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<emphasis id="FCCFEA900E06FFF7FF2FF9A02110825C" bold="true" box="[151,368,1539,1565]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="491">Aeshna shennong</emphasis>
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,
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<figureCitation id="56802A070E06FFF7FE92F984210F827E" box="[298,367,1575,1599]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 8 – 13" captionStart-1="FIGURES 14 – 15" captionStart-2="FIGURES 16 – 17" captionStartId-0="2.[151,264,1052,1075]" captionStartId-1="3.[151,264,1336,1359]" captionStartId-2="3.[151,264,1956,1979]" captionTargetBox-0="[385,1213,236,971]" captionTargetBox-1="[176,1420,1045,1298]" captionTargetBox-2="[159,1426,1455,1908]" captionTargetId-0="figure@2.[313,1273,193,1031]" captionTargetId-1="figure@3.[151,1436,1021,1315]" captionTargetId-2="figure@3.[151,1436,1439,1935]" captionTargetPageId-0="2" captionTargetPageId-1="3" captionTargetPageId-2="3" captionText-0="FIGURES 8 – 13. Anal appendages of Aeshna petalura (8 – 10) and of holotype of A. shennong (11 – 13): (8, 11) lateral view; (9, 12) dorsal view; (10, 13) posterior view." captionText-1="FIGURES 14 – 15. Female vulvar lamina of Aeshna shennong (14) vulvar lamina in lateral view; (15) vulvar lamina in ventral view." captionText-2="FIGURES 16 – 17. Female of Aeshna shennong ovipositing. Photographed by HMZ." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/226819/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/226820/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/226821/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="491">11–17</figureCitation>
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.
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♂, Dajiuhu national wetland park in Shennongjia National Nature Reserve (
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), altitude
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, Shennongjia City, Hubei Province,
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, Haomiao Zhang leg.,
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<date id="BA0510420E06FFF7FAC1F9302170828E" pageId="2" pageNumber="491" value="2013-08-28">28. VIII. 2013</date>
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;
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:
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7 ♀, same data as
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. The
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will be deposited in the Collection of Aquatic Animals, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan City, Hubei Province,
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<emphasis id="FCCFEA900E06FFF7FF7FF95C212E8359" bold="true" box="[199,334,1791,1816]" pageId="2" pageNumber="491">Etymology.</emphasis>
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The name “
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” refers to the
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locality, Mt Shennongjia, an unexplored mountain in central
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. “
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<taxonomicName id="09BB4D010E06FFF7FEF4F88021A0837D" box="[332,448,1827,1852]" class="Insecta" family="Aeshnidae" genus="Aeshna" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="2" pageNumber="493" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shennong">Shennong</taxonomicName>
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” is also the alternative name of the emperor Yan, a Chinese leader in ancient times. Emperor Yan and emperor Yellow are jointly known as the “The ancestors of the Chinese,” so the name “
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<taxonomicName id="09BB4D010E06FFF7FF19F8C8217583C5" box="[161,277,1899,1924]" class="Insecta" family="Aeshnidae" genus="Aeshna" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="2" pageNumber="493" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shennong">Shennong</taxonomicName>
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” also refers to “
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<collectingCountry id="B6AC76120E06FFF7FE71F8C8227383C5" box="[457,531,1899,1924]" name="China" pageId="2" pageNumber="491">China</collectingCountry>
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.” It is considered a noun in apposition.
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<typeStatus id="110088200E06FFF7FF7FF82C215483E9" box="[199,308,1935,1960]" pageId="2" pageNumber="491" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
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Male:
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Head yellowish green with black markings, eyes largely bluish and greenish yellow in lower half in the living individual (
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). Labium yellow with anterior margin black. Labrum largely yellowish green, with a black linear stripe centrally, lower margin black. Mandibles black. Anteclypeus entirely black, postclypeus yellowish green (
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<figureCitation id="56802A070E07FFF6FE5BFF34224784F1" box="[483,551,151,176]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 – 7" captionStartId="1.[151,264,1889,1912]" captionTargetBox="[198,1419,206,1845]" captionTargetId="figure@1.[161,1446,195,1858]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="FIGURES 1 – 7. Aeshna shennong sp. nov., holotype male (1 – 2, 5 – 6) and paratype female (3 – 4, 7): (1) body in lateral view; (2) body in dorsal view; (3) body in lateral view; (4) body in oblique-dorsal view; (5) head in frontal view; (6) head in dorsal view; (7) head in frontal view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/226818/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="492">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
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). Frons yellowish green frontally, with large black spot frontally and black “T” mark dorsally (
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<figureCitation id="56802A070E07FFF6FEF9FF1F21E58494" box="[321,389,188,213]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 – 7" captionStartId="1.[151,264,1889,1912]" captionTargetBox="[198,1419,206,1845]" captionTargetId="figure@1.[161,1446,195,1858]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="FIGURES 1 – 7. Aeshna shennong sp. nov., holotype male (1 – 2, 5 – 6) and paratype female (3 – 4, 7): (1) body in lateral view; (2) body in dorsal view; (3) body in lateral view; (4) body in oblique-dorsal view; (5) head in frontal view; (6) head in dorsal view; (7) head in frontal view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/226818/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="492">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
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). Whole face covered with dense setae.
