Descriptions and records of South-East Asiatic Odonata (II)
Author
M. A. Lieftinck
text
Treubia
1940
1940-01-01
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4
337
392
journal article
http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3571116
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Amphicnemis billitonis
,
sp. n.
(
pl. 15 fig. 4
,
pl. 16 fig. l
).
Material studied: —
6 ♂
(ad.),
15 ♀
(8 juv., red, 7 ad., blue),
Billiton
I. (west),
Tjeroetjoek and Goenoeng Aoer
,
Sept. 21 - 27
,
Oct.
3
,
Nov. 19
, and
Dec. 24, 1935
,
April 7, 1936
,
F. J. Kuiper
leg., in the Buitenzorg Museum.
Holotype
♂
and
allotype
♀
:
Tjeroetjoek
,
Dec. 24, 1935
.
Obviously most closely allied to
wallacei
, Selys.
Male
(ad.). — Differs from
wallacei
in the following respects:
All but the middle of the anterior margin of labrum- shining black. Pale fascia in front of frons broadly interrupted on middle. Metallic-green colour on dorsum of synthorax more extensive laterally and ceasing at the spiracle (
wallacei
: slightly before level of spiracle). Pterostigma blackish-brown or black, without yellow margin in adult specimens (
wallacei
: greyish-brown with distinct yellow margin in both pairs of wings). The stru-ctural differences are given in the key to the species.
Anal appendages white, or wax-yellow in the younger male, pale brown tipped with purplish-black in matured individuals (
pl. 16 fig. 1
).
Female
. - The red and blue-green colour-phases are inseparable from those of
wallacei
and
gracilis
, described before. The tip of the prothoracic spine is yellowish or almost hyaline in adult specimens.