Menghun, 750m, 30-V-1958; both deposited in Institute of Entomology, Nankai University, Tianjin, China) are described, and a key is provided for the identification of all described species of Sinosticta Wilson.

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