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Issue: Vol. 3878 No. 5: 29 Oct. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-10-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3878.5.6
Page range: 479–484
Abstract views: 24
PDF downloaded: 1

Somatochlora shennong sp. nov. from Hubei, China (Odonata: Corduliidae)

State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China.
Research Associate, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois 62706, United States.
State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China.
Odonata Somatochlora China new species

Abstract

A new species, Somatochlora shennong sp. nov. (holotype ♂, Dajiuhu National Wetland Park in Shennongjia National Nature Reserve, Hubei Province, China, 9 August 2012) is described, illustrated, and compared with the related species S. dido Needham and S. taiwana Inoue & Yokota.