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According to
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, M.A. Lieftinck never mentioned
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in his publications. At the same time from the textual annotations and very detailed drawings in
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one can see that the anal appendages of
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(his figs 1920, reproduced here as
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) are very similar to
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), while substantially differ from
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: figs 1819, reproduced here as
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; see also
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). Both
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have the paraprocts the same diverging and concealed under the cerci in dorsal view. In lateral view, the paraproct of
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) also has the distal part as in
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(
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), that is narrower than in
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC3FFFCFE68192EE473FCB9" box="[426,563,782,808]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">L. decipiens</emphasis>
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(
<figureCitation id="136553B7FFC3FFFCFD86192FE4F2FCB9" box="[580,690,782,808]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1636,1660]" captionTargetBox="[400,1192,184,1607]" captionTargetId="figure-20@4.[393,1194,179,1610]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 1. Drawings of Lestes spp. (all males but i-right female) from literature, with original identifications: a, “Lestes praemorsus praemorsus”, Philippines, Luzon, Bilucao (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 19); b, “Lestes praemorsus praemorsus”, N. New Guinea, Hollandia (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 20); c, “Lestes praemorsus decipiens”, India, Coorg, Gonocopal (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 17); d, “Lestes praemorsus decipiens”, Indonesia, Java, Buitenzorg (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 18); e, “Lestes dorothea” from the original description (Fraser 1924: plate XXVI, fig. 8); f, “Lestes praemorsa” (in fact Lestes dorothea) (Fraser 1934: fig. 12); g, “Lestes dorothea” (in fact Lestes decipiens, restored in species rank in this paper) (Fraser 1934: fig. 13); h, “Lestes sp.1”, Laos, Champasak Province, Bolaven Plateau, Paksong (Yokoi &amp; Souphanthong 2014: fig. 5); i-j, “Lestes praecellens”, holotype (i-left,-j) and allotype (i-right) from SW Java;, Oedjoeng Benteng Bay (Lieftinck 1937: figs 23); kl, “Lestes praemorsus decipiens”, Taiwan (Asahina 1985: figs 2526); m, “Lestes dorothea” (Orr 2005: 28); a-left, b-left, c-left, d-left, e, f-left, g-h, j-right, l-right, m-leftanal appendages in dorsal view; a-right, b-right, c-right, d-right, f-right, j-leftthe same in lateral view; i-left, kthorax in dorsal view; i-right, m-rightthe same in lateral view. Not to scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818153" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/15818153/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">Fig. 1cd</figureCitation>
), although in Lieftincks figures of the latter (
<figureCitation id="136553B7FFC3FFFCFB7D192FE36CFCB9" box="[1215,1324,782,808]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1636,1660]" captionTargetBox="[400,1192,184,1607]" captionTargetId="figure-20@4.[393,1194,179,1610]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 1. Drawings of Lestes spp. (all males but i-right female) from literature, with original identifications: a, “Lestes praemorsus praemorsus”, Philippines, Luzon, Bilucao (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 19); b, “Lestes praemorsus praemorsus”, N. New Guinea, Hollandia (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 20); c, “Lestes praemorsus decipiens”, India, Coorg, Gonocopal (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 17); d, “Lestes praemorsus decipiens”, Indonesia, Java, Buitenzorg (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 18); e, “Lestes dorothea” from the original description (Fraser 1924: plate XXVI, fig. 8); f, “Lestes praemorsa” (in fact Lestes dorothea) (Fraser 1934: fig. 12); g, “Lestes dorothea” (in fact Lestes decipiens, restored in species rank in this paper) (Fraser 1934: fig. 13); h, “Lestes sp.1”, Laos, Champasak Province, Bolaven Plateau, Paksong (Yokoi &amp; Souphanthong 2014: fig. 5); i-j, “Lestes praecellens”, holotype (i-left,-j) and allotype (i-right) from SW Java;, Oedjoeng Benteng Bay (Lieftinck 1937: figs 23); kl, “Lestes praemorsus decipiens”, Taiwan (Asahina 1985: figs 2526); m, “Lestes dorothea” (Orr 2005: 28); a-left, b-left, c-left, d-left, e, f-left, g-h, j-right, l-right, m-leftanal appendages in dorsal view; a-right, b-right, c-right, d-right, f-right, j-leftthe same in lateral view; i-left, kthorax in dorsal view; i-right, m-rightthe same in lateral view. Not to scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818153" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/15818153/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">Fig. 1cd</figureCitation>
) is not as broad as in the Cambodian specimen (
<figureCitation id="136553B7FFC3FFFCFD8B1913E4DDFCDC" box="[585,669,818,845]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="10.[151,250,1909,1933]" captionTargetBox="[232,1355,181,1884]" captionTargetId="figure-20@10.[232,1355,181,1884]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 5. Anal appendages of male specimens of Lestes dorothea (ad) and L. praemorsus decipiens (eh) collected at the same sedge swamp 15 km NNE of Sen Monorom, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia, on 27 vi 2018; a,edorsal view; b,fventral view, cglateral view; dhoblique lateroventral view. Scale bar = 1 mm. The pruinescence was washed off by acetone (OEK). Asterisk indicates the position of the paraproct tip." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818161" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/15818161/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">
Fig.
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). Even the lateral view of the cerci is very similar in
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC3FFFCFB3B1912E3DCFCDD" box="[1273,1436,819,844]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">L. praemorsus</emphasis>
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(
<figureCitation id="136553B7FFC3FFFCFF5D1977E74DFCE1" box="[159,269,854,880]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1636,1660]" captionTargetBox="[400,1192,184,1607]" captionTargetId="figure-20@4.[393,1194,179,1610]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 1. Drawings of Lestes spp. (all males but i-right female) from literature, with original identifications: a, “Lestes praemorsus praemorsus”, Philippines, Luzon, Bilucao (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 19); b, “Lestes praemorsus praemorsus”, N. New Guinea, Hollandia (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 20); c, “Lestes praemorsus decipiens”, India, Coorg, Gonocopal (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 17); d, “Lestes praemorsus decipiens”, Indonesia, Java, Buitenzorg (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 18); e, “Lestes dorothea” from the original description (Fraser 1924: plate XXVI, fig. 8); f, “Lestes praemorsa” (in fact Lestes dorothea) (Fraser 1934: fig. 12); g, “Lestes dorothea” (in fact Lestes decipiens, restored in species rank in this paper) (Fraser 1934: fig. 13); h, “Lestes sp.1”, Laos, Champasak Province, Bolaven Plateau, Paksong (Yokoi &amp; Souphanthong 2014: fig. 5); i-j, “Lestes praecellens”, holotype (i-left,-j) and allotype (i-right) from SW Java;, Oedjoeng Benteng Bay (Lieftinck 1937: figs 23); kl, “Lestes praemorsus decipiens”, Taiwan (Asahina 1985: figs 2526); m, “Lestes dorothea” (Orr 2005: 28); a-left, b-left, c-left, d-left, e, f-left, g-h, j-right, l-right, m-leftanal appendages in dorsal view; a-right, b-right, c-right, d-right, f-right, j-leftthe same in lateral view; i-left, kthorax in dorsal view; i-right, m-rightthe same in lateral view. Not to scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818153" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/15818153/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">Fig. 1ab</figureCitation>
) and
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC3FFFCFE8F1976E790FCE1" box="[333,464,854,880]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">L. dorothea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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), with the inner expansion well seen, while it is scarcely seen in
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC3FFFCFAD61976E3DCFCE1" box="[1300,1436,854,880]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">L. decipiens</emphasis>
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(
<figureCitation id="136553B7FFC3FFFCFF5D195BE750FC05" box="[159,272,890,916]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1636,1660]" captionTargetBox="[400,1192,184,1607]" captionTargetId="figure-20@4.[393,1194,179,1610]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 1. Drawings of Lestes spp. (all males but i-right female) from literature, with original identifications: a, “Lestes praemorsus praemorsus”, Philippines, Luzon, Bilucao (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 19); b, “Lestes praemorsus praemorsus”, N. New Guinea, Hollandia (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 20); c, “Lestes praemorsus decipiens”, India, Coorg, Gonocopal (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 17); d, “Lestes praemorsus decipiens”, Indonesia, Java, Buitenzorg (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 18); e, “Lestes dorothea” from the original description (Fraser 1924: plate XXVI, fig. 8); f, “Lestes praemorsa” (in fact Lestes dorothea) (Fraser 1934: fig. 12); g, “Lestes dorothea” (in fact Lestes decipiens, restored in species rank in this paper) (Fraser 1934: fig. 13); h, “Lestes sp.1”, Laos, Champasak Province, Bolaven Plateau, Paksong (Yokoi &amp; Souphanthong 2014: fig. 5); i-j, “Lestes praecellens”, holotype (i-left,-j) and allotype (i-right) from SW Java;, Oedjoeng Benteng Bay (Lieftinck 1937: figs 23); kl, “Lestes praemorsus decipiens”, Taiwan (Asahina 1985: figs 2526); m, “Lestes dorothea” (Orr 2005: 28); a-left, b-left, c-left, d-left, e, f-left, g-h, j-right, l-right, m-leftanal appendages in dorsal view; a-right, b-right, c-right, d-right, f-right, j-leftthe same in lateral view; i-left, kthorax in dorsal view; i-right, m-rightthe same in lateral view. Not to scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818153" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/15818153/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">Figs 1cd</figureCitation>
,
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE14F32FFC3FFFCFF0519BFE29FFBFD" blockId="18.[151,1437,566,1313]" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">
These facts suggest that it is
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC3FFFCFDC119BEE4C4FC29" box="[515,644,926,952]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">L. dorothea</emphasis>
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rather than
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC3FFFCFCC519BEE5CEFC29" box="[775,910,926,952]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">L. decipiens</emphasis>
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which would more naturally be considered as a subspecies or synonym of
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC3FFFCFE7E19E2E41DFC4D" box="[444,605,963,988]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">L. praemorsus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. It is difficult to evaluate the difference between
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC3FFFCFBB819E2E35BFC4D" box="[1146,1307,963,988]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">L. praemorsus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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) and
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC3FFFCFF0719C6E706FB91" box="[197,326,998,1024]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">L. dorothea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="136553B7FFC3FFFCFE9619C7E7FCFB90" box="[340,444,998,1025]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="10.[151,250,1909,1933]" captionTargetBox="[232,1355,181,1884]" captionTargetId="figure-20@10.[232,1355,181,1884]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 5. Anal appendages of male specimens of Lestes dorothea (ad) and L. praemorsus decipiens (eh) collected at the same sedge swamp 15 km NNE of Sen Monorom, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia, on 27 vi 2018; a,edorsal view; b,fventral view, cglateral view; dhoblique lateroventral view. Scale bar = 1 mm. The pruinescence was washed off by acetone (OEK). Asterisk indicates the position of the paraproct tip." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818161" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/15818161/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">Fig. 5a, c</figureCitation>
), if any, without specimens of the former in our disposal.
