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mp; 4mp; 5jl, yaa; 6k; 8)
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, fig. 55, “Kuling, Kiang-si” [Lushan,
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, figs. 912;
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, figs. 13.
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<emphasis id="B909EAC7FF8EFFBF6EE2F9F6FE80FF68" box="[151,322,1627,1651]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="264">Megalestes maai</emphasis>
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, figs. 14 [
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, figs. 58 [
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, figs. 5263, [Damingshan,
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This is an intermediate-sized, pale-colored species, usually with a very bright yellow color pattern, especially when young (
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). The most conspicuous character of
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is the yellow-colored cerci. This species is distributed in Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi,
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, and Zhejiang.
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There were three named species of
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that have yellow-colored cerci,
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is restricted to
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. We examined a series of type specimens of
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<emphasis id="B909EAC7FF8EFFBF6B3BF8FDFF71FE97" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="264">M. riccii</emphasis>
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deposited in IZAS and IEAS, as well as photos of the
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of
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<emphasis id="B909EAC7FF8EFFBF6DD8F8D9FBCCFE94" box="[941,1038,1908,1934]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="264">M. tuska</emphasis>
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, kindly provided by Dr. Guanhong Huang from the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department of
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. After studying our series of specimens, including four specimens of
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<emphasis id="B909EAC7FF8EFFBF6C11F811FD01FECF" box="[612,707,1980,2005]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="264">M. maai</emphasis>
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kindly provided by Mr. Wen-chi Yeh and Dr. Liang-jong Wang from
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, we found no distinct differences among these three. Molecular analysis also implied that they were the same species (
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).
<bibRefCitation id="EFEC4B24FF89FFB86FCFFF3AFD84F9AB" author="Chao, H. - F." box="[442,582,150,177]" pageId="20" pageNumber="265" pagination="187 - 196" refId="ref13620" refString="Chao, H. - F. (1965) A study of the Chinese dragonflies of the genus Megalestes Selys, with description of a new species (Odonata: Synlestidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 2, 187 - 196." type="journal article" year="1965">Chao (1965)</bibRefCitation>
compared a single male of
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<emphasis id="B909EAC7FF89FFB86D0EFF3AFC1AF9AA" box="[891,984,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="265">M. maai</emphasis>
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from
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with type specimens of
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<emphasis id="B909EAC7FF89FFB86B0BFF3AFF10F9CE" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="265">M. riccii</emphasis>
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and the results indicated that
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<emphasis id="B909EAC7FF89FFB86C6EFF16FDBAF9CE" box="[539,632,187,212]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="265">M. maai</emphasis>
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was different from
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<emphasis id="B909EAC7FF89FFB86D27FF16FC70F9CE" box="[850,946,187,212]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="265">M. riccii</emphasis>
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in the longer wings and the obtuse tip of the basal tooth on the paraproct. However, among our series of specimens, the body sizes of some Zhejiang individuals (
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<emphasis id="B909EAC7FF89FFB86EB2FEAEFEEAF806" box="[199,296,259,284]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="265">M. riccii</emphasis>
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) were larger than those from
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(
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<emphasis id="B909EAC7FF89FFB86CA9FEAEFCF8F806" box="[732,826,259,284]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="265">M. maai</emphasis>
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), and the shape of the paraproct basal tooth tip varied randomly.
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mentioned that
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<emphasis id="B909EAC7FF89FFB86CBDFE8AFCEBF85B" box="[712,809,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="265">M. tuska</emphasis>
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has “sharply pointed, bifurcated” tips of the basal tooth on the paraproct. Again, as discussed above, there is also intraspecies variation since our specimens show that both
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<emphasis id="B909EAC7FF89FFB86EE2FEC2FF3AF893" box="[151,248,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="265">M. tuska</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B909EAC7FF89FFB86F44FEC2FE50F892" box="[305,402,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="265">M. riccii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can have the tips obvious or not, and “bifurcated” or not. One individual from Jinxiu (very near the type locality of
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<emphasis id="B909EAC7FF89FFB86FD3FE3EFDC7F8B7" box="[422,517,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="265">M. tuska</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) even has a very long and pointed tip (
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). Thus, we believe that
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<emphasis id="B909EAC7FF89FFB86B65FE3EFAAFF8B6" box="[1296,1389,403,428]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="265">M. maai</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B909EAC7FF89FFB86EE2FE1AFF3AF8CB" box="[151,248,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="265">M. tuska</emphasis>
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are both junior synonyms of
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<emphasis id="B909EAC7FF89FFB86C34FE1AFD60F8CA" box="[577,674,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="265">M. riccii</emphasis>
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.
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