Zhang Hao-Miao, Cai Qing-Hua
State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China; Email:
Zootaxa. 2013 Nov 27;3741:254-64. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3741.2.4.
Four new species of the genus Planaeschna, P. robusta sp. nov. (holotype male; Mt. Emeishan, Emeishan City, Sichuan Province, China, 16. VIII. 2007), P. maculifrons sp. nov. (holotype male; Mt. Emeishan, Emeishan City, Sichuan Province, China, 20. VIII. 2007), P. caudispina sp. nov. (holotype male; Mt. Qingchengshan, Dujiangyan City, Sichuan Province, China, 30. VIII. 2007) and P. monticola sp. nov. (holotype male; Sanjiacun Stream, Fengyi Town, Dali City, Yunnan Province, China, 19. XI. 2012) are described and illustrated and diagnosed from their congeners. All the holotypes have been deposited in the Collection of Aquatic Animals, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. Brief notes on the biology of each species are also provided.
平额春蜓属四个新物种,即粗壮平额春蜓(新种模式雄性;中国四川省峨眉山市峨眉山,2007年8月16日)、斑额平额春蜓(新种模式雄性;中国四川省峨眉山市峨眉山,2007年8月20日)、尾棘平额春蜓(新种模式雄性;中国四川省都江堰市青城山,2007年8月30日)和山地平额春蜓(新种模式雄性;中国云南省大理市凤仪镇三家村溪流,2012年11月19日)被描述、图示并与同属其他物种进行了鉴别。所有模式标本均已保存在中国湖北省武汉市中国科学院水生生物研究所水生动物标本馆。文中还提供了每个物种生物学特性的简要说明。