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Issue: Vol. 5383 No. 2: 11 Dec. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-12-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5383.2.2
Page range: 135-152
Abstract views: 136
PDF downloaded: 14

Nikoulabasis roseosticta, sp. nov. from Fiji (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)

Program for Conservation Genomics; Department of Biology; Stanford University; Stanford; California 94305; USA
University of the South Pacific; Discipline of Biological and Chemical Sciences; School of Agriculture; Geography; Environment; Ocean and Natural Sciences; Laucala Campus; Fiji
Universidade de Vigo; ECOEVO Lab.; Escola de Enxeñaría Forestal; Campus Universitario; 36005 Pontevedra; Spain
Incursion Investigation Plant Health Team; Ministry for Primary Industries; 14 Sir William Pickering Drive; Christchurch 8544; New Zealand
Odonata Vanua Levu Pacific Odonata taxonomy nomenclature new species

Abstract

Nikoulabasis roseosticta sp. nov. (holotype ♂, Fiji, Vanua Levu Island, Navuturerega creek, 6 August 2009, Christopher Beatty leg.) is erected as a new taxon. Illustrations of key characters and a distribution map are provided.

 

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