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC3FFFCFBF519C6E298FB91" box="[1079,1240,999,1024]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">L. praemorsus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was described by a female specimen (
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), but it would be more informative to compare males. So, topotypic male specimens of
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC3FFFCFF771E0EE716FBD9" box="[181,342,1071,1096]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">L. praemorsus</emphasis>
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from
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should be compared with the
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and other specimens of
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC3FFFCFB651E0EE368FBD9" box="[1191,1320,1070,1096]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">L. dorothea</emphasis>
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. This is to be a matter of further study. For the time being we prefer to retain
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC3FFFCFCBD1E72E241FBFD" box="[895,1025,1106,1132]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">L. dorothea</emphasis>
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in the species rank.
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<paragraph id="8BE14F32FFC3FFFCFF051E56E4AFFAB1" blockId="18.[151,1437,566,1313]" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">
In the current sense,
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC3FFFCFE711E56E476FB01" box="[435,566,1142,1168]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">L. dorothea</emphasis>
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co-occurs with
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC3FFFCFD2E1E56E534FB01" box="[748,884,1142,1168]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">L. decipiens</emphasis>
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in the vast area from the Western Ghats of
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to Indochina, without transitory specimens known. As being nearly identical in the general appearance, except for the end of abdomen in both sexes, they obviously are closely related to each other. Nevertheless, their broad cooccurrence suggests that they are full species reproductively isolated from each other, and the strong difference in their male paraprocts may contribute to this isolation.
</paragraph>
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<heading id="D0A9F85EFFC3FFFCFF551F52E418FA1C" bold="true" box="[151,600,1394,1421]" fontSize="11" level="1" pageId="18" pageNumber="469" reason="1">
<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC3FFFCFF551F52E418FA1C" bold="true" box="[151,600,1394,1421]" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">
7. The problem of
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC3FFFCFEBF1F52E418FA1C" bold="true" box="[381,600,1394,1421]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">Lestes praecellens</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
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Another potential junior synonym of
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC3FFFCFDF91F9AE49DFA45" box="[571,733,1467,1492]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">L. praemorsus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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and/or
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC3FFFCFCB41F9AE5B8FA45" box="[886,1016,1466,1492]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">L. dorothea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(depending on the resolution of their taxonomic relationships, see above) is
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC3FFFCFD981FFEE56BFA69" box="[602,811,1502,1528]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">Lestes praecellens</emphasis>
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, described from south and south-west
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(
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) and also known from
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(
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Dow
<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC3FFFCFDB61C22E4E4F98D" box="[628,676,1538,1564]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">et al</emphasis>
. 2024
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). The photographs of the
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, male, and
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, female, of this species are shown in
<figureCitation id="136553B7FFC3FFFCFE181C07E418F9D0" box="[474,600,1574,1601]" captionStart-0="FIGURE 14" captionStart-1="FIGURE 15" captionStartId-0="21.[151,250,1403,1427]" captionStartId-1="22.[151,250,1320,1344]" captionTargetBox-0="[189,1398,597,1380]" captionTargetBox-1="[189,1398,345,1297]" captionTargetId-0="figure-204@21.[189,1398,597,1380]" captionTargetId-1="figure-105@22.[189,1398,345,1297]" captionTargetPageId-0="21" captionTargetPageId-1="22" captionText-0="FIGURE 14. The allotype, female (a), and holotype, male (b), of Lestes praecellens, from S. Java, Tijamar, near Tijdaoen, 5 xi 1935. M. Bartels, preserved in the RMNH collection, and their labels (c) (photos by Charlotte Hartong and Anna Ruijbroek)." captionText-1="FIGURE 15. The end of abdomen of the holotype, male (ac), and allotype, female (de) of Lestes praecellens, in dorsal (a, d), lateral (b, e) and ventral (c) views (photos by Charlotte Hartong and Anna Ruijbroek)." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818182" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818184" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/15818182/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/15818184/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">Figs 1415</figureCitation>
and very well correspond to the precise drawings by
<bibRefCitation id="EFCF32C3FFC3FFFCFB7E1C07E338F9D0" author="Lieftinck, M. A." box="[1212,1400,1574,1601]" pageId="18" pageNumber="469" pagination="55 - 119" refId="ref15035" refString="Lieftinck, M. A. (1937) Descriptions and records of South-East Asiatic Odonata. Treubia, 16 (1), 55-119." type="journal article" year="1937">Lieftinck (1937)</bibRefCitation>
. In the original description this species was compared only to specimens of “
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC3FFFCFC161C6AE22BF9F5" box="[980,1131,1611,1636]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">L. praemorsa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
” from Malay Archipelago, which actually were
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC3FFFCFE431C4EE449F919" box="[385,521,1646,1672]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">L. decipiens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="EFCF32C3FFC3FFFCFDD51C4FE490F918" author="Lieftinck, M. A." box="[535,720,1646,1673]" pageId="18" pageNumber="469" pagination="55 - 119" refId="ref15035" refString="Lieftinck, M. A. (1937) Descriptions and records of South-East Asiatic Odonata. Treubia, 16 (1), 55-119." type="journal article" year="1937">Lieftinck (1937)</bibRefCitation>
indicated three diagnostic differences of
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC3FFFCFB631C4EE300F919" box="[1185,1344,1646,1672]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">L. praecellens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC3FFFCFA441C4EE741F93D" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">L. decipiens</emphasis>
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in the sense of this paper: (i) absence of black spots on the metopleurae (metepimeron and metepisternum) and lower surface of synthorax (
<bibRefCitation id="EFCF32C3FFC3FFFCFDC21C97E4ECF940" author="Lieftinck, M. A." box="[512,684,1718,1745]" pageId="18" pageNumber="469" pagination="55 - 119" refId="ref15035" refString="Lieftinck, M. A. (1937) Descriptions and records of South-East Asiatic Odonata. Treubia, 16 (1), 55-119." type="journal article" year="1937">Lieftinck 1937</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 2, reproduced here as
<figureCitation id="136553B7FFC3FFFCFC181C97E265F941" box="[986,1061,1718,1744]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1636,1660]" captionTargetBox="[400,1192,184,1607]" captionTargetId="figure-20@4.[393,1194,179,1610]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 1. Drawings of Lestes spp. (all males but i-right female) from literature, with original identifications: a, “Lestes praemorsus praemorsus”, Philippines, Luzon, Bilucao (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 19); b, “Lestes praemorsus praemorsus”, N. New Guinea, Hollandia (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 20); c, “Lestes praemorsus decipiens”, India, Coorg, Gonocopal (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 17); d, “Lestes praemorsus decipiens”, Indonesia, Java, Buitenzorg (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 18); e, “Lestes dorothea” from the original description (Fraser 1924: plate XXVI, fig. 8); f, “Lestes praemorsa” (in fact Lestes dorothea) (Fraser 1934: fig. 12); g, “Lestes dorothea” (in fact Lestes decipiens, restored in species rank in this paper) (Fraser 1934: fig. 13); h, “Lestes sp.1”, Laos, Champasak Province, Bolaven Plateau, Paksong (Yokoi &amp; Souphanthong 2014: fig. 5); i-j, “Lestes praecellens”, holotype (i-left,-j) and allotype (i-right) from SW Java;, Oedjoeng Benteng Bay (Lieftinck 1937: figs 23); kl, “Lestes praemorsus decipiens”, Taiwan (Asahina 1985: figs 2526); m, “Lestes dorothea” (Orr 2005: 28); a-left, b-left, c-left, d-left, e, f-left, g-h, j-right, l-right, m-leftanal appendages in dorsal view; a-right, b-right, c-right, d-right, f-right, j-leftthe same in lateral view; i-left, kthorax in dorsal view; i-right, m-rightthe same in lateral view. Not to scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818153" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/15818153/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">Fig. 1i</figureCitation>
;
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); (ii) the black dorsal stripe on S2S7 not constricted before the posterior widening (
<figureCitation id="136553B7FFC3FFFCFC8D1CFBE58AF965" box="[847,970,1754,1780]" captionStart="FIGURE 14" captionStartId="21.[151,250,1403,1427]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,597,1380]" captionTargetId="figure-204@21.[189,1398,597,1380]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="FIGURE 14. The allotype, female (a), and holotype, male (b), of Lestes praecellens, from S. Java, Tijamar, near Tijdaoen, 5 xi 1935. M. Bartels, preserved in the RMNH collection, and their labels (c) (photos by Charlotte Hartong and Anna Ruijbroek)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818182" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/15818182/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">Fig. 14ab</figureCitation>
), and (iii) paraprocts “divaricate, abruptly turning into narrow, finger-shaped processes not visible in dorsal view” (
<bibRefCitation id="EFCF32C3FFC3FFFCFC031CDFE2D4F889" author="Lieftinck, M. A." box="[961,1172,1790,1817]" pageId="18" pageNumber="469" pagination="55 - 119" refId="ref15035" refString="Lieftinck, M. A. (1937) Descriptions and records of South-East Asiatic Odonata. Treubia, 16 (1), 55-119." type="journal article" year="1937">Lieftinck 1937: 63</bibRefCitation>
, fig. 3, reproduced here as
<figureCitation id="136553B7FFC3FFFCFF771D03E6BEF8AD" box="[181,254,1826,1852]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1636,1660]" captionTargetBox="[400,1192,184,1607]" captionTargetId="figure-20@4.[393,1194,179,1610]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 1. Drawings of Lestes spp. (all males but i-right female) from literature, with original identifications: a, “Lestes praemorsus praemorsus”, Philippines, Luzon, Bilucao (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 19); b, “Lestes praemorsus praemorsus”, N. New Guinea, Hollandia (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 20); c, “Lestes praemorsus decipiens”, India, Coorg, Gonocopal (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 17); d, “Lestes praemorsus decipiens”, Indonesia, Java, Buitenzorg (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 18); e, “Lestes dorothea” from the original description (Fraser 1924: plate XXVI, fig. 8); f, “Lestes praemorsa” (in fact Lestes dorothea) (Fraser 1934: fig. 12); g, “Lestes dorothea” (in fact Lestes decipiens, restored in species rank in this paper) (Fraser 1934: fig. 13); h, “Lestes sp.1”, Laos, Champasak Province, Bolaven Plateau, Paksong (Yokoi &amp; Souphanthong 2014: fig. 5); i-j, “Lestes praecellens”, holotype (i-left,-j) and allotype (i-right) from SW Java;, Oedjoeng Benteng Bay (Lieftinck 1937: figs 23); kl, “Lestes praemorsus decipiens”, Taiwan (Asahina 1985: figs 2526); m, “Lestes dorothea” (Orr 2005: 28); a-left, b-left, c-left, d-left, e, f-left, g-h, j-right, l-right, m-leftanal appendages in dorsal view; a-right, b-right, c-right, d-right, f-right, j-leftthe same in lateral view; i-left, kthorax in dorsal view; i-right, m-rightthe same in lateral view. Not to scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818153" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/15818153/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">Fig. 1j</figureCitation>
;
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). It is clear that the character (iii) is the same as in
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC3FFFCFC6F1D02E26EF8AD" box="[941,1070,1826,1852]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">L. dorothea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC3FFFCFBA11D02E343F8AD" box="[1123,1283,1827,1852]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">L. praemorsus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The
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of
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC3FFFCFF7A1D66E77BF8F1" box="[184,315,1862,1888]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">L. dorothea</emphasis>
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exhibits the character (i) of
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC3FFFCFD461D66E565F8F1" box="[644,805,1862,1888]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">L. praecellens</emphasis>
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as having no black spots on the metapleurae (
<figureCitation id="136553B7FFC3FFFCFAF91D67E3CFF8F0" box="[1339,1423,1862,1889]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1055,1079]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1031]" captionTargetId="figure-20@12.[151,1435,181,1031]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 7. Thorax of the holotype, male (a,b), and allotype, female (c,d) of Lestes dorothea, in lateral (a, c) and dorsal (b, d) views (photos by Dan Hall)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818165" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/15818165/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">Fig. 7c</figureCitation>
). Perhaps the same is the
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, although the metepisternum is somewhat obscured by pruinescence (
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). But all our specimens of
<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC3FFFCFEBC1DAEE446F839" box="[382,518,1934,1960]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">
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,
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including the
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from
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, the Western Ghats, have two roundish black spots at the lower margin of the metepimeron (e.g.
