Bradinopyga konkanensis, Joshi & Sawant, 2020

Joshi, Shantanu & Sawant, Dattaprasad, 2020, Description of Bradinopyga konkanensis sp. nov. (Odonata: Anisoptera Libellulidae) from the coastal region of Maharashtra, India, Zootaxa 4779 (1), pp. 65-78 : 66

Bradinopyga konkanensis spec. nov.

Figs. 1–5

Holotype. ♂ ( NCBS-BE493 ): Vijaydurg , Sindhudurg District, Maharashtra, India (16.5620 N, 73.3321 E, Alt. 8 m), 23.X.2017, Dattaprasad Sawant leg.

Paratypes. ♂ ( NCBS-BE494 ): Ganpatipule , Ratnagiri District, Maharashtra, India (17.1463 N, 73.2663 E, Alt. 15 m), 22.X.2017, Dattaprasad Sawant leg. ; ♂ (NCBS- BH108): Ovalekar Wadi , Thane district, Maharashtra, India (19.2700 N, 72.9553 E, Alt. 20 m), 2.VI.2019, Shantanu Joshi leg.

Allotype. ♀ (NCBS-BE495): same locality, date and collector as the holotype. Observed in copula with NCBS- BE493.

Etymology. This species is named after the ‘Konkan’ region of Western India, which includes coastal areas of Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Holotype male (NCBS-BE493). Habitus: (a) dorsal, (b) lateral, (c) base of left HW, & (d) vertex of head.

FIGURE 2. Holotype male (NCBS-BE493). Caudal appendages: (a) caudal appendages- lateral (b) caudal appendages- dorsal, (c) hamuli- lateral, & (d) caudal appendages- ventral.

FIGURE 3. Diagnostic characters of B. konkanensis. (a) pterostigma, (b) caudal appendages- lateral, (c) anterior hamule, (d) caudal appendages- lateral (e) caudal appendages- dorsal, (f) caudal appendages- ventral, (g) V4 of penis- lateral, & (h) V4 of penis- ventral. (a–c): NCBS-BE494, (d–f): NCBS-BM108

FIGURE 4. Allotype female (NCBS-BE495): habitus: (a) dorsal, (b) lateral; caudal appendages: (c) dorsal, (d) ventral, (e) lateral, & (f) vertex of head.

FIGURE 5. Wings of a) Holotype male (NCBS-BE493), & b) Allotype female (NCBS-BE495).