Wahnesia misima, 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 : 454

Wahnesia misima spec. nov.

( Figs 6–8 , 10 )

Holotype: ♂ PAPUA NEW GUINEA, Milne Bay Prov., Louisiade Archipelago, Misima Island, south coast, Yaua Creek , above Bwagabwaga village , 230 m a.s.l., 10°40’47”S, 152°40’26”E (-10.679833, 152.673944), water temp. 22.5°C., 4.IX.2002, 09:00–09:30 hrs., CL 7205, D.A. Polhemus ( BPBM).

Paratypes: PAPUA NEW GUINEA, Milne Bay Prov., Misima Island : 3 ♂♂, same data as holotype ( BPBM, USNM) .

Additional material examined (not paratypes): PAPUA NEW GUINEA, Milne Bay Prov., Misima Island: 2 ♂♂, Mt. Sisa, north slopes, Mararoa , 1150 ft., Ara Creek headwater area, 18.VII.1956, leg. 5th Archbold Expedition ( RMNH) [the locality on envelope reads: “ Misima I., Camp 7,” with additional locality details taken from Brass (1959)] .

Etymology. The name “misima” refers to Misima Island, to which this species is endemic.

Figures

FIGURES 4–7. Wahnesia species, male terminal anal appendages. 4. W. muyuw n. sp., dorsal view; specimen from Woodlark Island, Suloga Peninsula, CL 7217. 5. W. muyuw n. sp., right lateral view of same specimen as preceding. 6. W. misima n. sp., dorsal view; specimen from Misima Island, Yaua Creek, CL 7205. 7. W. misima n. sp., right lateral view of same specimen as preceding.

FIGURE 8. Distribution of Wahnesia species occurring in the Louisiade Archipelago.

FIGURES 9–12. Wahnesia species, scanning electron micrographs of male genital ligula. 9. W. muyuw n. sp.; 10. W. misima n. sp.; 11. W. tagula n. sp.; 12. W. rossel n. sp.