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<mods:title>Revision of Vanuatubasis Ober & Staniczek, 2009 (Odonata, Coenagrionidae), with description of seven new species</mods:title>
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<mods:affiliation>Research and Collections Division, The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA & Department of Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA & Department of Biology and Monte L. Bean Museum Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84604, USA</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Marinov, Milen G.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Biosecurity Surveillance and Incursion Investigation Plant Health Team, Ministry for Primary Industries, 14 Sir William Pickering Drive, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Bybee, Seth M.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Department of Biology and Monte L. Bean Museum Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84604, USA</mods:affiliation>
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<taxonomicName LSID="https://zoobank.org/5974BE63-DD97-411B-998E-6BD01F582838" authority="Saxton & Marinov & Bybee, 2022" authorityName="Saxton & Marinov & Bybee" authorityYear="2022" class="Insecta" family="Coenagrionidae" genus="Vanuatubasis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Vanuatubasis evelynae" order="Odonata" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="evelynae" status="sp. nov.">Vanuatubasis evelynae</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="129">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Vanuatubasis evelynae Holotype (♂ BYU) A dorsal thorax B lateral terminalia C dorsal terminalia D lateral habitus V. evelynae Allotype (♀ BYU) E dorsal thorax F lateral terminalia. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1128.89751.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/767329" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Figs 4</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="F20" captionText="Figure 20. Male dorso-posterior and dorsal terminalia of A V. bidens B V. evelynae C V. insularivorum D V. kapularum E V. malekulana F V. nunggoli G V. santoensis." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1128.89751.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/767346" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">, 20B</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. Female face and dorsal terminalia of A V. bidens B V. discontinua C V. evelynae D V. insularivorum E V. kapularum F V. malekulana G V. nunggoli H V. rhomboides I V. santoensis J V. xanthochroa." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1128.89751.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/767347" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">, 21C</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Type material.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Holotype</emphasis>
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(1
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♂
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">BYU).</emphasis>
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"VANUATU: Santo Is: | Coulons, -15.2957 | 167.1616092, 28 v. 2018, | coll. S. Bybee and G.
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Powell’’">Powell''</normalizedToken>
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.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Paratypes</emphasis>
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(1
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♂
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">1</emphasis>
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♀
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">BPBM, 7</emphasis>
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♂♂
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">BYU, 3</emphasis>
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♂♂
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">NHM, 3</emphasis>
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♂♂
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">NZAC). (1</emphasis>
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♂
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">1</emphasis>
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♀
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">BPBM, 3</emphasis>
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♂♂
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">BYU, 3</emphasis>
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♂♂
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">NHM, 3</emphasis>
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♂♂
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">NZAC)</emphasis>
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Same label data as holotype.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">(1</emphasis>
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♂
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">BYU)</emphasis>
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"VANUATU: Santo Is., | Coulons, May 20, 2019 | -15. 2955, 167.1614 | coll. SM. Bybee, GS. Powell | #BYU-VU-2019
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<normalizedToken originalValue="“OD1710”">"OD1710"</normalizedToken>
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♂
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">BYU cryo)</emphasis>
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"VANUATU: Santo Is: | Pelmol,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="15.6078" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="-15.6078">-15.6078</geoCoordinate>
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,
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, | 4.vi.2018, |coll. S. Bybee and | G. Powell"
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♂
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">BYU cryo)</emphasis>
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same data as holotype;
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">BYU cryo)</emphasis>
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"VANUATU: Santo Is: | Coulons, -15.2957 | 167.1616092, 28 v. 2018, | coll. S. Bybee and G.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Allotype</emphasis>
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(1
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♀
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same label data as holotype.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Description of holotype.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Head</emphasis>
