Oligoaeschna sirindhornae sp. nov., a new dragonfly species from Thailand (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnidae)

Robin W J Ngiam; Albert G Orr

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4353.1.13

Oligoaeschna sirindhornae sp. nov., a new dragonfly species from Thailand (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnidae)

Zootaxa. 2017 Nov 22;4353(1):195-200. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.1.13.

Authors

Robin W J Ngiam¹, Albert G Orr

Affiliation

¹ National Parks Board, Singapore Botanic Gardens, 1 Cluny Road, Singapore 259569. Entomological Network of Singapore, Block 539, Ang Mo Kio, Avenue 10, #13-2577, Singapore 560539.. yanrobin@hotmail.com.

PMID: 29245533
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.1.13

Abstract

Oligoaeschna sirindhornae sp. nov. is described from a male from Sakaerat Silvicultural Research Station, Nakhon Ratchasima Province in Thailand. It is the only known Oligoaeschna species recorded from Thailand since Oligoaeschna pramoti (Yeh, 2000) and Oligoaeschna minuta (Hämäläinen & Pinratana, 1999) were transferred to the genus Sarasaeschna.

Keywords: Odonata, Anisoptera, Aeshnidae, Oligoaeschna, sirindhornae, new species, Thailand, Nakhon Ratchasima, Sakaerat.

MeSH terms

Animals
Dipterocarpaceae
Insecta
Male
Odonata*
Thailand