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; deposited in the South Australian Museum, Adelaide, Australia
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3296B8FED60FF9AB1C9E8E2DFFCFBE2" pageId="19" pageNumber="120" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="B947E416ED60FF9AB1C9E8E2DC76FC3A" bold="true" box="[199,334,943,969]" pageId="19" pageNumber="120">Etymology.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C334387ED60FF9AB057E8E2DF1FFC3A" authority="Theischinger &amp; Mitchell &amp; Richards &amp; Polhemus, 2023" authorityName="Theischinger &amp; Mitchell &amp; Richards &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2023" box="[345,551,943,969]" class="Insecta" family="Protoneuridae" genus="Nososticta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="19" pageNumber="120" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="boonei" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B947E416ED60FF9AB057E8E2DF1FFC3A" box="[345,551,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="120">Nososticta boonei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B947E416ED60FF9AB33DE8E2DFA9FC3A" bold="true" box="[563,657,943,969]" pageId="19" pageNumber="120">
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</emphasis>
is dedicated to the late Jim Boone (19422021), Bishop Museum collection manager, who took excellent care of preparing and exporting odonate material including this species for the present study. It is a noun in the genitive case.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8B8C3804ED60FF9AB1C9EF57DEA7FB8E" blockId="19.[151,1437,691,1869]" pageId="19" pageNumber="120">
<emphasis id="B947E416ED60FF9AB1C9EF57DCE7FBC6" bold="true" box="[199,479,1050,1077]" pageId="19" pageNumber="120">
Description of
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</emphasis>
. Note: Some available specimens, including the
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, apparently turned paler by the way of preservation (ethanol), meaning that in particular the larger now pale greyish blue areas would have been largely bright blue in life (see Pl 9 for the colour in dried specimens).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8C3804ED60FF9AB1C9EFCADDF7FB36" blockId="19.[151,1437,691,1869]" pageId="19" pageNumber="120">
<emphasis id="B947E416ED60FF9AB1C9EFCADC3CFB52" box="[199,260,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="120">Head</emphasis>
. Largely black; only base of labium pale grey and a transverse frontal bar from eye to eye pale greyish blue.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8C3804ED60FF9AB1C9EF82DC9AF9A2" blockId="19.[151,1437,691,1869]" pageId="19" pageNumber="120">
<emphasis id="B947E416ED60FF9AB1C9EF82DC20FB1A" box="[199,280,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="120">Thorax</emphasis>
. Pronotum black with larger whitish blue outer mark on anterior lobe connected to large whitish blue lateral patch on median lobe, a smaller inner mark separate; pleura largely whitish blue, black along suture and at rear of epimeron. Synthorax: pleura largely black with the following pale greyish blue: ante-humeral patch, very slightly longer than 1/2 the length of mesanepisternum, basally approximately twice as wide as dorsally, inner and apical margin almost straight (tip truncate); a patch covering about dorsal 4/5 length of mesepimeron, and partly connected with stripe across whole length and anterior 4/5 of metepisternum, and patch across approximately postero-dorsal 3/4 of metepimeron. Postcoxae largely blackish brown to black; poststernum bluish white with ill-defined patches of blackish brown to black. Legs: Coxae and trochanters bluish grey and black, legs otherwise black, with only extreme base and inner portion of basal 1/2 of metafemur pale bluish to pale and brownish yellow. Wings: Membrane with greenish brown tinge, venation black; pterostigma black, hardly more than twice as long as wide; postnodals 18/14.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8C3804ED60FF9AB1C9ED16DCD7F8DA" blockId="19.[151,1437,691,1869]" pageId="19" pageNumber="120">
<emphasis id="B947E416ED60FF9AB1C9ED16DC01F986" box="[199,313,1627,1653]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="120">Abdomen.</emphasis>
S1 dorsally black, laterally largely pale bluish; S2 largely black, pale bluish to greyish yellow adjacent to genitalia; S37 dorsally black, ventrally margined greyish brown to dull yellow, S36 with blue mid-dorsal mark, about as long as wide, very close to base; S7 with pair of small not very well-defined bluish antero-dorsal spots narrowly connected across mid-line, followed by vaguely detectable diffusely bluish area; S8 largely blue, narrowly lined black basally, more widely and irregularly apically; S9 and S10 black. Anal appendages: Superiors largely blue, inferiors brownish black.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8C3804ED60FF9AB1C9EC7ED95DF8BE" blockId="19.[151,1437,691,1869]" box="[199,1125,1843,1869]" pageId="19" pageNumber="120">
