Gomphidae of Guangdong & Hong Kong, China (Odonata: Anisoptera) 2177
Author
Wilson, Keith Duncan Peter
Author
Xu, Zaifu
text
Zootaxa
2009
2009-08-06
2177
1
62
journal article
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Anisogomphus koxingai
Chao 1954
Figs. 1
(a–m)
Anisogomphus koxingai
Chao (1954: 214
, 217–218, figs 285–286, 293–298,
♂
, type-loc. Taiwan);
Asahina (1968: 89– 90
, figs 1–3,
♀
, Taiwan);
Matsuki (1978: 138
, 147, fig. 9, larvae, Taiwan);
Lieftinck
et al.
(1984: 33
,
Taiwan
;
Chao (1990: 191–194
, figs 1–14, Hainan, Henan,
Taiwan
& Yunnan);
Wilson (1995a: 106–107
, 115,
♂
, photos,
Hong Kong
);
Wilson (1995b: 323–324
,
Hong Kong
;
Wang (2000: 205
,
Taiwan
, photos, male
Hong Kong
);
Wilson (2003: 216–217
,
♂
, photos,
Hong Kong
);
Wilson (2005: 129
, Guangxi).
Specimens:
1 ♂
,
Sha Lo Tung
,
Hong Kong
,
20 vi 1992
, coll. KW
;
1 ♂
(No. 24796),
Heishiding
,
15 viii 2003
, coll. ZX
;
1 ♀
,
Luofushan
,
8 viii 2004
, coll. KW
.
Remarks:
The
Hong Kong
and Guangdong specimens possess a pair of yellow lateral spots on the otherwise black labium and the superior appendages are slightly divaricate (
Figs. 1a & 1f
).
Chao (1990)
uses an all black labium as a keying character for
A. koxingai
in his key to the Chinese
Anisogomphus
despite the fact that
Asahina (1968)
illustrates female
A. koxingai
from
Taiwan
with a pair of yellow lateral spots. All the male specimens KW has examined from
Hong Kong
, Guangxi and Guangdong possess slightly divaricate superior appendages, as in
Fig. 1f
, whereas
A. koxingai
from
Taiwan
is shown with parallel superior appendages. The anterior hamulus is illustrated in
Fig.
1g
and the posterior hamulus outside lateral view is shown in
Fig. 1h
and inside lateral view in
Fig. 1i
. The penile organ is shown in
Fig. 1j
. These figures show the same structure as
Chao's (1954)
drawings from similar angles and there is little doubt that the mainland and Taiwanese specimens are conspecific. The description and illustrations of
Anisogomphus fujianensis
Zhou & Wu (1992)
are similar to or identical to mainland
A. koxingai
in respect of colour pattern and structure of the caudal appendages. The only significant difference is the structure of the
A. fujianensis
anterior hamule which is illustrated as a narrow elongate peg curved at the tip. This is exactly as it appears in situ, when viewed laterally, if the posterior appendage is not removed to reveal its broad stem.
Distribution:
China
(
Fujian
[?],
Guangdong
,
Guangxi
,
Hainan
,
Henan
,
Hong Kong
,
Taiwan
, Yunnan).