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: Labium overall pale beige; labrum blue-green, darkening posteriorly, with dark brown postero-lateral edges and medially, a black spot at posterior edge; anteclypeus dark green; genae, and mandibles (expect for reddish brown tips) green with paler anterolateral edges; postclypeus overall covered by a black bar that begins medially and extends to the anterior edge, not extending to the dark green, lateral corners; frons dark green, with medial black and extending posteriorly; scapes, and pedicels black, flagella dark brown and lightening apically; vertex and rear of head black with line of setae, a bronze shimmer, and white pruinescence; a pair of white post-ocular spots present; three pale ocelli with a yellow patch apical of the median ocellus; line of setae behind vertex; eyes yellowish green.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Thorax</emphasis>
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: Prothorax dorsally dark green to black with a bronze shimmer; laterally blue and green; pronotum black, latero-posterior corners rounded to obtuse angles and explanate, mid-line obviously indented across the pronotum, hind lobe with raised ridge that is shorter than the width of the pronotum, is curved outward medially, and extends to a sharp point that protrudes posteriorly; mesostigmal plate dark brown with yellow-green edges, interior edges raised to form protruding lobes. Pterothorax with black carina; laterally, mesepisternum with black stripe reaching the dorsal carina and extending to the mesopleural suture posteriorly across ~0.5 mm, but only reaching ~ 2/3 of the mesepisternum on the anterior and medial portion; green stripe located on latter 1/3 of mesepisternum and extending past the dark brown mesopleural suture; mesepimeron overall blue with green extending down from mesepisternum, metepisternum overall blue with short, brown line located on metapleural suture near the base of the wings, extending ~ 1/6 the
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length; mesinfraepisternum bluish green with dark brown spot located medially; metepimeron pale blue with white pruinescence; coxae, trochanters, and femora dorsally brown to black and ventrally pale beige with black spines; tibiae pale brown with smaller spines than that of the femora; tarsi beige with dark brown edges and small, dense spines; pale brown tarsal claws that darken apically to reddish tips, claws with a small tooth located on the basal 1/4 of their length.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Wings</emphasis>
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: Hyaline; venation dark brown and thickening towards the dorsal edge; pterostigma dark brown and rhombus-shaped, with edges being the darkest; CuP slightly distal than halfway between antenodals in HW; arculus originates just distal of the second antenodal crossvein in HW and slightly proximal to it in HW; discoidal cells unequal with FW dorsal edge being 1/2 as long as HW. Nodal index: 12/2-2/12 in FW and 11/2-2/10 in HW.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Abdomen</emphasis>
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: Overall yellowish green with black dorsal stripe extending from S1-S9 and lightening to brown laterally, brown reaching ventrally at posterior edge of S1-S4, pale brown setae; segment 1 blue; S2 blue with patch of beige at anterior end; S3 anteriorly dark blue, turning yellow posteriorly, S4-S8 yellow with patches of blue on terminal end of each segment; S9 overall brown with blue dorsal stripe extending medially lengthwise, and light patch medially in lateral view; S10 with blue patch laterally that extends to ventral surface, terminal edge raised medially to form protrusion; cerci dark brown with gold setae and appearing as a curved crescent shape dorsally, excavated medially on each lobe and sloping posteriorly; paraprocts in dorsal view dark brown and darkening apically, with bumpy texture; in the lateral perspective the lobes are roughly triangular and tapering apically to form small, acutely rounded lobes, with dorsal edge slightly uneven and ventral edge expanded to form small
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, terminating in small, acutely rounded lobe.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Measurements</emphasis>
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: total length 38 mm, abdomen 33 mm, HW 20 mm.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Description of allotype.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Head</emphasis>
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: Labium overall pale beige; labrum blue-green, with black latero-posterior edges and a medially black spot at posterior edge; anteclypeus, genae, and mandibles (expect for reddish tips) blue-green; postclypeus darker blue with a small bar located on the medial, anterior edge; frons blue-green, abruptly changing to black posteriorly; scapes, and pedicels black, flagella dark brown and lightening apically; vertex and rear of head black with line of setae, a bronze shimmer, and white pruinescence; a pair of white post-ocular spots present; three pale ocelli with a yellow patch apical of the median ocellus; eyes green.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Thorax</emphasis>
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: Prothorax dorsally dark green to black with bronze shimmer; laterally blue; pronotum black medially with blue edges, latero-posterior corners rounded to obtuse angles and weakly explanate, mid-line obviously indented across the pronotum, hind lobe with raised ridge that is shorter than the width of the pronotum, is curved outward medially, and extends to a sharp point that protrudes posteriorly; mesostigmal plate black with green lateral edges, roughly triangular and not significantly raised. Pterothorax with black carina; laterally, mesepisternum with black stripe reaching the dorsal carina and reaching the mesopleural suture, but only reaching ~ 2/3 of the mesepisternum; dark green stripe located on latter 1/3 of mesepisternum, not quite reaching mesinfraepisternum, turning yellow as it passes the mesopleural suture; mesepimeron overall blue with yellow extending down from mesepisternum; dark brown line on posterior end of mesopleural suture extending ~1/6 the sutures length; metepisternum overall blue with short, black line located on metapleural suture near the base of the wings, extending ~the
