identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
112E87DFFF8CFFD4FF95FABCFB571CE3.text	112E87DFFF8CFFD4FF95FABCFB571CE3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lestes patricia Fraser 1924	<div><p>Recent records of  L. patricia Fraser, 1924, and the taxonomic status of L. p. taamrpatti Bhakare, Bhoite &amp; Pawar, 2020</p><p>Lestes patricia was described based on a single male collected at Kodagu (= Coorg), Karnataka, India (Fraser, 1924) (Fig. 7). This species was recently reported from Urmodi Dam, Maharashtra, India, by Bhakare et al. (2020), which represents the first confirmed record afer the original species description. These specimens were described as a new subspecies,  Lestes patricia taamrpatti Bhakare, Bhoite &amp; Pawar, 2020, based on mi- nor differences. They mention that in this subspecies “Frons [are] black (azure blue vide Fraser [1924])”, but Figure 5 (Bhakare et al., 2020: 89) shows that the ante- frons in their specimens are indeed blue. In the original description, Fraser (1924: 486) stated that “A middorsal stripe of matt black with straight borders, extending on each side to about half way to the humeral stripe”. However, a close examination of the holotype shows a middorsal coppery red area that is enclosed by narrow dark olivaceous stripes (Figs 7a–c), exactly as described by Bhakare et al. (2020).</p><p>With regards to the caudal appendages, Bhakare et al. (2020) state “Paraprocts very short, not extending to the end of expanded part of cerci (extending nearly to the end of expanded part vide Fraser [1924] [Fig. 7e]).”</p><p>The use of long paraprocts and number of crossveins as diagnostic characters in  L. patricia were most likely based on the key to the species of  Lestes provided by Kosterin (2019). However, a year later the same author (Kosterin, 2020) published an errata to the keys that re- moved the relevance of both characters (with respect to  L. patricia, see the same photos of its holotype that are provided here in Fig. 7), rendering the characters used by Bhakare et al. (2020) to substantiate their subspecies based on literature irrelevant. The males illustrated in Bhakare et al. (2020) indeed agree very well with the images of the holotype of  L. patricia (Fig. 7).</p><p>Since the type locality and the locality surveyed by Bhakare et al. (2020) are part of the Western Ghats mountain region there is no geographical support for recognizing a different subspecies either. Thus there are no conclusive characters to warrant a separate subspecies status for the population reported by Bhakare et al. (2020). We therefore find  Lestes patricia taamrpatti to be a junior synonym of  Lestes patricia ( Lestes patricia =  Lestes patricia taamrpattii syn. nov.).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/112E87DFFF8CFFD4FF95FABCFB571CE3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Joshi, Shantanu;Sawant, Dattaprasad;Dalvi, Akshay;Koli, Yogesh;Haneef, Muhammed;Sanap, Rajesh;Kunte, Krushnamegh	Joshi, Shantanu, Sawant, Dattaprasad, Dalvi, Akshay, Koli, Yogesh, Haneef, Muhammed, Sanap, Rajesh, Kunte, Krushnamegh (2023): New records of Lestes nigriceps Fraser, 1924 (Odonata: Lestidae) from Maharashtra, India, with notes on L. patricia Fraser, 1924 and an updated key to Lestes of the Western Ghats, India. International Journal of Odonatology 26: 132-144, DOI: 10.48156/1388.2023.1917217, URL: https://doi.org/10.48156/1388.2023.1917217
112E87DFFF8EFFD6FF95F953FA021B98.text	112E87DFFF8EFFD6FF95F953FA021B98.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lestes undefined-1	<div><p>Key to females of  Lestes spp.</p><p>1. Synthorax without metallic markings ..................... 2</p><p>1’. Synthorax with green metallic stripes .................... 4</p><p>2. Pterostigma unicolored .......................................... 3</p><p>2’.Pterostigma bicolored ..............................  L. nodalis</p><p>3. Synthorax usually pale brown,unmarked.Variable in color from brown to pale blue or olivaceous; abdomen pale brown to dark brown ....  L. concinnus</p><p>3’.Synthorax dorsally black with dark olivaceous stripes enclosing dark reddish brown mid-dorsal area ..........................................................  L. patricia</p><p>4. Synthorax with dorsal metallic stripes deeply scalloped or crenulated on the outer sides, ofen obscured by pruinescence ...................................... 5</p><p>4’. Synthorax with the dorsal metallic stripe uniform or expanded posteriorly ......................................... 6</p><p>5. Small, with abdomen 30–32 mm and hind-wing 20–21 mm; sides of thorax plain yellowish green; S10 mostly black ................................  L. praemorsus</p><p>5’. Larger, with abdomen 36 mm and hind-wing 27 mm; a green to olivaceous band on sides of thorax; S10 blue ....................................  L. dorothea</p><p>6. Dorsal green metallic stripe of uniform width ........ 7</p><p>6’. Dorsal green metallic stripe expanded posteriorly. 8</p><p>7. Vertex of head pale brown; synthorax with very narrow metallic green stripes enclosing a pale brown area; no black markings on sides of synthorax; posterior half of S9 white with a black central stripe ..........................................  L. viridulus</p><p>7’. Vertex of head metallic dark with small irregular brown spots posteriorly; synthorax with broad metallic green stripes enclosing a black mid-dorsal area; 2 black spots on thorax on each side; posterior margin of S9 dorsally with a pair of small pale blue triangular markings .......  L. nigriceps</p><p>8. Synthorax with broad metallic green stripes, slightly expanded posteriorly; 5 black spots on thorax on each side ..........................  L. malabaricus</p><p>8’. Synthorax with a distinct ‘J’- or hockey-stick shaped metallic green stripe, thinner anteriorly; about 10 black spots on thorax on each side ........... ....................................................................  L. elatus</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/112E87DFFF8EFFD6FF95F953FA021B98	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Joshi, Shantanu;Sawant, Dattaprasad;Dalvi, Akshay;Koli, Yogesh;Haneef, Muhammed;Sanap, Rajesh;Kunte, Krushnamegh	Joshi, Shantanu, Sawant, Dattaprasad, Dalvi, Akshay, Koli, Yogesh, Haneef, Muhammed, Sanap, Rajesh, Kunte, Krushnamegh (2023): New records of Lestes nigriceps Fraser, 1924 (Odonata: Lestidae) from Maharashtra, India, with notes on L. patricia Fraser, 1924 and an updated key to Lestes of the Western Ghats, India. International Journal of Odonatology 26: 132-144, DOI: 10.48156/1388.2023.1917217, URL: https://doi.org/10.48156/1388.2023.1917217
