Protosticta grandis Asahina, 1985

Phan, Quoc Toan & Kompier, Tom, 2016, A study of the genus Protosticta Selys, 1855, with descriptions of four new species from Vietnam (Odonata: Platystictidae), Zootaxa 4098 (3), pp. 529-544 : 532-534

3. Protosticta grandis Asahina, 1985

( Figure 3 A–H)

Protosticta robusta: Asahina (1984) [nec Fraser], pp. 590–591, 595, Figs. 16–20 [preoccupied]. Type locality: Khao Soi Dao mountains, Thailand.

Protosticta grandis: Asahina (1985) , p. 334 (new name for Protosticta robusta Asahina, 1984 ).— Hämäläinen & Pinratana (1999), p. 60 (Chiang Mai, Kanchanaburi).— Tsuda (2000), p. 326 (catalogued Thailand).—van Tol (2008), pp. 219–220, Figs. 1–4 .— Makbun et al. (2011), p. 63 (Chiang Mai).— Yokoi & Souphanthong (2014), p. 25, Pl. 2, Fig. 13.

Specimens examined. 1 male, 5 females, Cao Bang city, Cao Bang Province, 20.V.2015; 1 male, 2 females, Pia Oac Nature Reserve, Cao Bang Province, 18.V.2015; 1 male, 1 female, Bhalee, Tay Giang district, Quang Nam Province, 27.V.2015, Quoc Toan Phan leg.; 1 female, Tam Dao National Park, Vinh Phuc Province, 12.V.2015, Vu Van Lien leg.

Notes. This is probably the largest Protosticta species known. Both sexes have typically pale yellow anal appendages. It is found in wet forest with dense undergrowth around small covered streams.

Measurements. Male. Hindwing 32; abdomen including appendages 51.5–52. Female. Hindwing 29, abdomen including appendages 41.

Distribution. Vietnam (Pia Oac Nature Reserve, Cao Bang Province; Tam Dao National Park, Vinh Phuc Province; Xuan Son National Park, Phu Tho Province; Thuong Tien Nature Reserve, Hoa Binh Province; Ba Vi National Park, Ha Noi; Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh Province; Son Kim, Huong Son district, Ha Tinh Province; Tay Giang district, Quang Nam Province; Chu Yang Sin National Park, Dak Lak Province; Bao Loc, Lam Dong Province), Thailand (Doi Suthep National Park, Chiang Mai Province), Lao PDR (LouangPhabang, Oudomxay).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Protosticta beaumonti, Mau Son. [A – D] male— (A) head & thorax in lateral view; (B) prothorax in dorsal view; (C) right cercus & paraproct in oblique-dorsal view; (D) penile organ in dorsal view; [E – F] female— (E) female in nature; (F) tip of abdomen (rearranged from photos taken in nature at Mau Son Mountain, Lang Son Province on 07. VI. 2014 by Tom Kompier, specimens were not collected).

FIGURE 2. Protosticta caroli, Ba Na. [A – G] male— (A) head & thorax in lateral view; (B) prothorax in dorsal view; anal appendages in (C) dorsal & (D) lateral view; (E) right cercus and paraproct in oblique-dorsal view; (F) male paraprocts in ventral view; (G) penile organ in dorsal view; [H – J] female— (H) head & thorax in lateral view; (I) prothorax in dorsal view; (J) tip abdomen in lateral view.

FIGURE 3. Protosticta grandis, Cao Bang. [A – E] male— (A) head & thorax in lateral view; anal appendages in (B) dorsal & (C) lateral view; (D) paraprocts in ventral view; penile organ in (E) dorsal view & (F) lateral view; [G – H] female— (G) head & thorax in lateral view; (H) abdomen tip in lateral view.

FIGURE 4. Protosticta spp. [A – H] Protosticta ngoai spec. nov., holotype male— (A) head & thorax in lateral view; anal appendages in (B) dorsal view, (C) lateral view & (D) oblique-ventral view; (E) paraprocts in ventral view; penile organ in (F) dorsal view & (G) lateral view; (H) wings; [I – J] Protosticta taipokauensis male—anal appendages in (I), lateral view & (J), oblique-ventral view (rearranged from Asahina & Dudgeon, 1987, p. 3, Figs. 6,7).