A review of present knowledge of larvae of the Calopterygoidea (Zygoptera) of the Oriental realm, including keys to families and known genera
Author
Orr, Albert G. W.
text
Zootaxa
2024
2024-08-23
5497
2
209
243
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5497.2.3
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5497.2.3
1175-5326
13618317
B3C66D95-3585-4920-BE93-A44D33FB2FBB
Aristocypha
The genus includes 12 species ranging from the Himalayas to southern
China
and
Taiwan
,
Myanmar
,
Thailand
, Indochina and West
Malaysia
. Larvae of
Aristocypha quadrimaculata
(Selys)
and
A. trifasciata
(Selys)
were both described and illustrated with habitus and numerous structural details by
Kumar & Prasad (1977c)
. The larval habitus of
A. fenestrella
(Rambur)
was illustrated by
Orr (2005)
and a male larva of the same species was described in detail by Orr
et al
. (2024). Comparisons between these descriptions suggests that the form of the caudal spikes and the presence of longer setae on the scape may distinguish this genus from
Heliocypha
in known species.