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Thorax. Prothorax mainly black with small yellow spots on lower side of hind lobe. Synthorax dark brown with greenish yellow markings as follows (
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<figureCitation id="56802A070E07FFF6FD35FEA722B2855D" box="[653,722,260,285]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 – 7" captionStartId="1.[151,264,1889,1912]" captionTargetBox="[198,1419,206,1845]" captionTargetId="figure@1.[161,1446,195,1858]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="FIGURES 1 – 7. Aeshna shennong sp. nov., holotype male (1 – 2, 5 – 6) and paratype female (3 – 4, 7): (1) body in lateral view; (2) body in dorsal view; (3) body in lateral view; (4) body in oblique-dorsal view; (5) head in frontal view; (6) head in dorsal view; (7) head in frontal view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/226818/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="492">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
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): mesepisternum with antehumeral stripe and an oval spot in posterior lower corner; mesepimeron and metepisternum covered by very large irregular stripe; metepimeron mainly yellow; mesokatepisternum and metakatepisternum yellowish. Legs mainly black except fore coxae with very small yellow spot.
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Wings. Wings hyaline, slightly tinted with amber brown. Triangle 4- or 5-celled in fore wings and 4-celled in hind wings, anal loop 6- or 7-celled, anal triangle 3-celled. Anal loop 10- or 11-celled. Pterostigma blackish brown on upper side and pale brownish yellow on under side,
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in length. Nodal index 14:20:19:15/15:13:13:16. Abdomen. Abdomen black with sky blue and yellow markings as follows (
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): S1 with dorsal blue band posteriorly and very large yellow spot on lower side. Dorsum of S2 with anterior yellow spot, paired middle yellow stripes and paired posterior blue spots. Side of S2 with 6 yellow spots: 3 small ones located close to lower margin and 3 large ones irregular in shape (anterior one large, covering auricle, middle one slim and posterior one about half as large as anterior one). Dorsum of S3 with very small yellow spot anteriorly, paired yellow spots centrally and paired bluish yellow spots posteriorly. Sides of S3 with very large anterior spot, triangular in shape, median spot and small posterior spot, all yellowish in color. Dorsum of S4–7 with paired yellow median spots and posterior spots. Lateral side of S4–7 with two pairs of anterior yellow spots, S4 with small posterior yellow spot. Dorsum of S8 with paired very small yellow anterior spots and paired posterior spots, lateral side of S8 with paired anterior yellow spots. S9–10 with paired very small posterior spots.
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Cerci about 2.5 times as long as S10, in dorsal view expanded from basal 1/5 distally, with inner margin wavy (
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), in lateral view expanded along apical 3/4 with stout apical tooth, sharply pointed at tip (
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<figureCitation id="56802A070E07FFF6FB6EFC2F254787E5" box="[1238,1319,908,933]" captionStart="FIGURES 8 – 13" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1052,1075]" captionTargetBox="[385,1213,236,971]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[313,1273,193,1031]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 8 – 13. Anal appendages of Aeshna petalura (8 – 10) and of holotype of A. shennong (11 – 13): (8, 11) lateral view; (9, 12) dorsal view; (10, 13) posterior view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/226819/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="492">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
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). Epiproct about half as long as cerci.