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) and some black underside the thorax. As to the character (ii), the dorsal black stripe on S27 is somewhat constricted in the Cambodian and Thai males of
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC3FFFCFB2C1DF6E330F861" box="[1262,1392,2006,2032]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="469">L. dorothea</emphasis>
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but almost not constricted, as in
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC2FFFDFE161AB6E432FF20" box="[468,626,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">L. praecellens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, in the
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from
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. Perhaps the characters (i) and (ii) are not so reliable, at least in
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC2FFFDFE741A9AE478FF44" box="[438,568,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">L. dorothea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC2FFFDFF551D48E75BF810" bold="true" box="[151,283,1897,1921]" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">FIGURE 12</emphasis>
. The end of abdomen (ac, fh) and thorax (de, ij) of female specimens of
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC2FFFDFB8D1D4BE2B2F810" box="[1103,1266,1897,1921]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">Lestes dorothea</emphasis>
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(from Thailand, Kanchanaburi Province, Kroeng Krawia) (ae) and
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC2FFFDFD7A1DAFE574F834" box="[696,820,1933,1957]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="470">L. decipiens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(from Vietnam, Quảng Nam Province, Nui Thanh, Tam My Tay; species rank restored in this paper) (fj) collected in tandem with males: a, d, f, ilateral view; b, e, g, jdorsal view, chventral view; d mirrored.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC5FFFAFF551F99E759FA41" bold="true" box="[151,281,1464,1488]" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">FIGURE 13</emphasis>
. A male of
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC5FFFAFE4D1F98E475FA41" box="[399,565,1464,1488]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">Lestes decipiens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(species rank restored in this paper). 23 vi 2024. Siem Pang, Cambodia (PH).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BE14F32FFC5FFFAFF051C03E57CF915" blockId="20.[151,1437,1570,2029]" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">
The
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of
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC5FFFAFE471C02E467F9AD" box="[389,551,1570,1596]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">L. praecellens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="136553B7FFC5FFFAFDF81C03E4E1F9AD" box="[570,673,1570,1596]" captionStart="FIGURE 14" captionStartId="21.[151,250,1403,1427]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,597,1380]" captionTargetId="figure-204@21.[189,1398,597,1380]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="FIGURE 14. The allotype, female (a), and holotype, male (b), of Lestes praecellens, from S. Java, Tijamar, near Tijdaoen, 5 xi 1935. M. Bartels, preserved in the RMNH collection, and their labels (c) (photos by Charlotte Hartong and Anna Ruijbroek)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818182" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/15818182/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">Figs 14a</figureCitation>
,
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) does not show noticeable differences from females of
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC5FFFAFA441C02E6BBF9F1" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">L. dorothea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="136553B7FFC5FFFAFECE1C67E716F9F1" box="[268,342,1606,1632]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="13.[151,250,1302,1326]" captionTargetBox="[177,1411,181,1278]" captionTargetId="figure-18@13.[177,1411,181,1278]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 8. The allotype of Lestes dorothea, from S. India, Greenfields, Sidapur. 26 iv1923, F.C. Fraser, preserved in the BMNH collection: adorsal general view; blabels, c,dend of abdomen in lateral and dorsal views (photos by Dan Hall)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818167" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/15818167/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">Figs 8</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="136553B7FFC5FFFAFEA71C67E7EBF9F1" box="[357,427,1606,1632]" captionStart="FIGURE 12" captionStartId="19.[151,250,1897,1921]" captionTargetBox="[263,1324,237,1860]" captionTargetId="figure-48@19.[263,1324,237,1874]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURE 12. The end of abdomen (ac, fh) and thorax (de, ij) of female specimens of Lestes dorothea (from Thailand, Kanchanaburi Province, Kroeng Krawia) (ae) and L. decipiens (from Vietnam, Quảng Nam Province, Nui Thanh, Tam My Tay; species rank restored in this paper) (fj) collected in tandem with males: a, d, f, ilateral view; b, e, g, jdorsal view, chventral view; d mirrored." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818178" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/15818178/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">12ae</figureCitation>
), both sharing the pruinosity of the end of abdomen confined to S10, gradually tapering cerci with black tips and a concave ovipositor lower margin.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE14F32FFC5FFFAFF051CAEE244F8CC" blockId="20.[151,1437,1570,2029]" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">
A sound difference between
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC5FFFAFDC71CAEE4E3F939" box="[517,675,1678,1704]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">L. praecellens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC5FFFAFD1B1CAEE51AF939" box="[729,858,1678,1704]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">L. dorothea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is seen in the paraproct shape in lateral view, which in
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC5FFFAFF741C92E717F95D" box="[182,343,1714,1740]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">L. praecellens</emphasis>
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has a narrow base gradually tapering to the distal part (
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: fig. 3; reproduced here in
<figureCitation id="136553B7FFC5FFFAFF741CF7E742F961" box="[182,258,1750,1776]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1636,1660]" captionTargetBox="[400,1192,184,1607]" captionTargetId="figure-20@4.[393,1194,179,1610]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 1. Drawings of Lestes spp. (all males but i-right female) from literature, with original identifications: a, “Lestes praemorsus praemorsus”, Philippines, Luzon, Bilucao (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 19); b, “Lestes praemorsus praemorsus”, N. New Guinea, Hollandia (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 20); c, “Lestes praemorsus decipiens”, India, Coorg, Gonocopal (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 17); d, “Lestes praemorsus decipiens”, Indonesia, Java, Buitenzorg (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 18); e, “Lestes dorothea” from the original description (Fraser 1924: plate XXVI, fig. 8); f, “Lestes praemorsa” (in fact Lestes dorothea) (Fraser 1934: fig. 12); g, “Lestes dorothea” (in fact Lestes decipiens, restored in species rank in this paper) (Fraser 1934: fig. 13); h, “Lestes sp.1”, Laos, Champasak Province, Bolaven Plateau, Paksong (Yokoi &amp; Souphanthong 2014: fig. 5); i-j, “Lestes praecellens”, holotype (i-left,-j) and allotype (i-right) from SW Java;, Oedjoeng Benteng Bay (Lieftinck 1937: figs 23); kl, “Lestes praemorsus decipiens”, Taiwan (Asahina 1985: figs 2526); m, “Lestes dorothea” (Orr 2005: 28); a-left, b-left, c-left, d-left, e, f-left, g-h, j-right, l-right, m-leftanal appendages in dorsal view; a-right, b-right, c-right, d-right, f-right, j-leftthe same in lateral view; i-left, kthorax in dorsal view; i-right, m-rightthe same in lateral view. Not to scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818153" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/15818153/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">Fig. 1j</figureCitation>
;
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), but a thick base abruptly narrowing to the distal part in
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC5FFFAFBCA1CF6E2CBF961" box="[1032,1163,1750,1776]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">L. dorothea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="136553B7FFC5FFFAFB5E1CF7E2B3F960" box="[1180,1267,1750,1777]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="10.[151,250,1909,1933]" captionTargetBox="[232,1355,181,1884]" captionTargetId="figure-20@10.[232,1355,181,1884]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 5. Anal appendages of male specimens of Lestes dorothea (ad) and L. praemorsus decipiens (eh) collected at the same sedge swamp 15 km NNE of Sen Monorom, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia, on 27 vi 2018; a,edorsal view; b,fventral view, cglateral view; dhoblique lateroventral view. Scale bar = 1 mm. The pruinescence was washed off by acetone (OEK). Asterisk indicates the position of the paraproct tip." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818161" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/15818161/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">Figs 5c</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="136553B7FFC5FFFAFAC31CF7E35DF961" box="[1281,1309,1750,1776]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="11.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[295,1293,181,1908]" captionTargetId="figure-18@11.[295,1293,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 6. The holotype of Lestes dorothea, from S. India, Coorg, Mercara, 17 iv1923, F.C. Fraser, male, preserved in the BMNH collection: adorsal general view; blabels, c-ethe end of abdomen in dorsal, ventral and lateral views (photos by Dan Hall)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818163" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/15818163/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">6e</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="136553B7FFC5FFFAFAE91CF7E315F961" box="[1323,1365,1750,1776]" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="16.[151,250,1399,1423]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1373]" captionTargetId="figure-20@16.[151,1436,181,1376]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURE 11. The anal appendages of two male specimens of Lestes dorothea from India, Western Ghats, Kerala, Iduikki District: aca pond at 10.0951° N, 76.9319° E, 4 vi 2024; dfa pool under a rocky slope by Mankulam Power House, 10.0965° N, 76.9345° E, 19 vi 2024; addorsal view; beventral view; cflateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818176" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/15818176/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">11c</figureCitation>
). This character was not discussed by
<bibRefCitation id="EFCF32C3FFC5FFFAFE3E1CDBE4F8F885" author="Lieftinck, M. A." box="[508,696,1786,1812]" pageId="20" pageNumber="471" pagination="55 - 119" refId="ref15035" refString="Lieftinck, M. A. (1937) Descriptions and records of South-East Asiatic Odonata. Treubia, 16 (1), 55-119." type="journal article" year="1937">Lieftinck (1937)</bibRefCitation>
. Strikingly, one of two our male specimens from
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, Western Ghatsthat from Mankulam Power Station, of
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, has the paraprocts (
<figureCitation id="136553B7FFC5FFFAFBC01D3FE21CF8A9" box="[1026,1116,1822,1848]" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="16.[151,250,1399,1423]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1373]" captionTargetId="figure-20@16.[151,1436,181,1376]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURE 11. The anal appendages of two male specimens of Lestes dorothea from India, Western Ghats, Kerala, Iduikki District: aca pond at 10.0951° N, 76.9319° E, 4 vi 2024; dfa pool under a rocky slope by Mankulam Power House, 10.0965° N, 76.9345° E, 19 vi 2024; addorsal view; beventral view; cflateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818176" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/15818176/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">Fig. 11f</figureCitation>
) with a much narrower base exactly as in
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC5FFFAFEE81D62E789F8CD" box="[298,457,1858,1884]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">L. praecellens</emphasis>
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(
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)! This fact can be interpreted in two ways:
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1. A more likely option is that the thickness of the paraproct shape base has a great intra-species variability. This matter is to be further investigated. Since the only currently recognisable difference between
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC5FFFAFB6D1DAAE30EF835" box="[1199,1358,1930,1956]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">L. praecellens</emphasis>
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and
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is confined to this character only, its intra-species variability would mean that
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC5FFFAFB431D8EE361F859" box="[1153,1313,1966,1992]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">L. praecellens</emphasis>
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is a junior subjective synonym of
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC5FFFAFE631DF2E465F87D" box="[417,549,2002,2028]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">L. dorothea</emphasis>
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, and maybe also to
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC5FFFAFCCD1DF2E5F2F87D" box="[783,946,2003,2028]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">L. praemorsus</emphasis>
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(see above). It should be added that in his later work,
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depicted the male anal appendages of
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and mentioned
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC4FFFBFB1D1AB6E33FFF20" box="[1247,1407,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">L. praecellens</emphasis>
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in another context but, unfortunately, did not compare them, in spite of the striking structural similarity.
