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Issue: Vol. 3049 No. 1: 5 Oct. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-10-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3049.1.4
Page range: 64–68
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 2

The last-stadium larva and systematic status of Planaeschna suichangensis Zhou &Wei, 1980 (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnidae)

Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Zhangzhou City University, Zhangzhou, Fujian 363000, China
Department of Entomology, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Odonata Aeshnidae Planaeschna suichangensis larva systematic status

Abstract

The final stadium larva of Planaeschna suichangensis is described and illustrated. Its larval morphological characters indicate that P. suichangensis is a valid species closer to P. risi than to P. taiwana.

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