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||
</paragraph>
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<caption id="9AC4660A0E07FFF6FF2FFA9B20AE812C" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/226820/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="492" targetBox="[176,1420,1045,1298]" targetPageId="3">
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<paragraph id="CE0436820E07FFF6FF2FFA9B20AE812C" blockId="3.[151,1435,1336,1389]" pageId="3" pageNumber="492">
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<emphasis id="FCCFEA900E07FFF6FF2FFA9B2134810F" bold="true" box="[151,340,1336,1359]" pageId="3" pageNumber="492">FIGURES 14–15.</emphasis>
|
||
Female vulvar lamina of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="09BB4D010E07FFF6FDE3FA9A236D810F" box="[603,781,1337,1358]" class="Insecta" family="Aeshnidae" genus="Aeshna" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="3" pageNumber="492" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shennong">
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<emphasis id="FCCFEA900E07FFF6FDE3FA9A236D810F" box="[603,781,1337,1358]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="492">Aeshna shennong</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(14) vulvar lamina in lateral view; (15) vulvar lamina in ventral view.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="9AC4660A0E07FFF6FF2FF807238F83FA" box="[151,1007,1956,1979]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/226821/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="492" targetBox="[159,1426,1455,1908]" targetPageId="3">
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<paragraph id="CE0436820E07FFF6FF2FF807238F83FA" blockId="3.[151,1007,1956,1979]" box="[151,1007,1956,1979]" pageId="3" pageNumber="492">
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<emphasis id="FCCFEA900E07FFF6FF2FF807213383FB" bold="true" box="[151,339,1956,1979]" pageId="3" pageNumber="492">FIGURES 16–17.</emphasis>
|
||
Female of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="09BB4D010E07FFF6FE7EF806221883FB" box="[454,632,1957,1978]" class="Insecta" family="Aeshnidae" genus="Aeshna" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="3" pageNumber="492" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shennong">
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||
<emphasis id="FCCFEA900E07FFF6FE7EF806221883FB" box="[454,632,1957,1978]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="492">Aeshna shennong</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
ovipositing. Photographed by HMZ.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
</caption>
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<paragraph id="CE0436820E00FFF1FF7FFF3424A584F1" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1347]" box="[199,1221,151,176]" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">
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<emphasis id="FCCFEA900E00FFF1FF7FFF3421F184F1" bold="true" box="[199,401,151,176]" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">
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<typeStatus id="110088200E00FFF1FF7FFF34215484F1" box="[199,308,151,176]" pageId="4" pageNumber="493" type="paratype">Paratype</typeStatus>
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female.
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||
</emphasis>
|
||
Head (
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<figureCitation id="56802A070E00FFF1FE5AFF34224684F1" box="[482,550,151,176]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 – 7" captionStartId="1.[151,264,1889,1912]" captionTargetBox="[198,1419,206,1845]" captionTargetId="figure@1.[161,1446,195,1858]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="FIGURES 1 – 7. Aeshna shennong sp. nov., holotype male (1 – 2, 5 – 6) and paratype female (3 – 4, 7): (1) body in lateral view; (2) body in dorsal view; (3) body in lateral view; (4) body in oblique-dorsal view; (5) head in frontal view; (6) head in dorsal view; (7) head in frontal view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/226818/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
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) and thorax (
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<figureCitation id="56802A070E00FFF1FD03FF34229E84F1" box="[699,766,151,176]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 – 7" captionStartId="1.[151,264,1889,1912]" captionTargetBox="[198,1419,206,1845]" captionTargetId="figure@1.[161,1446,195,1858]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="FIGURES 1 – 7. Aeshna shennong sp. nov., holotype male (1 – 2, 5 – 6) and paratype female (3 – 4, 7): (1) body in lateral view; (2) body in dorsal view; (3) body in lateral view; (4) body in oblique-dorsal view; (5) head in frontal view; (6) head in dorsal view; (7) head in frontal view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/226818/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
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) very similar to the male, but face paler.
