Elattoneura

Dow, Rory A., Choong, Chee Yen & Ng, Yong Foo, 2010, Elattoneura mauros sp. nov. (Odonata: Zygoptera: Protoneuridae) from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, Zootaxa 2502, pp. 65-68 : 65

Key to males of Elattoneura from Sundaland

1 Synthorax laterally, extensively orange or red, dorsally with a broad dark metallic green band. Caudal appendages as Figs. 5 , 11 , 17 ........................................................................................................................................... E. aurantiaca

- Synthorax either largely black or at least with extensive black markings laterally...................................................... 2

2 Dorsal surfaces of S9–10 with pale markings .............................................................................................................. 3

- Dorsal surfaces of S9–10 without pale markings ......................................................................................................... 4

3 Pale band between eyes narrow ( Fig. 2 ). Cercus almost rectangular in profile ( Fig. 8 ) .......................... E. longispina

- Pale band between eyes broad ( Fig. 1 ). Cercus smoothly pointed in profile ( Fig. 4 ) ..................................... E. analis

4 Eyes red in life. Extensive pale markings on metepisternum and metepimeron. Caudal appendages as Figs. 7 , 13 , 19 . .............................................................................................................................................................. E. erythromma .

- Eyes not red in life. Pale markings on metepisternum and metepimeron absent or small and indistinct..................... 5

5 No pale band between the eyes dorsally. Paraproct narrow at tip, not rectangular in profile ( Fig. 6 ), ventrally without a spur, but turned inward at tip ( Figs. 12 , 18 ) ............................................................................................ E. coomansi

- A faint pale band between the eyes dorsally ( Fig. 3 ). Paraproct almost rectangular-ended in profile ( Fig. 9 ), ventrally with an inward and distally directed spur ( Figs. 15 , 21 )................................................................................ E. mauros

Figures

FIGURES 4 – 9. Caudal appendages of Elattoneura species males, lateral view, 4 – 6, 8 after Lieftinck (1937), 7 after Lieftinck (1953): (4) E. analis; (5) E. aurantiaca; (6) E. coomansi; (7) E. erythromma; (8) E. longispina; (9) E. mauros holotype.

FIGURES 10 – 15. Caudal appendages of Elattoneura species males, dorsal view, 10 – 12, 14 after Lieftinck (1937), 13 after Lieftinck (1953): (10) E. analis; (11) E. aurantiaca; (12) E. coomansi; (13) E. erythromma; (14) E. longispina; (15) E. mauros holotype.

FIGURES 16 – 21. Right paraproct of Elattoneura species males, ventral view: (16) E. analis, Gunung Mulu National Park, Miri Divison, Sarawak; (17) E. aurantiaca, Bukit Sarang, Bintulu Divison, Sarawak; (18) E. coomansi, Bakoean, Singkawang, west Kalimantan; (19) E. erythromma, paratype, Sampit, south Kalimantan; (20) E. longispina, Bukit Sarang, Bintulu Divison, Sarawak; (21) E. mauros holotype.

FIGURES 1 – 3. Markings of dorsal surface of head of males: (1) E. analis, Gunung Mulu National Park, Miri Divison, Sarawak; (2) E. longispina, Bukit Sarang, Bintulu Divison, Sarawak; (3) E. mauros holotype.