Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Two New Amphicnemis Species

Two new species of Amphicnemis appeared today in the scientific journal Zootaxa (click here to read the preview of the article). They are Amphicnemis bebar Dow, Choong & Ng, 2010 and Amphicnemis hoisen Dow, Choong & Ng, 2010. Both the new species were found at Sg Bebar swamp forest in September 2009. Therefore, two more species have been added to the Odonata checklist of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore.


Amphicnemis bebar


Amphicnemis hoisen



Below are lateral views of the anal appendages for A. bebar and A. hoisen.

Amphicnemis bebar


Amphicnemis hoisen