Lyriothemis lucifera spec. nov. from the Andaman Islands, India (Odonata: Libellulidae) Author Seehausen, Malte Zoologisches Museum der CAU zu Kiel, Hegewischstr. 3, 24105 Kiel, Germany Author Dawn, Prosenjit Department of Zoology, Shyampur Siddheswari Mahavidyalaya, Ajodhya, Howrah- 711312, India text Zootaxa 2024 2024-05-06 5447 2 273 281 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5447.2.8 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5447.2.8 1175-5326 9E39E621-AC97-452B-8E3B-510EDC0A510D Lyriothemis lucifera spec. nov. (Figs: 1, 2a–c, 3). Holotype : ♂ , 18.iv.1998 , Long Island , Rangat county , North and Middle Andaman district , Andaman Islands , India , ex.-coll. M. Hämäläinen , Wen-Chi Yeh, understorey of semi-evergreen forest, RMNH .INS. 1152914. Paratypes : ♂ , 5.iii.1998 , bloomsdale forest on hill behind C.A. R .I. [Central Agricultural Research Institute] rice field, Port Blair , South Andaman district , Andaman Islands , India , ex.-coll. M. Hämäläinen , Wen-Chi Yeh, RMNH .INS. 1152913 . ♀ , 18.iv.1998 , Long Island , Rangat county , North and Middle Andaman district , Andaman Islands , India , ex.-coll. M. Hämäläinen , Wen-Chi Yeh [abdominal segments 5–10 missing], understorey of semi-evergreen forest, RMNH .INS. 1152915 . Etymology : The Latin adjective “lucifera ” means “light-bringing”, also in a salutary sense. The name is given representative because to study and photograph dragonflies may lighten gloomy days.