Below are lateral views of the anal appendages for A. bebar and A. hoisen.
Showing posts with label New Species. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Species. Show all posts
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
Below are lateral views of the anal appendages for A. bebar and A. hoisen.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Elattoneura mauros
Elattoneura mauros Dow, Choong & Ng 2010 is not from Peninsular Malaysia. It is a damselfly species from Sarawak (Borneo). This damselfly does not look much attractive - dull and black - that what it is named after - "mauros" meaning dark. Showing below is a male E. mauros. The female E. mauros has not yet been found and described.
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