Lyriothemis lucifera, Seehausen & Dawn, 2024
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5447.2.8 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9E39E621-AC97-452B-8E3B-510EDC0A510D |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11119640 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B8A5D-FFFC-8E04-FF44-FA13B51AF8E4 |
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treatment provided by |
Plazi |
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scientific name |
Lyriothemis lucifera |
| status |
sp. nov. |
Lyriothemis lucifera spec. nov.
(Figs: 1, 2a–c, 3).
Holotype: ♂, 18.iv.1998, Long Island , Rangat county , North and Middle Andaman district, Andaman Islands, India, ex.-coll. M. Hämäläinen, Wen-Chi Yeh, understorey of semi-evergreen forest, RMNH.INS. 1152914.
Paratypes: ♂, 5.iii.1998, bloomsdale forest on hill behind C.A. R.I. [Central Agricultural Research Institute] rice field, Port Blair , South Andaman district, Andaman Islands, India, ex.-coll. M. Hämäläinen, Wen-Chi Yeh, RMNH.INS. 1152913 . ♀, 18.iv.1998, Long Island , Rangat county , North and Middle Andaman district, Andaman Islands, India, ex.-coll. M. Hämäläinen, Wen-Chi Yeh [abdominal segments 5–10 missing], understorey of semi-evergreen forest, RMNH.INS. 1152915 .
Etymology: The Latin adjective “lucifera ” means “light-bringing”, also in a salutary sense. The name is given representative because to study and photograph dragonflies may lighten gloomy days.
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National Museum of Natural History, Naturalis |
| R |
Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile |
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