Orolestes selysi MacLachlan, 1895

Syoziro Asahina, 1961, The Type Specimens of the Odonata in the Entomological Institute, Hokkaido University, Insecta matsumurana 24, pp. 57-65 : 57-58

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scientific name

Orolestes selysi MacLachlan, 1895
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= Megalestes mirabilis Matsumura, 1913 Megalestes mirabilis Matsumura, 1913 , p. 50, ♂, “Taiwan” (syn. nov.).

From the venation it is clear that this insect does not belong to the Synlestid genus Megalestes but to Orolestes in the true Lestidae . Chen (1950) recognized “ Orolestes

[Insecta Matsumurana, Vol. 24, No. 1, March, 1961]

mirabilis Mats.” as a good species, but I am of opinion that the Formosan species, both the clear-winged O. koxingai Chen (1950) and the dark-winged O. mirabilis , perhaps are identical with O. selysi MacLachlan known from Assam.

There are three male cotype specimens in H. U. collection: the one bearing the label “ Megalestes paradoxa Og.; Megalestes mirabilis Og.; Horisha, iv, 1908” should be chosen as lectotype.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Odonata

Family

Lestidae

Genus

Orolestes

Loc

Orolestes selysi MacLachlan, 1895

Syoziro Asahina 1961
1961
Loc

Megalestes mirabilis

Matsumura 1913
1913
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