<emphasis id="B947E416ED60FF9AB1C9EC7EDC73F8BF" box="[199,331,1843,1868]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="120">Dimensions</emphasis>
. Hind wing
<quantity id="4CCB95E1ED60FF9AB0D9EC7EDF06F8BE" box="[471,574,1843,1869]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.92" pageId="19" pageNumber="120" unit="mm" value="19.2">19.2 mm</quantity>
; abdomen (including anal appendages)
<quantity id="4CCB95E1ED60FF9AB2F4EC7ED959F8BE" box="[1018,1121,1843,1869]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.27" pageId="19" pageNumber="120" unit="mm" value="32.7">32.7 mm</quantity>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B947E416ED67FF9DB199EF89DC6FFB2F" bold="true" box="[151,343,1220,1244]" pageId="20" pageNumber="121">FIGURES 3033.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B947E416ED67FF9DB06EEF88DF22FB2E" box="[352,538,1221,1245]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="121">Nososticta boonei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B947E416ED67FF9DB32DEF88DF4FFB2E" bold="true" box="[547,631,1221,1245]" pageId="20" pageNumber="121">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A274596DED67FF9DB32DEF88DF4FFB2E" box="[547,631,1221,1245]" pageId="20" pageNumber="121" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<emphasis id="B947E416ED67FF9DB38FEF88DFE8FB2E" box="[641,720,1221,1245]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="121">(3032)</emphasis>
male:
<emphasis id="B947E416ED67FF9DB212EF88DE7FFB2E" box="[796,839,1221,1245]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="121">(30)</emphasis>
in life;
<emphasis id="B947E416ED67FF9DB291EF88DEF1FB2E" box="[927,969,1221,1245]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="121">(31)</emphasis>
synthorax, schematically;
<emphasis id="B947E416ED67FF9DB5ECEF88D834FB2E" box="[1250,1292,1221,1245]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="121">(32)</emphasis>
superior anal appendage;
<emphasis id="B947E416ED67FF9DB01FEFA4DC03FAF2" box="[273,315,1257,1281]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="121">(33)</emphasis>
female, synthorax, schematically.
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<heading id="D0C48F68ED67FF9DB199EE1EDC9AFA9E" bold="true" box="[151,418,1363,1389]" fontSize="11" level="1" pageId="20" pageNumber="121" reason="1">
<emphasis id="B947E416ED67FF9DB199EE1EDC9AFA9E" bold="true" box="[151,418,1363,1389]" pageId="20" pageNumber="121">Description of female</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8C3804ED67FF9DB199EED6DC10FA2A" blockId="20.[151,1437,1435,2037]" pageId="20" pageNumber="121">
<emphasis id="B947E416ED67FF9DB199EED6DDECFA46" box="[151,212,1435,1461]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="121">Head</emphasis>
. Much as in male, but dark structures and areas darker, pale areas largely pale greyish yellow instead of pale greyish blue.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8C3804ED67FF9DB1C9EEAEDC30F85E" blockId="20.[151,1437,1435,2037]" pageId="20" pageNumber="121">
<emphasis id="B947E416ED67FF9DB1C9EEAEDC20FA0E" box="[199,280,1507,1533]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="121">Thorax</emphasis>
. Pronotum much as in male but anterior lobe with larger outer mark only, which is barely connected to large mark of same colour on median lobe, posterior lobe with vertical dorsal and horizontal ventral lobe; propleura much as in male but pale areas largely pale greyish yellow instead of pale greyish blue. Synthorax: pleura largely black with pale greyish yellow as follows: ante-humeral patch, very slightly longer than 1/2 the length of mesanepisternum, very narrowly almond-shaped to almost parallel sided, 1/5 to 1/4 as wide as long; a tiny remnant of a mesepimeral patch completely fused with stripe across whole length and anterior 2/3 to 3/4 of metepisternum; subtriangular patch across approximately postero-dorsal half of metepimeron continuing narrowly along posteroventral half of it; extreme posterolateral tip of meso- and metakatepisternum. Postcoxae blackish brown to black and pale greyish yellow; poststernum pale greyish yellow with narrow elongate patches of dark greyish brown. Legs: Coxae largely pale greyish yellow, anterobasally brown to black, trochanters black and pale greyish yellow, legs otherwise black, with only very base of femora and part of basal 3/4 of metafemur pale greyish yellow. Wings: Membrane rather clear, venation black; pterostigma black, slightly more than twice as long as wide; postnodals 16/1314.