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2. A less likely option is that
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is a species different from
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and differing from it in much narrower male paraprocts. It this case its range extends from
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to the Indian Peninsula, where it does not exhibit the character (i) and co-occurs with
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.
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Hence, the actual status of
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC4FFFBFE331B6AE432FEF4" box="[497,626,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">L. dorothea</emphasis>
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is a matter of future research which should involve numerous specimens originating from
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to
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.
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Two more species have been described by M.A. Lieftinck as related to
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:
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from New
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(
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), also known from Malay Peninsula (
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;
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Dow
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. 2024
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) and
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFC4FFFBFA441B96E6B7FE65" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="472">L. praevius</emphasis>
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from Borneo and Enggano (
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). Fortunately, both they well differ from all above discussed taxa in having the cerci evenly curved and the paraprocts simply conical, as in
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, but divaricate, as in
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(
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD2FFEDFF051FBEE4F6FA29" bold="true" box="[199,694,1438,1465]" pageId="3" pageNumber="454">
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD2FFEDFF051FBEE7C1FA28" bold="true" box="[199,385,1438,1465]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="454">Lestes decipiens</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFCF32C3FFD2FFEDFE4A1FBFE455FA29" author="Kirby, J." box="[392,533,1438,1464]" pageId="3" pageNumber="454" pagination="545 - 566" refId="ref14162" refString="Kirby, J. (1893) Catalogue of the described Neuroptera Odonata (Dragonflies) of Ceylon, with descritions of new species. The Journal of the Linnaean Society of London, Zoology, 24, 545-566. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1894.tb02495.x" type="journal article" year="1893">Kirby, 1893</bibRefCitation>
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, bona species
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD2FFEDFF551FC6E7F4F990" bold="true" box="[151,436,1511,1537]" pageId="3" pageNumber="454">4. Cambodian findings</emphasis>
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Of the above mentioned taxa of
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD2FFEDFDCA1C10E40EF9DB" box="[520,590,1585,1610]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="454">Lestes</emphasis>
spp.
</taxonomicName>
, only
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD2FFEDFD0F1C10E5A3F9DB" box="[717,995,1584,1610]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="454">L. praemorsus decipiens</emphasis>
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was hitherto reported from
<collectingCountry id="F3490FA2FFD2FFEDFAE01C11E3D8F9DB" box="[1314,1432,1584,1610]" name="Cambodia" pageId="3" pageNumber="454">Cambodia</collectingCountry>
, for the first time by Roland
<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD2FFEDFE141C77E448F9FE" box="[470,520,1621,1647]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="454">et al</emphasis>
. (2011), not identified to subspecies, later in many particular publications by the second author (further in the text OEK).
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is an Indochinese country, the flora and fauna of which is still rather poorly studied as compared to the adjacent
<collectingCountry id="F3490FA2FFD2FFEDFD0C1CBFE572F929" box="[718,818,1694,1720]" name="Thailand" pageId="3" pageNumber="454">Thailand</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="F3490FA2FFD2FFEDFCA81CBFE58DF929" box="[874,973,1694,1720]" name="Vietnam" pageId="3" pageNumber="454">Vietnam</collectingCountry>
. However, for the second decade of XXI century, focused studies of the fauna of
<taxonomicName id="4C5E34B1FFD2FFEDFD941CE2E4F5F94C" box="[598,693,1731,1757]" class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="3" pageNumber="454" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="order">Odonata</taxonomicName>
of
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, mostly by OEK, have resulted in 204 species (three of which are still unpublished and seven not identified or described) registered in that country with the number of species expected to approach 300 (
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). Since about one third of Cambodian species of dragonflies and damselflies had still to be revealed, the first author (further in the text
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) undertook two expeditions to the northeastern and eastern
<collectingCountry id="F3490FA2FFD2FFEDFEB91D74E7AEF8FE" box="[379,494,1877,1903]" name="Cambodia" pageId="3" pageNumber="454">Cambodia</collectingCountry>
in 2022 (
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) and 2024. During the latter one,
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD2FFEDFB531D77E355F8FE" box="[1169,1301,1877,1903]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="454">L. dorothea</emphasis>
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was found, which had not been reported for
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before.
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD5FFEAFF551C45E750F9ED" bold="true" box="[151,272,1636,1660]" pageId="4" pageNumber="455">FIGURE 1</emphasis>
. Drawings of
<taxonomicName id="4C5E34B1FFD5FFEAFE681C44E45EF9ED" box="[426,542,1637,1660]" class="Insecta" family="Lestidae" genus="Lestes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="4" pageNumber="455" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD5FFEAFE681C44E7A9F9ED" box="[426,489,1637,1660]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="455">Lestes</emphasis>
spp.
</taxonomicName>
(all males but i-right female) from literature, with original identifications: a, “
<taxonomicName id="4C5E34B1FFD5FFEAFA9F1C44E7CEF931" class="Insecta" family="Lestidae" genus="Lestes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="4" pageNumber="455" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="praemorsus" subSpecies="praemorsus">
<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD5FFEAFA9F1C44E7CEF931" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="455">Lestes praemorsus praemorsus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
”, Philippines, Luzon, Bilucao (
<bibRefCitation id="EFCF32C3FFD5FFEAFD131CA9E52DF930" author="Lieftinck, M. A." box="[721,877,1672,1697]" pageId="4" pageNumber="455" pagination="1 - 271" refId="ref15109" refString="Lieftinck, M. A. (1949) The dragonflies (Odonata) of New Guinea and neighbouring islands. Part VII. Results of the Third Archbold expedition 1938 - 1939 and of the Le Roux expedition 1939 to Netherlands New Guinea (II. Zygoptera). Nova Guinea, New Series, 5, 1-271." type="journal article" year="1949">Lieftinck 1949</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 19); b, “
<taxonomicName id="4C5E34B1FFD5FFEAFC351CA8E374F931" box="[1015,1332,1673,1696]" class="Insecta" family="Lestidae" genus="Lestes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="4" pageNumber="455" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="praemorsus" subSpecies="praemorsus">
<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD5FFEAFC351CA8E374F931" box="[1015,1332,1673,1696]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="455">Lestes praemorsus praemorsus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
”, N. New Guinea, Hollandia (
<bibRefCitation id="EFCF32C3FFD5FFEAFEA21C8DE7BDF954" author="Lieftinck, M. A." box="[352,509,1708,1733]" pageId="4" pageNumber="455" pagination="1 - 271" refId="ref15109" refString="Lieftinck, M. A. (1949) The dragonflies (Odonata) of New Guinea and neighbouring islands. Part VII. Results of the Third Archbold expedition 1938 - 1939 and of the Le Roux expedition 1939 to Netherlands New Guinea (II. Zygoptera). Nova Guinea, New Series, 5, 1-271." type="journal article" year="1949">Lieftinck 1949</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 20); c, “
<taxonomicName id="4C5E34B1FFD5FFEAFD451C8CE5EDF955" authorityName="Kirby" authorityYear="1894" box="[647,941,1708,1732]" class="Insecta" family="Lestidae" genus="Lestes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="4" pageNumber="455" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="praemorsus" subSpecies="decipiens">
<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD5FFEAFD451C8CE5EDF955" box="[647,941,1708,1732]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="455">Lestes praemorsus decipiens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
”, India, Coorg, Gonocopal (
<bibRefCitation id="EFCF32C3FFD5FFEAFB101C8DE32EF954" author="Lieftinck, M. A." box="[1234,1390,1708,1733]" pageId="4" pageNumber="455" pagination="1 - 271" refId="ref15109" refString="Lieftinck, M. A. (1949) The dragonflies (Odonata) of New Guinea and neighbouring islands. Part VII. Results of the Third Archbold expedition 1938 - 1939 and of the Le Roux expedition 1939 to Netherlands New Guinea (II. Zygoptera). Nova Guinea, New Series, 5, 1-271." type="journal article" year="1949">Lieftinck 1949</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 17); d, “
<taxonomicName id="4C5E34B1FFD5FFEAFF321CF0E458F979" authorityName="Kirby" authorityYear="1894" box="[240,536,1744,1768]" class="Insecta" family="Lestidae" genus="Lestes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="4" pageNumber="455" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="praemorsus" subSpecies="decipiens">
<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD5FFEAFF321CF0E458F979" box="[240,536,1744,1768]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="455">Lestes praemorsus decipiens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
”, Indonesia, Java, Buitenzorg (
<bibRefCitation id="EFCF32C3FFD5FFEAFCA21CF1E5BDF978" author="Lieftinck, M. A." box="[864,1021,1744,1769]" pageId="4" pageNumber="455" pagination="1 - 271" refId="ref15109" refString="Lieftinck, M. A. (1949) The dragonflies (Odonata) of New Guinea and neighbouring islands. Part VII. Results of the Third Archbold expedition 1938 - 1939 and of the Le Roux expedition 1939 to Netherlands New Guinea (II. Zygoptera). Nova Guinea, New Series, 5, 1-271." type="journal article" year="1949">Lieftinck 1949</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 18); e, “
<taxonomicName id="4C5E34B1FFD5FFEAFB4E1CF0E370F979" authorityName="Fraser" authorityYear="1924" box="[1164,1328,1744,1768]" class="Insecta" family="Lestidae" genus="Lestes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="4" pageNumber="455" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dorothea">
<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD5FFEAFB4E1CF0E370F979" box="[1164,1328,1744,1768]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="455">Lestes dorothea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
” from the original description (
<bibRefCitation id="EFCF32C3FFD5FFEAFEAF1CD4E7ABF89C" author="Fraser, F. C." box="[365,491,1781,1805]" pageId="4" pageNumber="455" pagination="423 - 522" refId="ref13634" refString="Fraser, F. C. (1924) A survey of the odonate (dragonfly) fauna of western India with special remarks on the genera of Macromia and Idionyx and descriptions of thirty new species. Records of the Indian Museum, 26 (5), 423-522, pls. XXV - XXVII. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v26/i5/1924/162660" type="journal article" year="1924">Fraser 1924</bibRefCitation>
: plate XXVI, fig. 8); f, “
<taxonomicName id="4C5E34B1FFD5FFEAFD2F1CD4E5E2F89D" authorityName="Hagen" authorityYear="1862" box="[749,930,1781,1804]" class="Insecta" family="Lestidae" genus="Lestes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="4" pageNumber="455" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="praemorsa">
