A revised classification of the genus Matrona Selys, 1853 using molecular and morphological methods (Odonata: Calopterygidae)
Author
Yu, Xin
Author
Xue, Junli
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Hämäläinen, Matti
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Liu, Yang
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Bu, Wenjun
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2015
2015-06-23
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12253
journal article
10.1111/zoj.12253
0024-4082
10107117
SUBGENUS
MATRONA
SELYS, 1853
Generic diagnosis:
Male wings uniformly dark blue opaque or reddish brown with a distinctive area of the wing base, of variable size, which appears milky when viewed from an oblique angle, owing to the presence of bluish white cross-veins. The reticulation of the wings is dense to very dense, especially in the hind wings (
Fig. 6A, B
). Median space usually with 5–7 reticulated cross-veins.