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Published: 2010-03-29
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Two new Platystictidae (Odonata: Zygoptera) from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

National Museum of Natural History Naturalis, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
Odonata Zygoptera Platystictidae new species Drepanosticta Protosticta Borneo Sarawak Malaysia

Abstract

Two new members of the Platystictidae are described from Sarawak: Drepanosticta sbong, holotype male: Malaysia, Sarawak, Kapit division, Sungai Sbong, 11–II–2008; and Protosticta tubau, holotype male: Malaysia, Sarawak, Bintulu division, Planted Forest Zone, Tubau area, block E2K, 16–VIII–2009; both to be deposited in the RMNH Leiden, The Netherlands.

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