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<paragraph id="8B8C3804ED67FF9CB1C9ECFAD8B5FF0A" blockId="20.[151,1437,1435,2037]" lastBlockId="21.[151,1437,151,1005]" lastPageId="21" lastPageNumber="122" pageId="20" pageNumber="121">
<emphasis id="B947E416ED67FF9DB1C9ECFADC01F822" box="[199,313,1975,2001]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="121">Abdomen.</emphasis>
S1 and S2 dorsally black, laterally largely pale greyish yellow; S37 dorsally black, ventrally margined greyish brown to dull yellow, a pale greyish blue dorsal mark very close to base, approximately semicircular on S3 6, more elongate, between 1/3 to 1/2 the length of segment, on S7; S8 black, with or without 2 tiny greyish yellow spots on each side, ventrally margined dull yellow; S9 and S10 black. Anal appendages pale greyish blue, inferior anal lamina brown; supra-anal plate and valves brown to black; ovipositor greyish brown with tip greyish yellow.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8C3804ED66FF9CB1C9EA4EDE99FEEE" blockId="21.[151,1437,151,1005]" box="[199,929,258,285]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">
<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB1C9EA4EDC73FEEF" box="[199,331,259,284]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">Dimensions</emphasis>
. Hind wing 19.620.0 mm; abdomen
<quantity id="4CCB95E1ED66FF9CB3F8EA4FDEA4FEEE" box="[758,924,258,285]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" metricValueMax="3.05" metricValueMin="2.95" pageId="21" pageNumber="122" unit="mm" value="30.0" valueMax="30.5" valueMin="29.5">29.530.5 mm</quantity>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8C3804ED66FF9CB1C9EA6BDE14FE7A" blockId="21.[151,1437,151,1005]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">
<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB1C9EA6BDF7BFEB2" bold="true" box="[199,579,294,321]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">
Variation in the male
<typeStatus id="548886A6ED66FF9CB0C8EA6ADF06FEB2" box="[454,574,295,321]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">paratypes</typeStatus>
.
</emphasis>
Postnodals 1517/1314. S7 with pair of small ill- to well-defined, separated antero-dorsal spots, posterior to them a diffusely bluish area may or may not be detectable. Hind wing
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; abdomen (including anal appendages) 31.533.0 mm.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8C3804ED66FF9CB1C9EADFDF8DFE06" blockId="21.[151,1437,151,1005]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">
<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB1C9EADFDC05FE5F" bold="true" box="[199,317,402,428]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">Affinities.</emphasis>
Analysis of the two nuclear genes suggest that
<taxonomicName id="4C334387ED66FF9CB255EADEDEF1FE5E" authority="Theischinger &amp; Mitchell &amp; Richards &amp; Polhemus, 2023" authorityName="Theischinger &amp; Mitchell &amp; Richards &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2023" box="[859,969,403,429]" class="Insecta" family="Protoneuridae" genus="Nososticta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="21" pageNumber="122" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="boonei" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB255EADEDEF1FE5E" box="[859,969,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">N. boonei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB2DFEADED914FE5E" bold="true" box="[977,1068,403,429]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A274596DED66FF9CB2DFEADED914FE5E" box="[977,1068,403,429]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is closely related to, yet distinct from,
<taxonomicName id="4C334387ED66FF9CB1D2EAFADCBFFE22" box="[220,391,439,465]" class="Insecta" family="Protoneuridae" genus="Nososticta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="21" pageNumber="122" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chrismulleri">
<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB1D2EAFADCBFFE22" box="[220,391,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">N. chrismulleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, in close agreement with the morphological evidence. The COI gene, in contrast, places
<taxonomicName id="4C334387ED66FF9CB48DEAFADDDBFE06" authority="Theischinger &amp; Mitchell &amp; Richards &amp; Polhemus, 2023" authorityName="Theischinger &amp; Mitchell &amp; Richards &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2023" class="Insecta" family="Protoneuridae" genus="Nososticta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="21" pageNumber="122" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="boonei" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB48DEAFADDDBFE06" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">N. boonei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB1E4EA96DC7CFE06" bold="true" box="[234,324,475,501]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A274596DED66FF9CB1E4EA96DC7CFE06" box="[234,324,475,501]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
as closest to
<taxonomicName id="4C334387ED66FF9CB0D7EA96DF6CFE06" authority="Theischinger &amp; Mitchell &amp; Richards &amp; Polhemus, 2023" authorityName="Theischinger &amp; Mitchell &amp; Richards &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2023" box="[473,596,475,501]" class="Insecta" family="Protoneuridae" genus="Nososticta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="21" pageNumber="122" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stueberi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB0D7EA96DF6CFE06" box="[473,596,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">N. stueberi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB355EA96DF8DFE06" bold="true" box="[603,693,475,501]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A274596DED66FF9CB355EA96DF8DFE06" box="[603,693,475,501]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3296B8FED66FF9CB1C9EAB3D86CFCAE" pageId="21" pageNumber="122" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="8B8C3804ED66FF9CB1C9EAB3D86CFCAE" blockId="21.[151,1437,151,1005]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">
