A review of the Drepanosticta carmichaeli-group, with the description of D. wildermuthi sp. nov. from the Central Highlands of Vietnam (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) Author Phan, Quoc Toan 0000-0002-3154-6546 The Center for Entomology & Parasitology Research, College of Medicine and Pharmacy, Duy Tan University, 3 Quang Trung, Da Nang, Vietnam. & pqtoan 84 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3154 - 6546 pqtoan84@gmail.com Author Yokoi, Naoto 0000-0002-6829-3220 2 - 37 - 11, Kaisei, Koriyama, Fukushima, 963 - 8851, Japan. yokoi @ orange. plala. or. jp; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6829 - 3220 211 / 5 Moo 4, Takhli, Nakhon Sawan, 60140, Thailand. yokoi@orange.plala.or.jp Author Makbun, Noppadon Author Joshi, Shantanu 0000-0002-4552-5746 Biodiversity Lab, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru 560065, Karnataka, India. shantanu @ ifoundbutterflies. org; http: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4552 - 5746 & Zoological Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, 130, Santhome High Road, Chennai- 600 0028. shantanu@ifoundbutterflies.org Author Subramanian, K. A. Zoological Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, 130, Santhome High Road, Chennai- 600 0028. Author Ngo, Quoc Phu 0000-0002-2533-2111 The Center for Entomology & Parasitology Research, College of Medicine and Pharmacy, Duy Tan University, 3 Quang Trung, Da Nang, Vietnam. & ngoquocphu @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2533 - 2111 ngoquocphu@gmail.com Author Dow, Rory A. Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, University Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia. & Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands. text Zootaxa 2021 2021-11-10 5067 2 187 210 journal article 3605 10.11646/zootaxa.5067.2.2 488821ce-fa5c-478e-8804-6de7c27530c4 1175-5326 5677825 Drepanosticta vietnamica Asahina, 1997 ( Figure 8a–f ) Drepanosticta vietnamica : Asahina (1997) : Original description from Lai Chau Province , North Vietnam , pp. 107–108, Figs 1–2 (head & thorax and appendages); Dow et al. (2018) : pp. 279–280, Figs 17–20 (figures of head, thorax and appendages based on paratype ). Specimens examined. 3 ♂♂ , Ta Thom Village ( 19.0329 N , 103.5950 E , altitude 355 m ), Muangngan District , Xiang Khuoang Province , Laos , 29.v.2017 , Naoki Yokoi leg. ( ZCDTU ) ; 1 ♂ , 11km southeast Muang Xay ( 20.6079 N , 102.0540 E , altitude 1053 m ), Oudomxay Province , Laos , 11.v.2004 , Naoki Yokoi leg. ( ZCDTU ) . Notes. Drepanosticta vietnamica is a new addition to the Laotian fauna. This species was originally described from northern Vietnam by Asahina (1997) based on two male specimens with one figure of the head and thorax (in lateral view) and one figure of the anal appendages ( Figs 1–2 in Asahina 1997 ). Recently Dow et al. (2018) provided figures of D. vietnamica based on the paratype male (with the same collection date and location as the holotype ). The body coloration and structure of the Laotian specimens match well with the original description of D. vietnamica ( Asahina 1997 ) . This species differs from all other species in the D. carmichaeli –group by the yellowish markings dorsally on S9–10 ( Fig. 8c ), as opposed to these segments black or with blue markings in other members of the group. However this difference may well not be reliable since the yellow marking in dorsal S9–10 of male D. vietnamica might be due to the preservation (for instance, see the case of the paratype males of D. wildermuthi sp. nov. ). Within the D. carmichaeli -group the structure of the anal appendages of D. vietnamica is most similar to D. carmichaeli and D. emtrai with a distinct ventral heel on the cerci (compare Figs 3d , 5b ) ( Fig. 8d ). The female of D. vietnamica remains unknown. Distribution. Vietnam ( Lai Chau Province ) & Laos ( Oudomxay & Xiang Khuoang Provinces) ( Fig. 13 ).