Onychogomphus boudoti Ferreira

Ferreira, Sónia, Velo-Antón, Guillermo, Brochard, Christophe, Vieira, Cristiana, Alves, Paulo Célio, Thompson, David J., Watts, Phillip C. & Brito, José Carlos, 2014, A Critically Endangered new dragonfly species from Morocco: Onychogomphus boudoti sp. nov. (Odonata: Gomphidae), Zootaxa 3856 (3), pp. 349-365 : 356

Onychogomphus boudoti Ferreira sp. nov.

( Figs. 4–7 )

Type material: RMNH.INS.906168 Holotype male: Morocco, 12 km east of Khenifra, 32.9262° N, 5.5616° W, alt. 1147 m, collected on 12 June 2012, deposited at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands ( Fig. 4 A, 4C–F)

Paratypes: RMNH.INS.906169 1 male (sample code Df1030) collected on 27 June 2011, RMNH.INS.906170 1 male ( Fig. 4 B) and RMNH.INS.906171 1 female ( Fig. 5 A, 5C) collected on 12 June 2012, deposited at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; BMNH (E) 1239053 1 male (sample code Df1029), and BMNH (E) 1239054 1 female ( Fig. 5 B, 5D) collected on 12 June 2012 deposited at the Natural History Museum, London, UK. All specimens were collected by Sónia Ferreira in Morocco, 12 km east of Khenifra, 32.9262° N, 5.5616° W, alt. 1147 m. a.s.l..

Other material: Four additional specimens were captured and released after collection of a DNA sample (one leg): 2 ♂, 27 June 2011, sample codes: Df1027, Df1028; and 2 ♂, 12 June 2012, sample codes: Df1745, Df1746.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Onychogomphus boudoti; A, C – F Holotype; B Paratype. (A) lateral view of holotype; (B) lateral view of paratype; (C) lateral view of cerci and epiproct; (D) dorsal view of cerci and epiproct; (E) dorsal view of thorax; (F) lateral view of secondary genitalia.

FIGURE 5. Onychogomphus boudoti, female paratypes (both teneral). (A – B) lateral view; (C) abdominal segment 8 with vulvar scale; (D) detail of head, note the presence of small tubercles behind the eyes.

FIGURE 6. Onychogomphus boudoti, A – E imagos from Morocco, 12 km east of Khenifra, 32.9262 ° N, 5.5616 ° W (photos: courtesy of Jean-Pierre Boudot). (A) fronto-dorsal view of a mature male; (B) dorsal view of a teneral female; (C) lateral view of a mature female; (D) dorsal view of a teneral male; (E) lateral view of a mature male. Note the yellow spot on the vertex, interrupted yellow mesothoracic collar and the thoracic yellow stripes disconnected dorsally (A); specific black pattern of sides of thorax (C, E); structure of the appendages in male (D, E).

FIGURE 7. Habitat and exuviae of Onychogomphus boudoti, 12 km east of Khenifra, 32.9262 ° N, 5.5616 ° W. (A) 27 th June 2011, type locality and surrounding area seen by the road; (B) exuvia dorsal view; (C) exuvia ventral view; (D) exuvia side view; (E) prementum ventral view; (F) dorsal view of right antenna.