The Type Specimens of the Odonata in the Entomological Institute, Hokkaido University
Author
Syoziro Asahina
text
Insecta matsumurana
1961
24
57
65
journal article
http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3516659
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3516659
1.
Orolestes
selysi
MacLachlan, 1895
=
Megalestes mirabilis
Matsumura, 1913
Megalestes mirabilis
Matsumura, 1913
, p. 50,
♂
, “Taiwan” (
syn. nov
.).
From the venation it is clear that this insect does not belong to the Synlestid genus
Megalestes
but to
Orolestes
in the true
Lestidae
.
Chen (1950)
recognized
“
Orolestes
[
Insecta Matsumurana
, Vol.
24
, No. 1, March,
1961
]
mirabilis
Mats.” as a good species, but I am of opinion that the Formosan species, both the clear-winged
O. koxingai
Chen (1950)
and the dark-winged
O. mirabilis
,
perhaps are identical with
O.
selysi
MacLachlan known from Assam.
There are three male cotype specimens in H. U. collection: the one bearing the label
“
Megalestes paradoxa
Og.;
Megalestes mirabilis
Og.; Horisha, iv, 1908” should be chosen as
lectotype
.