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||
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="CE0436820E00FFF1FF7FFF182261858D" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1347]" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">
|
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Abdomen shorter and thicker than in males, with more developed yellow markings except postero-dorsal band, which is pale sky blue (
|
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<figureCitation id="56802A070E00FFF1FE1DFF7D218C84B6" box="[421,492,222,247]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 – 7" captionStartId="1.[151,264,1889,1912]" captionTargetBox="[198,1419,206,1845]" captionTargetId="figure@1.[161,1446,195,1858]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="FIGURES 1 – 7. Aeshna shennong sp. nov., holotype male (1 – 2, 5 – 6) and paratype female (3 – 4, 7): (1) body in lateral view; (2) body in dorsal view; (3) body in lateral view; (4) body in oblique-dorsal view; (5) head in frontal view; (6) head in dorsal view; (7) head in frontal view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/226818/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
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). Lateral side of S1 with a very large spot. Dorsum of S2 with an anterior spot and paired median and posterior spots; side of S2 largely yellow. Dorsum of S3–6 with triangular anterior spots, paired median and posterior spots, and lateral sides of S3–6 with developed anterior, median and posterior spots. Dorsum of S7 with very small paired anterior spots and paired median and posterior spots; sides of S7 with anterior and median spots. S8 with paired posterior spots on dorsum and paired lateral spots closer to anterior margin. S9–10 entirely black. Vulvar lamina as illustrated in
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||
<figureCitation id="56802A070E00FFF1FD26FE33237E85E8" box="[670,798,400,425]" captionStart="FIGURES 14 – 15" captionStartId="3.[151,264,1336,1359]" captionTargetBox="[176,1420,1045,1298]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,1021,1315]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 14 – 15. Female vulvar lamina of Aeshna shennong (14) vulvar lamina in lateral view; (15) vulvar lamina in ventral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/226820/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">Figs.14–15</figureCitation>
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. Cerci black, 1.5 times as long as S10. Ovipositor short, tip slightly exceeding end of S9.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="86A165090E00FFF1FF7FFE7424D98677" pageId="4" pageNumber="493" type="description">
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<paragraph id="CE0436820E00FFF1FF7FFE7424D98677" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1347]" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">
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<emphasis id="FCCFEA900E00FFF1FF7FFE74211685B1" bold="true" box="[199,374,471,496]" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">Measurements</emphasis>
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(mm).
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<typeStatus id="110088200E00FFF1FE70FE74225585B1" box="[456,565,471,496]" pageId="4" pageNumber="493" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
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: total length 74.0, abdomen (including anal appendages) 56.0, hind wing 46.5.
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<typeStatus id="110088200E00FFF1FF2FFE5820998652" box="[151,249,507,531]" pageId="4" pageNumber="493" type="paratype">Paratype</typeStatus>
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male: total length 69.0; abdomen (including anal appendages) 52.5, hind wing 45.0.
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<typeStatus id="110088200E00FFF1FB6AFE5825548652" box="[1234,1332,507,531]" pageId="4" pageNumber="493" type="paratype">Paratype</typeStatus>
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females: total length 65.0–68.0; abdomen (including anal appendages) 48.0–52.0, hind wing 46.5–48.5.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="86A165090E00FFF1FF7FFDE222CA861B" box="[199,682,577,602]" pageId="4" pageNumber="493" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="CE0436820E00FFF1FF7FFDE222CA861B" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1347]" box="[199,682,577,602]" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">
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<emphasis id="FCCFEA900E00FFF1FF7FFDE22100861B" bold="true" box="[199,352,577,602]" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">Distribution.</emphasis>
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<collectingCountry id="B6AC76120E00FFF1FEDFFDE221CA861B" box="[359,426,577,602]" name="China" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">China</collectingCountry>
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(Shennongjia, Hubei).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
|
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<subSubSection id="86A165090E00FFF1FF7FFDC6243E8102" pageId="4" pageNumber="493" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph id="CE0436820E00FFF1FF7FFDC622B68042" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1347]" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">
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<emphasis id="FCCFEA900E00FFF1FF7FFDC62121863F" bold="true" box="[199,321,613,638]" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
|
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A brightly marked robust aeshnid, with unique thoracic maculation and anal appendages among Chinese species of
|
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<taxonomicName id="09BB4D010E00FFF1FECBFD2B21AB86E0" box="[371,459,648,673]" class="Insecta" family="Aeshnidae" genus="Aeshna" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="4" pageNumber="493" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Aeshna</taxonomicName>
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. This species is very similar to
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<taxonomicName id="09BB4D010E00FFF1FC8CFD2B24EA86E0" authority="Martin, 1908" authorityName="Martin" authorityYear="1908" box="[820,1162,648,673]" class="Insecta" family="Aeshnidae" genus="Aeshna" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="4" pageNumber="493" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="petalura">