<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD5FFEAFD2F1CD4E5E2F89D" box="[749,930,1781,1804]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="455">Lestes praemorsa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
” (in fact
<taxonomicName id="4C5E34B1FFD5FFEAFBC51CD4E2E9F89D" authorityName="Fraser" authorityYear="1924" box="[1031,1193,1780,1804]" class="Insecta" family="Lestidae" genus="Lestes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="4" pageNumber="455" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dorothea">
<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD5FFEAFBC51CD4E2E9F89D" box="[1031,1193,1780,1804]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="455">Lestes dorothea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (Fraser 1934: fig. 12); g, “
<taxonomicName id="4C5E34B1FFD5FFEAFF7F1D38E720F8A1" authorityName="Fraser" authorityYear="1924" box="[189,352,1816,1840]" class="Insecta" family="Lestidae" genus="Lestes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="4" pageNumber="455" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dorothea">
<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD5FFEAFF7F1D38E720F8A1" box="[189,352,1816,1840]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="455">Lestes dorothea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
” (in fact
<taxonomicName id="4C5E34B1FFD5FFEAFE071D38E42CF8A1" authorityName="Kirby" authorityYear="1893" box="[453,620,1816,1840]" class="Insecta" family="Lestidae" genus="Lestes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="4" pageNumber="455" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="decipiens">
<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD5FFEAFE071D38E42CF8A1" box="[453,620,1816,1840]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="455">Lestes decipiens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, restored in species rank in this paper) (Fraser 1934: fig. 13); h, “
<taxonomicName id="4C5E34B1FFD5FFEAFAD81D38E3CCF8A0" box="[1306,1420,1817,1841]" class="Insecta" family="Lestidae" genus="Lestes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="4" pageNumber="455" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undefined-1">
<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD5FFEAFAD81D38E319F8A1" box="[1306,1369,1817,1840]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="455">Lestes</emphasis>
sp.1
</taxonomicName>
”, Laos, Champasak Province, Bolaven Plateau, Paksong (
<bibRefCitation id="EFCF32C3FFD5FFEAFD0A1D1DE5B4F8C4" author="Yokoi, N. &amp; Souphanthong, V." box="[712,1012,1852,1877]" pageId="4" pageNumber="455" refId="ref15573" refString="Yokoi, N. &amp; Souphanthong, V. (2014) A List of Lao Dragonflies. Kyoei Printing Co Ltd., Koriyama, 110 pp." type="book" year="2014">Yokoi &amp; Souphanthong 2014</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 5); i-j, “
<taxonomicName id="4C5E34B1FFD5FFEAFBB11D1CE36DF8C5" authorityName="Lieftinck" authorityYear="1937" box="[1139,1325,1852,1876]" class="Insecta" family="Lestidae" genus="Lestes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="4" pageNumber="455" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="praecellens">
<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD5FFEAFBB11D1CE36DF8C5" box="[1139,1325,1852,1876]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="455">Lestes praecellens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
”, holotype (i-left,-j) and allotype (i-right) from SW Java;, Oedjoeng Benteng Bay (
<bibRefCitation id="EFCF32C3FFD5FFEAFC4E1D41E269F8E8" author="Lieftinck, M. A." box="[908,1065,1888,1913]" pageId="4" pageNumber="455" pagination="55 - 119" refId="ref15035" refString="Lieftinck, M. A. (1937) Descriptions and records of South-East Asiatic Odonata. Treubia, 16 (1), 55-119." type="journal article" year="1937">Lieftinck 1937</bibRefCitation>
: figs 23); kl, “
<taxonomicName id="4C5E34B1FFD5FFEAFB1F1D40E6B7F80D" authorityName="Kirby" authorityYear="1894" class="Insecta" family="Lestidae" genus="Lestes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="4" pageNumber="455" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="praemorsus" subSpecies="decipiens">
<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD5FFEAFB1F1D40E6B7F80D" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="455">Lestes praemorsus decipiens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
”, Taiwan (
<bibRefCitation id="EFCF32C3FFD5FFEAFEA51DA5E7B9F80D" author="Asahina, S." box="[359,505,1924,1948]" pageId="4" pageNumber="455" pagination="2 - 13" refId="ref13478" refString="Asahina, S. (1985) A list of the Odonata recorded from Thailand, Part VIII. Lestidae. Cho Cho, 8 (8), 2-13." type="journal article" year="1985">Asahina 1985</bibRefCitation>
: figs 2526); m, “
<taxonomicName id="4C5E34B1FFD5FFEAFD761DA4E240F80C" authority="&quot; (Orr 2005: 28)" authorityName="&quot; (Orr" authorityYear="2005" baseAuthorityName="Orr" baseAuthorityPageNumber="28" baseAuthorityYear="2005" box="[692,1024,1924,1949]" class="Insecta" family="Lestidae" genus="Lestes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="4" pageNumber="455" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dorothea">
<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD5FFEAFD761DA4E516F80D" box="[692,854,1924,1948]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="455">Lestes dorothea</emphasis>
” (
<bibRefCitation id="EFCF32C3FFD5FFEAFCAD1DA4E5B9F80C" author="Orr, A. G." box="[879,1017,1924,1949]" pageId="4" pageNumber="455" refId="ref15216" refString="Orr, A. G. (2005) Dragonflies of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, 127 pp." type="book" year="2005">Orr 2005: 28</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
; a-left, b-left, c-left, d-left, e, f-left, g-h, j-right, l-right, m-leftanal appendages in dorsal view; a-right, b-right, c-right, d-right, f-right, j-leftthe same in lateral view; i-left, kthorax in dorsal view; i-right, m-rightthe same in lateral view. Not to scale.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD4FFEBFF551E43E74DFBEB" bold="true" box="[151,269,1122,1146]" pageId="5" pageNumber="456">FIGURE 2</emphasis>
. Male of
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8 vii 2024. Seima Forest, Cambodia (PH).
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On
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, whilst exploring an area of the Seima Forest in Modulkiri Province,
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,
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observed up to
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of a
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species
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(241078616 and 243313496). No collecting was made. However, preliminary identification of the photographs and video taken based on the pruinescence of the abdominal tip according to Kompier (2025) resulted in
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD4FFEBFE121F1AE4C1FAC5" box="[464,641,1338,1364]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="456">Lestes dorothea</emphasis>
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(
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), a species not previously recorded in
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. They were found in a flooded area adjacent to the N76 road, less than
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apart from the border with
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(
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,
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). The habitat was within evergreen dipterocarp forest and shaded, although some sunshine reached the forest floor in places. There were a deep area of stagnant water with both muddy margins and rich vegetation and an area of slow flowing flood water emanating from a small stream (
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).
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This finding inspired OEK to reconsider his Cambodian specimens (
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,
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) collected in preceding years and previously identified as
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD4FFEBFDDA1C32E48FF9BD" box="[536,719,1554,1580]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="456">Lestes decipiens</emphasis>
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and available for examination (seven more such specimens had been earlier donated to Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden and so could not be checked). They originated from eight localities in
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, Preah Sihanouk,
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,
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and
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Provinces of
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. For 10 of them that identification was confirmed but
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turned out to be in fact
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, which is superficially similar to
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD4FFEBFEC11C82E7C8F92D" box="[259,392,1698,1724]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="456">L. decipiens</emphasis>
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but differs strongly from it by the paraprocts(
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; note that in this figure, the pruinescence is absent as washed off by acetone). It was collected on
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27 vi
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in a large open swamp with thick sedge,
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NNE of Sen Momorom (
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) (
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), designated as locality M
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and also considered in
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(It should be noted that both papers (
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;
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) unfortunately provided somewhat wrong coordinates (
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,
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) for this place, which comprise an error of
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to the north). Along with the single male specimen of
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD4FFEBFD661D76E564F8E1" box="[676,804,1878,1904]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="456">L. dorothea</emphasis>
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(
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),
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specimens of the true
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, were collected. So, both species co-occurred at that site. In his report of
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found at that swamp (
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), OEK listed
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD4FFEBFE431DBEE44CF829" box="[385,524,1950,1976]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="456">L. decipiens</emphasis>
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(37611012) with the abundance score of 4, which means “abundant (~20100 [individuals])”. This report was correct, but
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD4FFEBFD461DE2E545F84D" box="[644,773,1986,2012]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="456">L. dorothea</emphasis>
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was missing. This location was also visited by
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on
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, who did not record
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD7FFE8FE711AB6E473FF20" box="[435,563,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="457">L. dorothea</emphasis>
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but did record
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD7FFE8FD1B1AB6E520FF20" box="[729,864,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="457">L. decipiens</emphasis>
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(241479436). Rather remarkably,
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also recorded
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD7FFE8FF551A9AE70BFF45" box="[151,331,187,212]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="457">Lestes nigriceps</emphasis>
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at this swamp, without any prior knowledge that OEK had previously visited the place and found this species at exactly the same site in
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(
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;
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).
