Gynacantha vitiana Theischinger & Marinov, 2020

Theischinger, Gunther, Marinov, Milen, Bybee, Seth, Jensen, Colin, Theuerkauf, Jörn & Rashni, Bindiya, 2020, The genus Gynacantha Rambur, 1842 in the South Pacific (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnidae), Zootaxa 4778 (1), pp. 171-195 : 181

Gynacantha vitiana Theischinger & Marinov , sp. nov.

( Figs 7 , 17 , 25 , 26, 34e, 35a–e, 36n, 36r)

Holotype: ♂ ( NZAC04142012 , NZAC), Fiji, Viti Levu , Laucala Bay, at light in building, 13 October 1975, P. Mad- dison leg.

Paratypes: Fiji. Viti Levu , Tavua District, waterfall 0.5 km N of Waikubukubu, 170 m a.s.l.: 1 ♂, 28–30 July 1980, T. Donnelly leg. (P1: 83249, FSCA) ; Viti Levu , Nausori Rd, Manoch, hovering near the joinery shop: 1 ♂, 16 December 1979, K. Kumar leg. (P2: LUNZ00012480 , LUNZ) ; Viti Levu , Vuda dist. , nr Lomolomo (quarry) Nadi-Lautoka Rd: 1 ♂, 30 January 1973, McLean leg. (P3: USNM) ; Kadavu , Vunisea: 1 ♂, 2 September 1973, J. McLean leg. (P4: RMNH) ; Viti Levu , Bau dist., Nausori Airport (found dead): 1 ♀, 3 February 1973, T. Donnelly leg. (P5: USNM) .

Etymology. The name refers to the type locality; by adding ‘ana’ it forms an adjective conforming in gender and ending to the generic name.

Figures

FIGURE 25. Gynacantha vitiana, male, Holotype; insert male: S2, ventral; anal appendages, dorsal.

FIGURES 3–11. Gynacantha species, male S2, ventral (to show arrangement of denticles along genital fossa): (3) G. rosenbergi; (4) G. dobsoni; (5) G. amphora; (6) G. vanuatua; (7) G. vitiana; (8) G. koroana; (9) G. stevensoni; (10) Gynacantha cf stevensoni; (11) G. apiaensis.

FIGURES 12–21. Gynacantha species, male anal appendages dorsal (to show differences between width of S10 and length of superior anal appendages): (12) G. rosenbergi; (13) G. dobsoni; (14) G. amphora; (15, 16) G. vanuatua; (17) G. vitiana; (18) G. koroana; (19) G. stevensoni; (20) G. cf stevensoni; (21) G. apiaensis.