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<emphasis id="FCCFEA900E00FFF1FC8CFD2B238C86E1" box="[820,1004,648,672]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">Aeshna petalura</emphasis>
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Martin,
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<quantity id="09439B670E00FFF1FBEAFD2A24EA86E0" box="[1106,1162,649,673]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.8463199999999995" pageId="4" pageNumber="493" unit="in" value="1908.0">1908</quantity>
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</bibRefCitation>
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in the structure of male cerci. These two species possess distally expanded male cerci, which allow distinguishing their males from those of all other described species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="09BB4D010E00FFF1FE59FD6C225386A6" box="[481,563,719,743]" class="Insecta" family="Aeshnidae" genus="Aeshna" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="4" pageNumber="493" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="FCCFEA900E00FFF1FE59FD6C225386A6" box="[481,563,719,743]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">Aeshna</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
thus far recorded from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="B6AC76120E00FFF1FC84FD6C23E386A9" box="[828,899,719,744]" name="China" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">China</collectingCountry>
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.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="09BB4D010E00FFF1FC34FD73247786A6" box="[908,1047,719,743]" class="Insecta" family="Aeshnidae" genus="Aeshna" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="4" pageNumber="493" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shennong">
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||
<emphasis id="FCCFEA900E00FFF1FC34FD73247786A6" box="[908,1047,719,743]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">A. shennong</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
is smaller than
|
||
<taxonomicName id="09BB4D010E00FFF1FB7FFD73252586A6" box="[1223,1349,719,743]" class="Insecta" family="Aeshnidae" genus="Aeshna" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="4" pageNumber="493" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="petalura">
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<emphasis id="FCCFEA900E00FFF1FB7FFD73252586A6" box="[1223,1349,719,743]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">A. petalura</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and its body markings, especially its thoracic stripes, help separate both male and female from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="09BB4D010E00FFF1FBD4FD50248B874A" box="[1132,1259,755,779]" class="Insecta" family="Aeshnidae" genus="Aeshna" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="4" pageNumber="493" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="petalura">
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<emphasis id="FCCFEA900E00FFF1FBD4FD50248B874A" box="[1132,1259,755,779]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">A. petalura</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. In
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||
<emphasis id="FCCFEA900E00FFF1FAAFFD5025FC874A" box="[1303,1436,755,779]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">
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<taxonomicName id="09BB4D010E00FFF1FAAFFD5025F8874A" box="[1303,1432,755,779]" class="Insecta" family="Aeshnidae" genus="Aeshna" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="4" pageNumber="493" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="petalura">A. petalura</taxonomicName>
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,
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||
</emphasis>
|
||
there are two broad yellowish or greenish stripes across the mesepimeron and metepimeron respectively, separated by a brown area as wide as each stripe, whereas in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="09BB4D010E00FFF1FD69FC99233B8713" box="[721,859,826,850]" class="Insecta" family="Aeshnidae" genus="Aeshna" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="4" pageNumber="493" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shennong">
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<emphasis id="FCCFEA900E00FFF1FD69FC99233B8713" box="[721,859,826,850]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">A. shennong</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
there is a large yellowish or greenish spot covering most of mesepimeron and metepisternum, and the metepimeron is also almost entirely yellowish or greenish yellow (
|
||
<figureCitation id="56802A070E00FFF1FF4AFC23213C87D8" box="[242,348,896,921]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 – 7" captionStartId="1.[151,264,1889,1912]" captionTargetBox="[198,1419,206,1845]" captionTargetId="figure@1.[161,1446,195,1858]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="FIGURES 1 – 7. Aeshna shennong sp. nov., holotype male (1 – 2, 5 – 6) and paratype female (3 – 4, 7): (1) body in lateral view; (2) body in dorsal view; (3) body in lateral view; (4) body in oblique-dorsal view; (5) head in frontal view; (6) head in dorsal view; (7) head in frontal view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/226818/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">Figs. 1, 3</figureCitation>
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||
). The apical teeth of the male cerci are much shorter and stronger and visible in dorsal view in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="09BB4D010E00FFF1FA3CFC22216387FD" class="Insecta" family="Aeshnidae" genus="Aeshna" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="4" pageNumber="493" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shennong">
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||
<emphasis id="FCCFEA900E00FFF1FA3CFC22216387FD" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">A. shennong</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation id="56802A070E00FFF1FEABFC0721EE87FC" box="[275,398,932,957]" captionStart="FIGURES 8 – 13" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1052,1075]" captionTargetBox="[385,1213,236,971]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[313,1273,193,1031]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 8 – 13. Anal appendages of Aeshna petalura (8 – 10) and of holotype of A. shennong (11 – 13): (8, 11) lateral view; (9, 12) dorsal view; (10, 13) posterior view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/226819/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">Figs. 8, 11</figureCitation>
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||
