Calicnemia eximia (Selys, 1863)

Phan, Quoc Toan, Kompier, Tom & Karube, Haruki, 2017, Description of two new Calicnemia from Vietnam and central Laos with notes on their congeners in Vietnam (Odonata: Platycnemididae), Zootaxa 4232 (3), pp. 409-420 : 414-415

Calicnemia eximia (Selys, 1863)

( Figure 4 D–F)

Calicnemia eximia: Asahina, 1997: 22 , Figs. 18–19 (Muong Lay, Lai Chau Prov.) ; Do & Dang, 2007: 55, Distribution map (Muong Lay, Lai Chau Prov.); Kitawaga & Katatani, 2014: 82 –83, Figs. 15–22 ( Vietnam).

Specimens examined. 2♂ 1♀, Pia Oac , Cao Bang Prov., 16.V.2015, Quoc Toan Phan leg. ; 1♂, 30.IV.2014, Nam Bung, Yen Bai Prov., Tom Kompier leg.

Notes. This is a species of group 1 on the basis of its genital ligula with two long and narrow flagella ( Fig. 4 F). Male of this species is characterized by its red face, antehumeral stripe, legs and abdomen. The female has, in contrast to the male, a pale yellow-whitish body pattern. Anal appendages typical of the genus Calicnemia , cerci almost as long as paraprocts ( Fig. 4 D–E)

Distribution. Muong Lay, Lai Chau Prov.; Pia Oac Nature Reserve, Cao Bang Prov.; Nam Bung, Yen Bai Prov.; Sa Pa, Lao Cai Prov., Ha Giang Prov.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Structure of Calicnemia spp. [A – C] C. erythromelas (Pia Oac); [D – F] C. eximia (Pia Oac); [G – J] C. miles (Pia Oac). Anal appendages in (A, D, G), lateral and (B, E, H), oblique-dorsal view; genital ligula in (C), oblique-dorsal, (F, I), dorsal and (J), lateral view.