Wahnesia rossel, Polhemus & Kalkman, 2021

Polhemus, Dan A. & Kalkman, Vincent J., 2021, Four new species of Wahnesia Förster, 1900 from the D’Entrecasteaux, Louisiade and Woodlark island groups, Papua New Guinea (Odonata: Argiolestidae), Zootaxa 5004 (3), pp. 447-464 : 458

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5004.3.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:92395444-B82C-46C2-A1B7-A77AD40E65DC
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5120764
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/790F878F-FFA6-FFD9-1D9C-FE2F0A47DCDD
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Wahnesia rossel
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Wahnesia rossel spec. nov.

(Figs, 8, 12, 15, 16)

Holotype: ♂ PAPUA NEW GUINEA, Milne Bay Prov., Lousiade Archipelago, Rossel Island, south slopes of Mount Rossel [vic. - 11.366667 S, 154.233333 E], 17.X.1956, leg. 5th Archbold Expedition ( RMNH) [the locality on the envelope reads: “ Rossel I., Camp 13,” with additional locality details taken from Brass (1959)]. GoogleMaps

Paratypes: Same location and collectors as holotype: 3 ♂♂, 9–18.X.1956; 5 ♂♂, 16.X.1956; 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, 16–18.X.1956; 9 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ 17.X.1956; 5 ♂♂, 18.X.1956; 2 ♀♀, 18–19.X.1956 ( RMNH, BPBM) .

Etymology. The name “rossel” refers to Rossel Island, to which this species is apparently endemic.