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length; mesinfraepisternum blue; metepimeron blue; coxae, trochanters, and femora dorsally pale brown with blue patches, and ventrally pale beige with black spines; tibiae pale brown with slightly darker, and smaller, spines than that of the femora; tarsi beige with dark brown edges and small, dense spines; pale brown tarsal claws that darken apically to reddish tips, claws with a small tooth located on the basal 1/4 of their length.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Wings</emphasis>
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: Hyaline with dark brown venation, thickening towards the dorsal edge. Pterostigma dark brown and rhombus-shaped, with edges being the darkest; CuP slightly distal than halfway between antenodals in HW, and approximately halfway in FW; arculus originates at the second antenodal crossvein in front wings and slightly distal to it in HW; discoidal cells unequal with FW dorsal edge being 1/2 as long as HW. Nodal index: 13/2-2/11 in FW and 13/2-2/11 in HW.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Abdomen</emphasis>
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: Overall yellow with black dorsal stripe extending from S1-S9 and lightening laterally, with pale brown setae; S1 and S2 blue laterally; S3 blue anteriorly but turns to pale yellow posteriorly; S4-S8 pale yellow laterally; S9 with dorsal blue patch extending
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of its length; S10 blue dorsally and laterally. Ovipositor overall pale yellow and reddish brown ventrally, with serrated ventral edge; stylus with rounded edges, dark brown and lightening apically; gonapophysis dark reddish -brown with slightly serrated dorsal edge. Cerci roughly triangular, dark brown, and narrowing to a rounded apex, dorsal edge slightly rounded.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Measurements</emphasis>
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(mm)
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: total length 35 mm, abdomen 28 mm, HW 20 mm.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Male.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Vanuatubasis evelynae</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Vanuatubasis</emphasis>
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species by a black pterostigma, forked (longer than wide) lateral lobes of the genital ligula, cerci curving medially their entire length, and black postclypeus with green lateral margins.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Female.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Vanuatubasis evelynae</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from other females in this genus, by their dark colored cerci, postclypeus with dark maculation, and uneven dorsal black area on S9 appearing almost sinusoidal.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Variation.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Male.</emphasis>
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Immature specimens are pale blue with less thoracic coloring.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Measurements</emphasis>
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(mm)
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</emphasis>
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: length 37-38 mm, abdomen 29-33 mm, HW 19-20 mm (
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">n</emphasis>
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= 5).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Female.</emphasis>
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The color of the pterostigma is lighter.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Measurements</emphasis>
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(mm)
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</emphasis>
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: total length 35-36, abdomen 28-29 mm, HW 20-21 (
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">n</emphasis>
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= 2).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="129" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="129" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">
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The specific epithet of this species is a Latinized noun in the genitive case of the name
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<normalizedToken originalValue="‘Evelyn’">'Evelyn'</normalizedToken>
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in honor of L. Evelyn Cheesman, a prominent female entomologist whose early expeditions in Vanuatu significantly paved the way for future work in this region.
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||
</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="129" type="notes">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Notes.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">
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This species is likely the one referred to as "
|
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Ober & Staniczek" authorityYear="2009" class="Insecta" family="Coenagrionidae" genus="Vanuatubasis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Vanuatubasis" order="Odonata" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Vanuatubasis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp." in
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Staniczek, A" editor="Bouchet, PH" journalOrPublisher="Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" pagination="251 - 257" refId="B14" refString="Staniczek, A, 2011. Focus on aquatic insects. In: Bouchet, PH, Guyader, HL, Pascal, O, Eds., The natural history of Santo. Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris: 251 - 257" title="Focus on aquatic insects." volumeTitle="The natural history of Santo." year="2011">Staniczek (2011)</bibRefCitation>
|
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. With the exception of one individual, all specimens were collected at the same site (Coulons, Espiritu Santo). One
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="individuals’">individuals'</normalizedToken>
|
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label data reflects a locality on the other side of the island (Pelmol, Espiritu Santo). While this disjunct range is possible, it does seem suspect and is likely an error.
|
||
</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
|
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</treatment>
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</document> |