A synopsis of the Euphaeidae (Odonata: Zygoptera) of Vietnam, with descriptions of two new species of Euphaea
Author
Phan, Quoc Toan
Author
Kompier, Tom
Author
Karube, Haruki
Author
Hayashi, Fumio
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-01-24
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4375.2.1
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Euphaea superba
Kimmins, 1936
Euphaea superba
:
Kimmins (1936)
, pp. 147–149,
Figs 1–3
[Holotype male (at the British Museum of Natural History) from ‘Tonkin’ (purchased from H. Fruhstorfer)]; van
Tol & Rozendaal (1995)
, p. 100 [Male specimen (at the National Museum of Natural History, Leiden) from ‘W. Tonkin, H. Fruhstorfer, ex coll. Förster’];
Do & Dang (2007)
, p. 130 [Included in species list as species without detailed locality data].
Materials examined.
No material available to the authors.
Notes.
A large sized, brownish winged species, somewhat resembling
Euphaea opaca
Selys, 1853
. According to M. Hämäläinen (
in litt
.) there is also one male specimen of
Euphaea superba
from ‘Tonkin’ (without further details) at NRS Stockholm. The specimen originates from Coll. F. Ris, and includes his identification label ‘
Euphaea
spec. nov.
’ It is possible that this specimen was also purchased from Hans Fruhstorfer. Obviously this is a very rare species in northern Vietnam. According to information received from Haomiao Zhang and M. Hämäläinen (
in litt.)
, in China
Euphaea superba
occurs in Guangxi and Guizhou; the published
E. superba
records from Guangdong and Hong Kong (cf.
Wilson & Zaifu 2007
) refer to
E. opaca
.