<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB1C9EAB3DCEAFDEB" bold="true" box="[199,466,510,536]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">Differential diagnosis.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C334387ED66FF9CB0D2EAB2DF92FDEA" authority="Theischinger &amp; Mitchell &amp; Richards &amp; Polhemus, 2023" authorityName="Theischinger &amp; Mitchell &amp; Richards &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2023" box="[476,682,511,537]" class="Insecta" family="Protoneuridae" genus="Nososticta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="21" pageNumber="122" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="boonei" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB0D2EAB2DF92FDEA" box="[476,682,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">Nososticta boonei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB3BBEAB2DE2AFDEA" bold="true" box="[693,786,511,537]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A274596DED66FF9CB3BBEAB2DE2AFDEA" box="[693,786,511,537]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is a mainland (New
<collectingCountry id="F3247894ED66FF9CB500EAB2D959FDEA" box="[1038,1121,511,537]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">Guinea</collectingCountry>
) species as opposed to the almost exclusively insular species
<taxonomicName id="4C334387ED66FF9CB312E96EDFA4FDCE" baseAuthorityName="Schmidt" baseAuthorityYear="1944" box="[540,668,547,573]" class="Insecta" family="Protoneuridae" genus="Nososticta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="21" pageNumber="122" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="africana">
<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB312E96EDFA4FDCE" box="[540,668,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">N. africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C334387ED66FF9CB3A5E96EDE2CFDCE" authority="Theischinger &amp; Mitchell &amp; Richards &amp; Polhemus, 2023" authorityName="Theischinger &amp; Mitchell &amp; Richards &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2023" box="[683,788,547,573]" class="Insecta" family="Protoneuridae" genus="Nososticta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="21" pageNumber="122" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tagula" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB3A5E96EDE2CFDCE" box="[683,788,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">N. tagula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB215E96EDE4DFDCE" bold="true" box="[795,885,547,573]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A274596DED66FF9CB215E96EDE4DFDCE" box="[795,885,547,573]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C334387ED66FF9CB28DE96ED939FDCE" authority="Theischinger &amp; Mitchell &amp; Richards &amp; Polhemus, 2023" authorityName="Theischinger &amp; Mitchell &amp; Richards &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2023" box="[899,1025,547,573]" class="Insecta" family="Protoneuridae" genus="Nososticta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="21" pageNumber="122" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hedigeri" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB28DE96ED939FDCE" box="[899,1025,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">N. hedigeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB507E96ED95BFDCE" bold="true" box="[1033,1123,547,573]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A274596DED66FF9CB507E96ED95BFDCE" box="[1033,1123,547,573]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB594E96ED80CFDCE" box="[1178,1332,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">
<taxonomicName id="4C334387ED66FF9CB594E96ED808FDCE" box="[1178,1328,547,573]" class="Insecta" family="Protoneuridae" genus="Nososticta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="21" pageNumber="122" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="salomonis">N. salomonis</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
The lack of a pale dorsal marking on segment 2 distinguishes the male of
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<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB265E90ADEE0FD92" box="[875,984,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">N. boonei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB2D1E90AD901FD92" bold="true" box="[991,1081,583,609]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A274596DED66FF9CB2D1E90AD901FD92" box="[991,1081,583,609]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
from
<taxonomicName id="4C334387ED66FF9CB573E90AD9C5FD92" baseAuthorityName="Schmidt" baseAuthorityYear="1944" box="[1149,1277,583,609]" class="Insecta" family="Protoneuridae" genus="Nososticta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="21" pageNumber="122" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="africana">
<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB573E90AD9C5FD92" box="[1149,1277,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">N. africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C334387ED66FF9CB43AE90AD8A5FD92" authority="Theischinger &amp; Mitchell &amp; Richards &amp; Polhemus, 2023" authorityName="Theischinger &amp; Mitchell &amp; Richards &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2023" box="[1332,1437,583,609]" class="Insecta" family="Protoneuridae" genus="Nososticta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="21" pageNumber="122" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tagula" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB43AE90AD8A5FD92" box="[1332,1437,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">N. tagula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB199E926DDC8FD76" bold="true" box="[151,240,619,645]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A274596DED66FF9CB199E926DDC8FD76" box="[151,240,619,645]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, and the lack of a long black basal stalk between the ante-humeral patches distinguishes it from