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD7FFE8FF551B6AE5C8FEF4" bold="true" box="[151,904,330,357]" pageId="6" pageNumber="457">
5. Morphological comparison of
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD7FFE8FDEC1B6AE4FAFEF4" bold="true" box="[558,698,330,357]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="457">L. dorothea</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD7FFE8FD3A1B6AE5C8FEF4" bold="true" box="[760,904,330,357]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="457">L. decipiens</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
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The photographs of morphological details of the
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(
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,
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) and
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(
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,
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) of
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD7FFE8FAD61BB2E3D5FE3C" box="[1300,1429,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="457">L. dorothea</emphasis>
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, and of the
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(
<figureCitation id="136553B7FFD7FFE8FE431B96E784FE40" box="[385,452,439,465]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="14.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[467,1121,181,1919]" captionTargetId="figure-20@14.[467,1121,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 9. The lectotype, male, of Lestes decipens, from Ceylon, Mahagany, 20 ix 1891, Yerbury: ageneral habitus in lateral view; bditto in dorsal view; clabels, dend of abdomen in lateral view; editto in dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818171" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/15818171/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="457">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
) and female
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(incorrectly designated as “the
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” by
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of
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD7FFE8FF761BFAE779FE64" box="[180,313,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="457">L. decipiens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="136553B7FFD7FFE8FE851BFAE7D7FE64" box="[327,407,475,501]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1944,1968]" captionTargetBox="[455,1133,181,1920]" captionTargetId="figure-18@15.[455,1133,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 10. A paralectotype, female (incorrectly designated as “the allotype” by Kimmins (1970)) of Lestes decipiens, from Ceylon, 6th Milestone, Nilavelli Road, 9 xii 1891, Yerbury: ageneral habitus in lateral view; bditto in dorsal view; clabels, dend of abdomen in lateral view; editto in dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818173" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/15818173/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="457">Fig. 10</figureCitation>
), kept in the collection of Natural History Museum, London (BMNH) provided us a reference for the characters of this species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE14F32FFD7FFE8FF051802E558FD60" blockId="6.[151,1437,403,1185]" pageId="6" pageNumber="457">
The labels of the type specimens of
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD7FFE8FDA41802E4A9FDAC" box="[614,745,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="457">L. dorothea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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,
<figureCitation id="136553B7FFD7FFE8FCA21802E53DFDAC" box="[864,893,547,573]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="13.[151,250,1302,1326]" captionTargetBox="[177,1411,181,1278]" captionTargetId="figure-18@13.[177,1411,181,1278]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 8. The allotype of Lestes dorothea, from S. India, Greenfields, Sidapur. 26 iv1923, F.C. Fraser, preserved in the BMNH collection: adorsal general view; blabels, c,dend of abdomen in lateral and dorsal views (photos by Dan Hall)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818167" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/15818167/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="457">8b</figureCitation>
) provided more precise information of the type locality than that presented in the original description (
<bibRefCitation id="EFCF32C3FFD7FFE8FD3E1866E5C7FDF0" author="Fraser, F. C." box="[764,903,583,609]" pageId="6" pageNumber="457" pagination="423 - 522" refId="ref13634" refString="Fraser, F. C. (1924) A survey of the odonate (dragonfly) fauna of western India with special remarks on the genera of Macromia and Idionyx and descriptions of thirty new species. Records of the Indian Museum, 26 (5), 423-522, pls. XXV - XXVII. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v26/i5/1924/162660" type="journal article" year="1924">Fraser 1924</bibRefCitation>
), and also included the date. The
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label says: “S.
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: / Coorg, / Mercara. /
<date id="FFE069F2FFD7FFE8FDF5184AE4F6FD14" box="[567,694,619,645]" pageId="6" pageNumber="457" value="1923-04-17">17-iv-1923</date>
. / Maj. F.C. Fraser.” (
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), hence Mercara is the species type locality, and the
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label is as follows: “S.
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: / Coorg, / Greenfields, Sidapur. /
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. / Maj. F.C. Fraser.” (
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). The original identification labels “
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD7FFE8FD201892E5A3FD5C" box="[738,995,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="457">L. praemorsa dorothea</emphasis>
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” treats this taxon in a subspecific level, which seems to be Frasers initial, not published opinion.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE14F32FFD7FFE8FF0518DAE2C6FC34" blockId="6.[151,1437,403,1185]" pageId="6" pageNumber="457">
<bibRefCitation id="EFCF32C3FFD7FFE8FF0518DAE71DFC84" author="Kirby, J." box="[199,349,763,789]" pageId="6" pageNumber="457" pagination="545 - 566" refId="ref14162" refString="Kirby, J. (1893) Catalogue of the described Neuroptera Odonata (Dragonflies) of Ceylon, with descritions of new species. The Journal of the Linnaean Society of London, Zoology, 24, 545-566. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1894.tb02495.x" type="journal article" year="1893">Kirby (1893)</bibRefCitation>
did not indicate the
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of
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD7FFE8FD2118DAE52EFC84" box="[739,878,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="457">L. decipiens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, so
<bibRefCitation id="EFCF32C3FFD7FFE8FC6018DAE21FFC84" author="Kimmins, D. E." box="[930,1119,763,789]" pageId="6" pageNumber="457" pagination="171 - 205" refId="ref14051" refString="Kimmins, D. E. (1970) A list of the type-specimens of Odonata in the British Museum (Natural History). Part 3. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, 24 (6), 171-205. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.1521" type="journal article" year="1970">Kimmins (1970)</bibRefCitation>
designated one of its male
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, that from Mahagany,
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, as its
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. At the same time he designated a female
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from 6
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Milestone, Nilavelli Road,
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, as “
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”. However ICZN does not offer an option of subsequent designations of
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after original descriptions.Hence the latter female specimen is just one of the
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. (Also an
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does not have any taxonomical value above being one of the
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.)
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE14F32FFD7FFE8FF05198EE707FC7C" blockId="6.[151,1437,403,1185]" pageId="6" pageNumber="457">
We also analysed
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of
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD7FFE8FDEB198EE4EBFC58" box="[553,683,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="457">L. dorothea</emphasis>
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from
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, which is another Indian state in the southern Western Ghats (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE14F32FFD7FFE8FF0519D6E45AFB30" blockId="6.[151,1437,403,1185]" pageId="6" pageNumber="457">
Since the Cambodian specimens available to us included only
<specimenCount id="9D5884BBFFD7FFE8FCB819D6E5B5FB80" box="[890,1013,1015,1041]" count="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="457" type="female">one female</specimenCount>
belonging to this group, preliminarily identified as
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, we also examined the females of
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a-e) and
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f-j) from the neighbouring
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, respectively. Their identification to species was proved by their being collected while in tandems with males. In sum, morphological details were examined in the following specimens and can be commented as follows:
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In order to simplify further reading by making our taxonomic treatments uniform throughout further text, we have to start with a taxonomic revision based on literature only. Both
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;
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). Their
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localities were fairly distant:
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, the
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for
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and four localities on the island of
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The description of
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), which made its further comparison with other taxa difficult.
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incorrectly claimed the existence of the male
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of
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from the current
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, as follows: “The
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, a female from
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,
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, is now in the Selysian collection. The
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, a male, also in the same collection, was taken at Puepoli,
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, in June”. However, the original description of
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EFCF32C3FFD3FFECFD8E1E1EE48BFBC8" author="Selys Longchamps, M. E. de" box="[588,715,1087,1113]" pageId="2" pageNumber="453" pagination="288 - 338" refId="ref15384" refString="Selys Longchamps, M. E. de (1862) Synopsis des Agrionines. Seconde legion: Lestes. Bulletins de l'Academie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique, Series 2, 13, 288-338." type="journal article" year="1862">Selys 1862</bibRefCitation>
)
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claimed the male to be unknown. But the male specimen from Puepoli cannot be the
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, since the
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is a member of the type series by definition, and the type series contains only specimens upon which the original description was based, regardless of further literature. Hence the additional male specimen in Selys collection has no taxonomic value. Frasers statement concerning the presumed
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was also rejected by
<bibRefCitation id="EFCF32C3FFD3FFECFE241EEEE4B8FB78" author="Lieftinck, M. A." box="[486,760,1231,1257]" pageId="2" pageNumber="453" pagination="1 - 271" refId="ref15109" refString="Lieftinck, M. A. (1949) The dragonflies (Odonata) of New Guinea and neighbouring islands. Part VII. Results of the Third Archbold expedition 1938 - 1939 and of the Le Roux expedition 1939 to Netherlands New Guinea (II. Zygoptera). Nova Guinea, New Series, 5, 1-271." type="journal article" year="1949">Lieftinck (1949: 3334)</bibRefCitation>
, as follows: “The first reference known to me in which a
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of this insect is mentioned, is a note of De Selys on a single specimen from Puepoli, in
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, of which this author writes: “Le mâle des Monts Carin pris à Puepoli par M. Fea appartient au type de lespèce par ses appendices anals supérieurs noirs au bout et aussi à lextrême base” ” [The male from the Carin Mountains taken at Puepoli by Mr. Fea belongs to the type of the species because of its upper anal appendages black at the tip and also at the extreme base]. (Ann. Mus. civ. Genova (2) 10, 1891, p. 495496). This statement does not necessarily imply that the two sexes, from such remote localities, are really con-subspecific, and since no description of this
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was given I have not followed Fraser, who proclaimed that the Burmese
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is the
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of
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD3FFECFC341FEAE23AFA75" box="[1014,1146,1483,1508]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="453">praemorsus</emphasis>
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”. It should be added that Lieftincks reasons make no sense from the formal reasons: the Puepoli specimen would not be an
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even if it were conspecific with the
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and its description were published after the original description. Actually,
<bibRefCitation id="EFCF32C3FFD3FFECFF551C16E710F9C0" author="Lieftinck, M. A." box="[151,336,1591,1617]" pageId="2" pageNumber="453" pagination="1 - 271" refId="ref15109" refString="Lieftinck, M. A. (1949) The dragonflies (Odonata) of New Guinea and neighbouring islands. Part VII. Results of the Third Archbold expedition 1938 - 1939 and of the Le Roux expedition 1939 to Netherlands New Guinea (II. Zygoptera). Nova Guinea, New Series, 5, 1-271." type="journal article" year="1949">Lieftinck (1949)</bibRefCitation>
just challenged the opinion by the species author, de Selys-Longchamps (based on the coloration of the appendages of different sexes!), that the additional
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male was conspecific to the
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from the
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, a doubt which we fully agree (see below).
