Calicnemia miles (Laidlaw, 1917)

Phan, Quoc Toan, Kompier, Tom & Karube, Haruki, 2017, Description of two new Calicnemia from Vietnam and central Laos with notes on their congeners in Vietnam (Odonata: Platycnemididae), Zootaxa 4232 (3), pp. 409-420 : 416

Calicnemia miles (Laidlaw, 1917)

( Figure 4 G–J)

Calicnemia miles: Asahina, 1997: 21 , Figs. 12–13 (Muong Lay, Lai Chau Prov.) ; Do & Dang, 2007: 56, Distribution map (Muong Lay, Lai Chau Prov.); Kitawaga & Katatani, 2014: 83 –84, Figs. 31–37 ( Vietnam).

Specimens examined. 1♂, Pia Oac , Cao Bang Prov., 17.V.2015, Quoc Toan Phan leg. ; 1♂, 25.V.2014, Ba Vi National Park, Ha Noi, Tom Kompier leg.; 1♂, A Luoi Nature Reserve, Thua Thien – Hue Prov. , 18–19.IX.2015, Haruki Karube leg . 1♂, 9.V.2015, Ha Tinh Prov., Tom Kompier leg.; 2♂, 14.VI.2015, Thanh Hoa Prov., Tom Kompier leg., 1♂, 17.IV.2014, Son La Prov., T. Kompier leg.

Notes. This is a species of group 2 on the basis of the shape of the genital ligula ( Fig. 4 I–J). It is characterized by paraprocts twice the length of the cerci ( Fig. 4 G–H) and although the cerci are black, the basal half of the paraprocts is reddish, with the remainder black.

Distribution. Muong Lay, Lai Chau Prov.; Pia Oac Nature Reserve, Cao Bang Prov.; Nam Bung, Yen Bai Prov.; Tam Dao National Park, Vinh Phuc Prov.; Ba Vi National Park, Ha Noi; Thanh Hoa Prov.; Son La Prov.; Ha Tinh Prov.; A Luoi Nature Reserve, Thua Thien – Hue Prov.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Structure of Calicnemia spp. [A – C] C. erythromelas (Pia Oac); [D – F] C. eximia (Pia Oac); [G – J] C. miles (Pia Oac). Anal appendages in (A, D, G), lateral and (B, E, H), oblique-dorsal view; genital ligula in (C), oblique-dorsal, (F, I), dorsal and (J), lateral view.