A remarkable new species of Papuagrion Ris, 1913 from New Guinea (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)

Günther Theischinger; Pagi S. Toko; Stephen J. Richards

doi:10.5281/zenodo.4746254

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Günther Theischinger,¹ Pagi S. Toko,² Stephen J. Richards³

¹Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney, N.S.W. 2010, Australia; <>
²New Guinea Binatang Research Centre, Madang, Papua New Guinea, and Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic; <>
³Herpetology Department, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, S.A. 5000, Australia; <>

Abstract

A new species of the coenagrionid damselfly genus Papuagrion is described from the lowlands of the Purari River basin in Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea. Papuagrion forceps sp. nov. is a large (abdomen + appendages 46.5–47.2 mm) slender species with a predominantly black and brown abdomen. The male is unique in the genus in having superior appendages that are minute in comparison to the inferior appendages, with lower branches that are not visible in profile. The new species is currently known only from the type locality, where a male and a female were perched among low foliage in a remnant patch of lowland rainforest.

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Günther Theischinger, Pagi S. Toko, and Stephen J. Richards "A remarkable new species of Papuagrion Ris, 1913 from New Guinea (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)," Odonatologica 50(1-2), 131-141, (1 June 2021). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4746254

Received: 15 March 2021; Accepted: 22 March 2021; Published: 1 June 2021

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