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<bibRefCitation id="EFCF32C3FFD3FFECFF051C82E7DAF92C" author="Kirby, J." box="[199,410,1698,1725]" pageId="2" pageNumber="453" pagination="545 - 566" refId="ref14162" refString="Kirby, J. (1893) Catalogue of the described Neuroptera Odonata (Dragonflies) of Ceylon, with descritions of new species. The Journal of the Linnaean Society of London, Zoology, 24, 545-566. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1894.tb02495.x" type="journal article" year="1893">Kirby (1893: 566)</bibRefCitation>
abstained from providing a factual differential diagnosis of
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD3FFECFB9A1C82E2A2F92C" box="[1112,1250,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="453">L. decipiens</emphasis>
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, providing only the following note: “Allied to
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD3FFECFE3B1CE6E4D3F971" box="[505,659,1735,1760]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="453">L. praemorsa</emphasis>
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(
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) and
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD3FFECFCA91CE6E246F970" box="[875,1030,1735,1761]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="453">L. quercifolia</emphasis>
, De Selys
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(Menado and
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), but apparently distinct”.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE14F32FFD3FFECFF051D2EE28AF84E" blockId="2.[151,1437,799,2015]" pageId="2" pageNumber="453">
<bibRefCitation id="EFCF32C3FFD3FFECFF051D2EE7C5F8B8" author="Fraser, F. C." box="[199,389,1807,1833]" pageId="2" pageNumber="453" refId="ref13746" refString="Fraser, F. C. (1933) The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma: Odonata. Vol. 1. Taylor and Francis Ltd., London, 423 pp." type="book" year="1933">Fraser (1933: 33)</bibRefCitation>
assumed
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD3FFECFE2D1D2EE435F8B8" box="[495,629,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="453">L. decipiens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as the junior synonym of
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD3FFECFC4E1D2EE26BF8B9" box="[908,1067,1807,1832]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="453">L. praemorsus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, with the following note: “Owing to the gradual development of melanosis, a large number of varying forms are found ranging from pale brown with distinct markings in the teneral condition to melanotic forms which are quite black and exhibit no markings. Kirbys form, known as
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD3FFECFE8C1D5AE795F804" box="[334,469,1915,1941]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="453">L. decipiens</emphasis>
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, is merely one such as the last, very heavily pruinosed.” This point of view was based on his above discussion and incorrect assumption of the existence of the male
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of
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD3FFECFB531D81E373F828" box="[1169,1331,1952,1977]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="453">L. praemorsus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the current
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. Note that Fraser did not consider structural characters in the above statement.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE14F32FFD2FFEDFF051AB6E727FDD7" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,1465]" pageId="3" pageNumber="454">
It was
<bibRefCitation id="EFCF32C3FFD2FFEDFED31AB6E788FF20" author="Lieftinck, M. A." box="[273,456,151,177]" pageId="3" pageNumber="454" pagination="1 - 271" refId="ref15109" refString="Lieftinck, M. A. (1949) The dragonflies (Odonata) of New Guinea and neighbouring islands. Part VII. Results of the Third Archbold expedition 1938 - 1939 and of the Le Roux expedition 1939 to Netherlands New Guinea (II. Zygoptera). Nova Guinea, New Series, 5, 1-271." type="journal article" year="1949">Lieftinck (1949)</bibRefCitation>
who considered and illustrated both taxa in detail, based on specimens of
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD2FFEDFAC21AB6E3C4FF21" box="[1280,1412,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="454">praemorsus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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from the
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and New
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and specimens of
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD2FFEDFCFC1A9AE5E8FF44" box="[830,936,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="454">decipiens</emphasis>
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from the Kodagu District of
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and Java. His detailed key and fine drawings of the appendages (
<bibRefCitation id="EFCF32C3FFD2FFEDFCC71AC1E5F1FF6B" author="Lieftinck, M. A." box="[773,945,224,250]" pageId="3" pageNumber="454" pagination="1 - 271" refId="ref15109" refString="Lieftinck, M. A. (1949) The dragonflies (Odonata) of New Guinea and neighbouring islands. Part VII. Results of the Third Archbold expedition 1938 - 1939 and of the Le Roux expedition 1939 to Netherlands New Guinea (II. Zygoptera). Nova Guinea, New Series, 5, 1-271." type="journal article" year="1949">Lieftinck 1949</bibRefCitation>
: figs 1920), reproduced here as
<figureCitation id="136553B7FFD2FFEDFAE91AC1E3D8FF6B" box="[1323,1432,224,250]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1636,1660]" captionTargetBox="[400,1192,184,1607]" captionTargetId="figure-20@4.[393,1194,179,1610]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 1. Drawings of Lestes spp. (all males but i-right female) from literature, with original identifications: a, “Lestes praemorsus praemorsus”, Philippines, Luzon, Bilucao (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 19); b, “Lestes praemorsus praemorsus”, N. New Guinea, Hollandia (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 20); c, “Lestes praemorsus decipiens”, India, Coorg, Gonocopal (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 17); d, “Lestes praemorsus decipiens”, Indonesia, Java, Buitenzorg (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 18); e, “Lestes dorothea” from the original description (Fraser 1924: plate XXVI, fig. 8); f, “Lestes praemorsa” (in fact Lestes dorothea) (Fraser 1934: fig. 12); g, “Lestes dorothea” (in fact Lestes decipiens, restored in species rank in this paper) (Fraser 1934: fig. 13); h, “Lestes sp.1”, Laos, Champasak Province, Bolaven Plateau, Paksong (Yokoi &amp; Souphanthong 2014: fig. 5); i-j, “Lestes praecellens”, holotype (i-left,-j) and allotype (i-right) from SW Java;, Oedjoeng Benteng Bay (Lieftinck 1937: figs 23); kl, “Lestes praemorsus decipiens”, Taiwan (Asahina 1985: figs 2526); m, “Lestes dorothea” (Orr 2005: 28); a-left, b-left, c-left, d-left, e, f-left, g-h, j-right, l-right, m-leftanal appendages in dorsal view; a-right, b-right, c-right, d-right, f-right, j-leftthe same in lateral view; i-left, kthorax in dorsal view; i-right, m-rightthe same in lateral view. Not to scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818153" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/15818153/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="454">Fig. 1ad</figureCitation>
, show a drastic difference in the paraprocts, which are diverging and concealed under the cerci in dorsal view in
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD2FFEDFF551B0AE75BFED5" box="[151,283,299,324]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="454">praemorsus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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(
<figureCitation id="136553B7FFD2FFEDFEA91B0BE796FED5" box="[363,470,298,324]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1636,1660]" captionTargetBox="[400,1192,184,1607]" captionTargetId="figure-20@4.[393,1194,179,1610]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 1. Drawings of Lestes spp. (all males but i-right female) from literature, with original identifications: a, “Lestes praemorsus praemorsus”, Philippines, Luzon, Bilucao (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 19); b, “Lestes praemorsus praemorsus”, N. New Guinea, Hollandia (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 20); c, “Lestes praemorsus decipiens”, India, Coorg, Gonocopal (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 17); d, “Lestes praemorsus decipiens”, Indonesia, Java, Buitenzorg (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 18); e, “Lestes dorothea” from the original description (Fraser 1924: plate XXVI, fig. 8); f, “Lestes praemorsa” (in fact Lestes dorothea) (Fraser 1934: fig. 12); g, “Lestes dorothea” (in fact Lestes decipiens, restored in species rank in this paper) (Fraser 1934: fig. 13); h, “Lestes sp.1”, Laos, Champasak Province, Bolaven Plateau, Paksong (Yokoi &amp; Souphanthong 2014: fig. 5); i-j, “Lestes praecellens”, holotype (i-left,-j) and allotype (i-right) from SW Java;, Oedjoeng Benteng Bay (Lieftinck 1937: figs 23); kl, “Lestes praemorsus decipiens”, Taiwan (Asahina 1985: figs 2526); m, “Lestes dorothea” (Orr 2005: 28); a-left, b-left, c-left, d-left, e, f-left, g-h, j-right, l-right, m-leftanal appendages in dorsal view; a-right, b-right, c-right, d-right, f-right, j-leftthe same in lateral view; i-left, kthorax in dorsal view; i-right, m-rightthe same in lateral view. Not to scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818153" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/15818153/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="454">Fig. 1ab</figureCitation>
) while directed caudad and well seen in dorsal view in
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD2FFEDFBFD1B0BE2E9FED5" box="[1087,1193,298,324]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="454">decipiens</emphasis>
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(
<figureCitation id="136553B7FFD2FFEDFB751B0BE365FED5" box="[1207,1317,298,324]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1636,1660]" captionTargetBox="[400,1192,184,1607]" captionTargetId="figure-20@4.[393,1194,179,1610]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 1. Drawings of Lestes spp. (all males but i-right female) from literature, with original identifications: a, “Lestes praemorsus praemorsus”, Philippines, Luzon, Bilucao (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 19); b, “Lestes praemorsus praemorsus”, N. New Guinea, Hollandia (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 20); c, “Lestes praemorsus decipiens”, India, Coorg, Gonocopal (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 17); d, “Lestes praemorsus decipiens”, Indonesia, Java, Buitenzorg (Lieftinck 1949: fig. 18); e, “Lestes dorothea” from the original description (Fraser 1924: plate XXVI, fig. 8); f, “Lestes praemorsa” (in fact Lestes dorothea) (Fraser 1934: fig. 12); g, “Lestes dorothea” (in fact Lestes decipiens, restored in species rank in this paper) (Fraser 1934: fig. 13); h, “Lestes sp.1”, Laos, Champasak Province, Bolaven Plateau, Paksong (Yokoi &amp; Souphanthong 2014: fig. 5); i-j, “Lestes praecellens”, holotype (i-left,-j) and allotype (i-right) from SW Java;, Oedjoeng Benteng Bay (Lieftinck 1937: figs 23); kl, “Lestes praemorsus decipiens”, Taiwan (Asahina 1985: figs 2526); m, “Lestes dorothea” (Orr 2005: 28); a-left, b-left, c-left, d-left, e, f-left, g-h, j-right, l-right, m-leftanal appendages in dorsal view; a-right, b-right, c-right, d-right, f-right, j-leftthe same in lateral view; i-left, kthorax in dorsal view; i-right, m-rightthe same in lateral view. Not to scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818153" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/15818153/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="454">Fig. 1cd</figureCitation>
). In lateral view, the paraproct of
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(
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) has the distal part narrower than in
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD2FFEDFB461B6EE2AEFEF8" box="[1156,1262,335,361]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="454">decipiens</emphasis>
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(
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). In spite of these drastic differences,
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considered the taxon
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD2FFEDFC0D1B52E279FE1C" box="[975,1081,371,397]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="454">decipiens</emphasis>
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as a subspecies
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rather than a full species
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD2FFEDFDE31BB8E4E9FE23" box="[545,681,408,434]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="454">L. decipiens</emphasis>
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. This point of view was assumed by later authors (e.g.