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<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB411E926D8A4FD76" box="[1311,1436,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">N. hedigeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB199E9C2DDCCFD5A" bold="true" box="[151,244,655,681]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A274596DED66FF9CB199E9C2DDCCFD5A" box="[151,244,655,681]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
The presence of a blue dorsal pattern element on S7 (vs. absent) separates
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<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB56DE9C2D9EAFD5A" box="[1123,1234,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">N. boonei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB5D2E9C2D801FD5A" bold="true" box="[1244,1337,655,681]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A274596DED66FF9CB5D2E9C2D801FD5A" box="[1244,1337,655,681]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
from
<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB48DE9C2DC28FD3E" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">
<taxonomicName id="4C334387ED66FF9CB48DE9C2DC34FD3E" class="Insecta" family="Protoneuridae" genus="Nososticta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="21" pageNumber="122" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="salomonis">N. salomonis</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
The male of
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<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB0AFE9FEDF34FD3E" box="[417,524,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">N. boonei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB31DE9FEDF53FD3E" bold="true" box="[531,619,691,717]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A274596DED66FF9CB31DE9FEDF53FD3E" box="[531,619,691,717]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
from Gulf Province is morphologically and genetically most similar to
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<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB48DE9FEDC18FD02" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">N. chrismulleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Western Province. It can be distinguished from that species by having the inner and apical margin of the blue ante-humeral patch and the anterior margin of the blue metepimeral patch in males almost straight (vs. curved/sinuous in
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<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB066E852DF2CFCCA" box="[360,532,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">N. chrismulleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
<taxonomicName id="4C334387ED66FF9CB323E852DFC0FCCA" authority="Theischinger &amp; Mitchell &amp; Richards &amp; Polhemus, 2023" authorityName="Theischinger &amp; Mitchell &amp; Richards &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2023" box="[557,760,799,825]" class="Insecta" family="Protoneuridae" genus="Nososticta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="21" pageNumber="122" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="boonei" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB323E852DFC0FCCA" box="[557,760,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">Nososticta boonei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB20FE852DE65FCCA" bold="true" box="[769,861,799,825]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A274596DED66FF9CB20FE852DE65FCCA" box="[769,861,799,825]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
can be separated from
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<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB565E852D9D0FCCA" box="[1131,1256,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">N. stueberi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB5FFE852D874FCCA" bold="true" box="[1265,1356,799,825]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A274596DED66FF9CB5FFE852D874FCCA" box="[1265,1356,799,825]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
by the markedly longer ante-humeral stripe and by the presence of a blue dorsal pattern element on S7 (vs. absent).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3296B8FED66FF9CB1C9E82BDEA1FC1E" pageId="21" pageNumber="122" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8B8C3804ED66FF9CB1C9E82BDEA1FC1E" blockId="21.[151,1437,151,1005]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">
<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB1C9E82BDCC4FC73" bold="true" box="[199,508,870,897]" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">Distribution and habitats.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C334387ED66FF9CB30DE82ADFF4FC72" authorityName="Theischinger &amp; Mitchell &amp; Richards &amp; Polhemus" authorityYear="2023" box="[515,716,871,897]" class="Insecta" family="Protoneuridae" genus="Nososticta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="21" pageNumber="122" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="boonei">
<emphasis id="B947E416ED66FF9CB30DE82ADFF4FC72" box="[515,716,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="122">Nososticta boonei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is currently known only from lowland and foothill forests in the Kikori River basin in
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, southern-central
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(
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, Pl. 3) where adults perch on twigs and low foliage in sunny patches along small to wide (&gt;
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), clear-flowing rocky and sandy streams. Material from the adjacent Purari River basin also probably belongs to this species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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