), longer and thinner and not visible in dorsal view in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="09BB4D010E00FFF1FC4DFC06241587FD" box="[1013,1141,932,956]" class="Insecta" family="Aeshnidae" genus="Aeshna" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="4" pageNumber="493" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="petalura">
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||
<emphasis id="FCCFEA900E00FFF1FC4DFC06241587FD" box="[1013,1141,932,956]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">A. petalura</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation id="56802A070E00FFF1FB3EFC07256387FC" box="[1158,1283,932,957]" captionStart="FIGURES 8 – 13" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1052,1075]" captionTargetBox="[385,1213,236,971]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[313,1273,193,1031]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 8 – 13. Anal appendages of Aeshna petalura (8 – 10) and of holotype of A. shennong (11 – 13): (8, 11) lateral view; (9, 12) dorsal view; (10, 13) posterior view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/226819/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">Figs. 9, 12</figureCitation>
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||
). In posterior view, the teeth are directed latero-externally at about 90° from the cercus hind margin in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="09BB4D010E00FFF1FBC1FC6B256387A1" box="[1145,1283,968,992]" class="Insecta" family="Aeshnidae" genus="Aeshna" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="4" pageNumber="493" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shennong">
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||
<emphasis id="FCCFEA900E00FFF1FBC1FC6B256387A1" box="[1145,1283,968,992]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">A. shennong</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation id="56802A070E00FFF1FAABFC64250487A1" box="[1299,1380,967,992]" captionStart="FIGURES 8 – 13" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1052,1075]" captionTargetBox="[385,1213,236,971]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[313,1273,193,1031]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 8 – 13. Anal appendages of Aeshna petalura (8 – 10) and of holotype of A. shennong (11 – 13): (8, 11) lateral view; (9, 12) dorsal view; (10, 13) posterior view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/226819/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">Fig. 13</figureCitation>
|
||
) and ventrally or medio-ventrally in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="09BB4D010E00FFF1FE4EFC4822148042" box="[502,628,1003,1027]" class="Insecta" family="Aeshnidae" genus="Aeshna" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="4" pageNumber="493" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="petalura">
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||
<emphasis id="FCCFEA900E00FFF1FE4EFC4822148042" box="[502,628,1003,1027]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">A. petalura</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation id="56802A070E00FFF1FD3CFC4822A88042" box="[644,712,1003,1028]" captionStart="FIGURES 8 – 13" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1052,1075]" captionTargetBox="[385,1213,236,971]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[313,1273,193,1031]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 8 – 13. Anal appendages of Aeshna petalura (8 – 10) and of holotype of A. shennong (11 – 13): (8, 11) lateral view; (9, 12) dorsal view; (10, 13) posterior view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/226819/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="CE0436820E00FFF1FF7FFBAD243E8102" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1347]" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">
|
||
<emphasis id="FCCFEA900E00FFF1FF7FFBAD21F88066" bold="true" box="[199,408,1038,1063]" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">Notes on biology.</emphasis>
|
||
The average altitude of Dajiuhu wetlands is above
|
||
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|
||
. There are over 20 lakes and ponds of different sizes in the wetlands park, and their microhabitats seem to be different.
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<taxonomicName id="09BB4D010E00FFF1FB19FB912507800B" box="[1185,1383,1074,1098]" class="Insecta" family="Aeshnidae" genus="Aeshna" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="4" pageNumber="493" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shennong">
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<emphasis id="FCCFEA900E00FFF1FB19FB912507800B" box="[1185,1383,1074,1098]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">Aeshna shennong</emphasis>
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was found only at one pond with abundant emergent aquatic vegetation hidden at the foot of the mountain. Only a few males were observed, and females were more abundant in late August. Emergence was recorded during early July, and in late August most specimens were aged, but three specimens (including one
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male and two female
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) were still relatively young and in good condition. Males flew about 3–5 meters above the ponds, usually patrolling for a short time before flying away. Females were seen in greatest numbers around noon and were wary and careful when approaching water. They hovered for nearly one minute and then perched on stems of emergent aquatic plants, laying eggs on the stems at about
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<quantity id="09439B670E00FFF1FD02FA89234A8103" box="[698,810,1322,1347]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.5" metricValueMax="5.0" metricValueMin="2.0" pageId="4" pageNumber="493" unit="cm" value="35.0" valueMax="50.0" valueMin="20.0">20–50 cm</quantity>
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above water (
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<figureCitation id="56802A070E00FFF1FC70FA8924318102" box="[968,1105,1322,1347]" captionStart="FIGURES 16 – 17" captionStartId="3.[151,264,1956,1979]" captionTargetBox="[159,1426,1455,1908]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,1439,1935]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 16 – 17. Female of Aeshna shennong ovipositing. Photographed by HMZ." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/226821/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="493">Figs. 16–17</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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