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) and is the current consensus.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE14F32FFD2FFEDFF051870E775FC00" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,1465]" pageId="3" pageNumber="454">
However, Lieftinck was far from being certain in this solution, which was just preliminary, as follows from the following citations: “This statement [by Selys, that the Puepoli male was
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD2FFEDFC101857E216FD1E" box="[978,1110,630,655]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="454">praemorsus</emphasis>
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, see the citation above] does not necessarily imply that the two sexes, from such remote localities [the
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and
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], are really con-subspecific” (
<bibRefCitation id="EFCF32C3FFD2FFEDFEA0189EE425FD48" author="Lieftinck, M. A." box="[354,613,703,729]" pageId="3" pageNumber="454" pagination="1 - 271" refId="ref15109" refString="Lieftinck, M. A. (1949) The dragonflies (Odonata) of New Guinea and neighbouring islands. Part VII. Results of the Third Archbold expedition 1938 - 1939 and of the Le Roux expedition 1939 to Netherlands New Guinea (II. Zygoptera). Nova Guinea, New Series, 5, 1-271." type="journal article" year="1949">Lieftinck 1949: 3334</bibRefCitation>
). “I prefer for the present to take a very broad view and to recognize two races only; and although the present situation is not wholly satisfactory, any attempt to a further splitting up of the western subspecies
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD2FFEDFE631929E44BFCB3" box="[417,523,776,802]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="454">decipiens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has proved to be futile. On the other hand, a small number of undescribed races seem to exist in the eastern part of the Archipelago, but there is no doubt much intergradation; and a long series of
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of
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD2FFEDFEEB1972E7EDFCFD" box="[297,429,851,876]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="454">praemorsus</emphasis>
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from the
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is necessary to justify the separation of these subspecies.” (
<bibRefCitation id="EFCF32C3FFD2FFEDFAF61973E769FC00" author="Lieftinck, M. A." pageId="3" pageNumber="454" pagination="1 - 271" refId="ref15109" refString="Lieftinck, M. A. (1949) The dragonflies (Odonata) of New Guinea and neighbouring islands. Part VII. Results of the Third Archbold expedition 1938 - 1939 and of the Le Roux expedition 1939 to Netherlands New Guinea (II. Zygoptera). Nova Guinea, New Series, 5, 1-271." type="journal article" year="1949">Lieftinck 1949: 3536</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE14F32FFD2FFEDFF0519BDE230FBB5" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,1465]" pageId="3" pageNumber="454">
On the other hand, he wrote: “The two subspecies are easily separated by differences which may be seen from the following comparison and from the drawings” (
<bibRefCitation id="EFCF32C3FFD2FFEDFD2119E1E5A8FC4A" author="Lieftinck, M. A." box="[739,1000,960,987]" pageId="3" pageNumber="454" pagination="1 - 271" refId="ref15109" refString="Lieftinck, M. A. (1949) The dragonflies (Odonata) of New Guinea and neighbouring islands. Part VII. Results of the Third Archbold expedition 1938 - 1939 and of the Le Roux expedition 1939 to Netherlands New Guinea (II. Zygoptera). Nova Guinea, New Series, 5, 1-271." type="journal article" year="1949">Lieftinck 1949: 3536</bibRefCitation>
). Curiously, some species assumed by him as distinct in fact exhibited much less difference. For instance, the species described by him 12 years before,
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD2FFEDFF551E2AE725FBB5" box="[151,357,1034,1060]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="454">Lestes praecellens</emphasis>
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, is very similar to
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD2FFEDFDF51E2AE4FBFBB5" box="[567,699,1035,1060]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="454">praemorsus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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but not to
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD2FFEDFCB41E2BE5A0FBB5" box="[886,992,1034,1060]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="454">decipiens</emphasis>
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(see below).
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<paragraph id="8BE14F32FFD2FFEDFF051E0EE5D3FA90" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,1465]" pageId="3" pageNumber="454">
Thus, the preliminary solution of
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to consider the taxon
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looks strange even for his time and in view of his own earlier works. We find it not justified, while the original species status of
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fits much better the evidence presented by
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himself. Further in this paper one will see that the anal appendages of
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but not to
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. In fact, that Lieftincks solution to consider
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obscured further species comparisons and resulted to a nomenclatural mess in
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Unfortunately, we have no topotypic specimens of
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from Luzon, an utmost need of which was stated by
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still 76 years ago. However, based on a detailed key and illustrations by
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: figs 1920; our
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) showing the profound differences in the paraprocts, we restore the species rank of
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<emphasis id="B92A9320FFD8FFE7FF051802E705FDAC" box="[199,325,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="460">Characters</emphasis>
. Male (
<figureCitation id="136553B7FFD8FFE7FE581802E446FDAC" box="[410,518,546,573]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="10.[151,250,1909,1933]" captionTargetBox="[232,1355,181,1884]" captionTargetId="figure-20@10.[232,1355,181,1884]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 5. Anal appendages of male specimens of Lestes dorothea (ad) and L. praemorsus decipiens (eh) collected at the same sedge swamp 15 km NNE of Sen Monorom, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia, on 27 vi 2018; a,edorsal view; b,fventral view, cglateral view; dhoblique lateroventral view. Scale bar = 1 mm. The pruinescence was washed off by acetone (OEK). Asterisk indicates the position of the paraproct tip." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818161" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/15818161/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="460">Fig. 5eh</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="136553B7FFD8FFE7FDD31802E461FDAC" box="[529,545,547,573]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="14.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[467,1121,181,1919]" captionTargetId="figure-20@14.[467,1121,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 9. The lectotype, male, of Lestes decipens, from Ceylon, Mahagany, 20 ix 1891, Yerbury: ageneral habitus in lateral view; bditto in dorsal view; clabels, dend of abdomen in lateral view; editto in dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818171" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/15818171/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="460">9</figureCitation>
). The paraprocts are set more or less parallel to each other, so well seen in dorsal view (
<figureCitation id="136553B7FFD8FFE7FF1C1866E772FDF0" box="[222,306,582,609]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="10.[151,250,1909,1933]" captionTargetBox="[232,1355,181,1884]" captionTargetId="figure-20@10.[232,1355,181,1884]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 5. Anal appendages of male specimens of Lestes dorothea (ad) and L. praemorsus decipiens (eh) collected at the same sedge swamp 15 km NNE of Sen Monorom, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia, on 27 vi 2018; a,edorsal view; b,fventral view, cglateral view; dhoblique lateroventral view. Scale bar = 1 mm. The pruinescence was washed off by acetone (OEK). Asterisk indicates the position of the paraproct tip." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818161" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/15818161/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="460">Fig. 5e</figureCitation>
). Because of this position, the paraprocts extend well behind the level of the cercus tooth (
<figureCitation id="136553B7FFD8FFE7FAFD1866E3D0FDF0" box="[1343,1424,582,609]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="10.[151,250,1909,1933]" captionTargetBox="[232,1355,181,1884]" captionTargetId="figure-20@10.[232,1355,181,1884]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 5. Anal appendages of male specimens of Lestes dorothea (ad) and L. praemorsus decipiens (eh) collected at the same sedge swamp 15 km NNE of Sen Monorom, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia, on 27 vi 2018; a,edorsal view; b,fventral view, cglateral view; dhoblique lateroventral view. Scale bar = 1 mm. The pruinescence was washed off by acetone (OEK). Asterisk indicates the position of the paraproct tip." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818161" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/15818161/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="460">Fig. 5f</figureCitation>
). The length of the paraproct inner margin (as measured from the S10 border to the tip) comprises ca 46 % of the cercus length (as measured from the S10 border to the tip along the insect body axis). In ventral view (
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), their outer margins are convex and inner margins slightly concave, so that their bluntly terminated apical parts, somewhat converge to each other, as seen also in dorsal view (
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). In the oblique lateroventral view, the paraproct distal part is much broader and less S-like curved than in
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, with broadly blunt apices (
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). In lateral view, the paraproct looks evenly tapering and slightly curved up, without distinction into the broader basal and narrower distal part. The appendages of the
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are damaged so that the right cercus and left paraproct are missing (
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). However, the remaining paraproct corresponds perfectly to our recent specimens of
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: it is directed behind and has the same shape, slightly curving inwards.
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Measurements (mm). Hindwing 19.520,
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Female (
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,
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). The cerci in dorsal view are finger-like, narrowing only in apical part, pale entirely (
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,
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). The ovipositor is but very slightly concave in lateral view (
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); blackish, with pale areas at base (
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,
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). The genital lamina is blackish-brown at base and pale at posterior margin (
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). The dorsal side of S10 black in the studied specimens (
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Fig.
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), dark-brown in the female
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(
<figureCitation id="136553B7FFD8FFE7FB3D1E42E31EFBEC" box="[1279,1374,1123,1149]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1944,1968]" captionTargetBox="[455,1133,181,1920]" captionTargetId="figure-18@15.[455,1133,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 10. A paralectotype, female (incorrectly designated as “the allotype” by Kimmins (1970)) of Lestes decipiens, from Ceylon, 6th Milestone, Nilavelli Road, 9 xii 1891, Yerbury: ageneral habitus in lateral view; bditto in dorsal view; clabels, dend of abdomen in lateral view; editto in dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818173" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/15818173/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="460">Fig. 10e</figureCitation>
). The prothorax hind lobe is almost upright, very scarcely slanting in lateral view (
<figureCitation id="136553B7FFD8FFE7FC3A1EA6E212FB30" box="[1016,1106,1159,1185]" captionStart="FIGURE 12" captionStartId="19.[151,250,1897,1921]" captionTargetBox="[263,1324,237,1860]" captionTargetId="figure-48@19.[263,1324,237,1874]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURE 12. The end of abdomen (ac, fh) and thorax (de, ij) of female specimens of Lestes dorothea (from Thailand, Kanchanaburi Province, Kroeng Krawia) (ae) and L. decipiens (from Vietnam, Quảng Nam Province, Nui Thanh, Tam My Tay; species rank restored in this paper) (fj) collected in tandem with males: a, d, f, ilateral view; b, e, g, jdorsal view, chventral view; d mirrored." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818178" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/15818178/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="460">Fig. 12i</figureCitation>
) and looks rounded in dorsal view (
<figureCitation id="136553B7FFD8FFE7FF1F1E8AE778FB54" box="[221,312,1195,1221]" captionStart="FIGURE 12" captionStartId="19.[151,250,1897,1921]" captionTargetBox="[263,1324,237,1860]" captionTargetId="figure-48@19.[263,1324,237,1874]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURE 12. The end of abdomen (ac, fh) and thorax (de, ij) of female specimens of Lestes dorothea (from Thailand, Kanchanaburi Province, Kroeng Krawia) (ae) and L. decipiens (from Vietnam, Quảng Nam Province, Nui Thanh, Tam My Tay; species rank restored in this paper) (fj) collected in tandem with males: a, d, f, ilateral view; b, e, g, jdorsal view, chventral view; d mirrored." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15818178" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/15818178/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="460">Fig. 12i</figureCitation>
).
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Measurements (mm). Hindwing 2021 (mostly 20), 20.0 in the female
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, abdomen with appendages
<quantity id="4CA6E2D7FFD8FFE7FF551ED2E6A5FA9C" box="[151,229,1267,1293]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.0612" pageId="9" pageNumber="460" unit="in" value="27.8">27.8 in</quantity>
the
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, 26.5 and
<quantity id="4CA6E2D7FFD8FFE7FE271ED2E474FA9C" box="[485,564,1267,1293]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" pageId="9" pageNumber="460" unit="mm" value="30.0">30 mm</quantity>
in Vietnamese specimens, 2930 (mostly 30) in Cambodian specimens.
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