Interspecific hybrids have been occasionally found in the field. Here were describe a male of the interspecific hybrid between Paracercion sieboldii and P. melanotum with intermediate phenotypes between the two parent species from Japan. Nuclear and mitochondrial DNA analyses indicated that this individual was derived from interspecific mating between a female P. sieboldii and a male P. melanotum. To our knowledge, this is the only report of the hybrid between these two species.
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1 January 2022
Interspecific hybrid between Paracercion sieboldii and P. melanotum from Japan (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)
Genta Okude,
Ryo Futahashi
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Notulae odonatologicae
Vol. 9 • No. 5
June 2020
Vol. 9 • No. 5
June 2020
damselfly
heterospecific matings
hybridisation
Zygoptera