In this study, we present the first attempt at a molecular phylogenetic analysis of the entire family of Cordulegastridae involving 60% of its known species. Our analysis is in favor of reclassification of the members of the family into four genera: (i) the monophyletic genus Selys, 1854, with the number of known species reduced by three synonymizations; (ii) the genus Leach in Brewster, 1815 including all members of the group and, as a preliminary solution, the American species Novelo-Gutiérrez, 2018 and, very tentatively, Selys, 1868. The group forms a genus of its own, for which we restored the name Selys 1854, stat.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTwelve Planaeschna McLachlan, 1895 species recorded in Vietnam are presented and their subgroupings based on nuclear DNA analysis are discussed. Three new species are described (Planaeschna crux sp. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLyriothemis pallidistigma sp. nov. (holotype male: Cat Tien National Park, Dong Nai Prov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFive new species of Coeliccia (Coeliccia caerulea sp. nov. [holotype: Bao Loc, Lam Dong Prov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHeliogomphus bidentatus sp. nov. (holotype male: Tam Dao National Park, Vinh Phuc Prov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe male of Indolestes anomalus Fraser, 1946 is described and the holotype female is depicted. Its occurrence in Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia is discussed, and the type locality is clarified (South Vietnam, Đồng Nai River basin).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEuphaea cyanopogon sp. nov. is described and illustrated from specimens of both sexes collected in the Kampongsaom Peninsula in southern Cambodia and the adjacent Phú Quốc Island in Vietnam, both in the Cardamom ecoregion; the holotype ♂ (at RMNH, Leiden) is from Kbal Chhay Waterfall, Cambodia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe occurrence in Vietnam of eight species of Asiagomphus Asahina, 1985 is discussed. Three new species are described (Asiagomphus kosterini [holotype: Da Lat, Lam Dong Prov., (appr.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAmphicnemis valentini sp. nov. is described from the Ream Peninsula of Cambodia (holotype: Cambodia, Preah Sihanouk Province, Ream Peninsula, 10.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProtosticta zhengi Yu Bu, 2009 and Protosticta albifrons Kompier, 2016 are shown to be synonyms of P. curiosa Fraser, 1934. The general distribution of P.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChlorogomphus canhvang sp. nov. [holotype male: Along QL15, Quang Binh Province (appr.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDrepanosticta emtrai sp. nov. is described from Vietnam (holotype male Ha Tinh Province, 9 vi 2015, to be deposited in RMNH).
View Article and Find Full Text PDF23 species of Euphaeidae (Odonata: Zygoptera) are reported from Vietnam including two new species of Euphaea, E. saola Phan Hayashi, sp. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCoeliccia rolandorum sp. nov. is described from the eastern Cambodia (holotype: Cambodia, Mondulkiri Province, Buu Sraa Waterfall environs, 12°34' N 107°24' E, ~780 m a.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGynacantha cattienensis spec. nov. is described from Cat Tien National Park, Dong Nai Province, Vietnam, on the basis of male and female specimens.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCoeliccia mientrung spec. nov. is described from central Vietnam.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLyriothemis kameliyae spec. nov. from northern Vietnam is described and illustrated for both sexes, and descriptions are given of male and female specimens of L.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDescriptions are given of two new species of Calicnemia: C. akahara sp. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThree new species of Protosticta Selys, 1855, are described from Vietnam: P. proboscis spec. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCoeliccia hayashii sp. nov. (holotype male, from Doi waterfall, KaNat, K'Bang district, Gia Lai Province, central Vietnam, deposited in VNMN) and Coeliccia mattii sp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRegrettably I neglected to indicate the type series for one of the new species described in Kompier (2016). Fixation of a holotype, or syntypes, is compulsory for names published after 1999 (ICZN 1999, Article 16.4.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOne new species of Paracercion Weekers and Dumont, 2004 (Paracercion ambiguum Kompier & Yu, 2016, holotype male, Vietnam, Lang Son province, Huu Lien Nature Reserve, 1-XII-2013, deposited in Institute of Entomology, College of Life Sciences of Nankai University, Tianjin, China) is proposed on the basis of molecular and morphological evidence. A COI gene tree is presented for Paracercion species and several morphologically related genera. The species is described and illustrated for both sexes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe genus Protosticta Selys, 1855 from Vietnam is revised. Four new species, P. ngoai spec.
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