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Issue: Vol. 3597 No. 1: 24 Dec. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-12-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3597.1.7
Page range: 53–56
Abstract views: 23
PDF downloaded: 2

Redescription of the damsel-dragonfly Parafleckium senjituense on the basis of a more complete specimen (Odonata: Isophlebioptera: Campterophlebiidae)

College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, China Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Dynamics and Conservation of Guangdong Higher Education Institute, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
CNRS UMR 7205, CP 50, Entomologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France
College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, China
Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Dynamics and Conservation of Guangdong Higher Education Institute, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
Odonata Isophlebioptera Campterophlebiidae

Abstract

Parafleckium senjituense Li et al., 2012 is of great importance to clarify the phylogeny of the superfamily Isophlebioidea, as it has several significant structures considered as typical of either Campterophlebiidae or Isophlebiidae (Li et al. 2012). But the established genus and species was based on forewings only. We describe a new specimen, allowing precise description of some other important characters, especially those of the male hindwing. On the basis of this specimen, the diagnosis of Parafleckium senjituense is amended.

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