Euphaea superba Kimmins, 1936

Phan, Quoc Toan, Kompier, Tom, Karube, Haruki & Hayashi, Fumio, 2018, A synopsis of the Euphaeidae (Odonata: Zygoptera) of Vietnam, with descriptions of two new species of Euphaea, Zootaxa 4375 (2), pp. 151-190 : 178

Euphaea superba Kimmins, 1936

Euphaea superba: Kimmins (1936) , pp. 147–149, Figs 1–3 [Holotype male (at the British Museum of Natural History) from ‘Tonkin’ (purchased from H. Fruhstorfer)]; van Tol & Rozendaal (1995), p. 100 [Male specimen (at the National Museum of Natural History, Leiden) from ‘W. Tonkin, H. Fruhstorfer, ex coll. Förster’]; Do & Dang (2007), p. 130 [Included in species list as species without detailed locality data].

Materials examined. No material available to the authors.

Notes. A large sized, brownish winged species, somewhat resembling Euphaea opaca Selys, 1853 . According to M. Hämäläinen (in litt.) there is also one male specimen of Euphaea superba from ‘Tonkin’ (without further details) at NRS Stockholm. The specimen originates from Coll. F. Ris, and includes his identification label ‘ Euphaea spec. nov. ’ It is possible that this specimen was also purchased from Hans Fruhstorfer. Obviously this is a very rare species in northern Vietnam. According to information received from Haomiao Zhang and M. Hämäläinen (in litt.), in China Euphaea superba occurs in Guangxi and Guizhou; the published E. superba records from Guangdong and Hong Kong (cf. Wilson & Zaifu 2007) refer to E. opaca .

Figures

FIGURE1. Anisopleurabipugio. [1a–c] ♂,A Luoi and [1d–h]♀, Hon Ba.(1a)head and thorax;(1b)appendages,dorsal view; (1c) appendages, lateral view; (1d) body; (1e) head, frontal view; (1f) prothorax,lateral view; (1g) prothorax, dorsal view; (1h) basal half of HW.

FIGURE 2. Anisopleura qingyuanensis. [2a–d] ♂ and [2e–f] ♀, Tu Le. (2a) head and thorax; (2b) head, oblique-dorsal view; (2c) appendages, dorsal view; (2d) appendages, lateral view; (2e) head and thorax; (2f) head, oblique-dorsal view.

FIGURE3. Anisopleurayunnanensis. [3a–c] ♂,Yunnan and [3d]♀,Sapa.(3a) head and thorax; (3b) appendages, dorsalview; (3c) appendages, lateral view; (3d) head and thorax.