Drepanosticta rahmani sp. nov., from Kedah, Malaysia (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae)

Rory A Dow; Chee Yen Choong; Yong Foo Ng

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.2

Drepanosticta rahmani sp. nov., from Kedah, Malaysia (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae)

Zootaxa. 2017 Oct 24;4338(1):44-50. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.2.

Authors

Rory A Dow¹, Chee Yen Choong, Yong Foo Ng

Affiliation

¹ Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands Sarawak Museum Campus Project, Jabatan Muzium Sarawak, Jalan Barrack, 9300Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. rory.dow230@yahoo.co.uk.

PMID: 29245726
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.2

Abstract

Drepanosticta rahmani sp. nov. (holotype ♂, steep tributary to stream in hills between Baling and Gulai, north west Kedah, Malaysia, 15 xi 2016, leg. R.A. Dow, to be deposited in the Natural History Museum, London) is described from both sexes.

Keywords: Odonata, Zygoptera, Platystictidae, Drepanosticta, rahmani, Malaysia, Kedah, new species.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animal Structures
Animals
Body Size
Female
London
Malaysia
Male
Odonata*
Organ Size