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Published: 2016-05-06
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Six, not two, species of Acisoma pintail dragonfly (Odonata: Libellulidae)

Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
Universität Hamburg, Zoological Institute, Animal Ecology and Conservation and Center of Natural History, Zoological Museum, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany.
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands. Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Dragonfly Odonata Acisoma taxonomy new species COI

Abstract

The dragonfly genus Acisoma is revised based on adult male morphology and COI sequence data. Six species are recognised, including the new species A. attenboroughi sp. nov. Diagnoses and a key to males of all species and illustrations of all relevant characters are provided. A. inflatum, A. variegatum and A. trifidum are confined to continental Africa, while A. panorpoides is restricted to Asia. A. ascalaphoides is known only from threatened littoral forest fragments on the east coast of Madagascar, while A. attenboroughi is widespread across the island. The new species honours Sir David Attenborough on his 90th birthday.

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