Gynacantha rosenbergi, Kaup in Brauer, 1867

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 : 177

Gynacantha rosenbergi Pacific group

( Figs 2 , 6–11 , 15–21 , 24 –26, 30–32, 33c, 34c–g, 35a–f, 36e, 36f, 36k–t)

Including G. apiaensis , G. stevensoni , and three species described here as new, one from Vanuatu and two from Fiji.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Gynacantha apiaensis, male, Holotype; insert: S2, ventral; S2–3, ventral; anal appendages, dorsal.

FIGURE 24. Gynacantha vanuatua, 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.