Lyriothemis lucifera Seehausen & Dawn 2024
- Dataset
- Lyriothemis lucifera spec. nov. from the Andaman Islands, India (Odonata: Libellulidae)
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Seehausen, Malte, Dawn, Prosenjit (2024): Lyriothemis lucifera spec. nov. from the Andaman Islands, India (Odonata: Libellulidae). Zootaxa 5447 (2): 273-281, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5447.2.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5447.2.8
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Odonata
- family
- Libellulidae
- genus
- Lyriothemis
- species
- Lyriothemis lucifera
etymology
Etymology: The Latin adjective “ lucifera ” means “ light-bringing ”, also in a salutary sense. The name is given representative because to study and photograph dragonflies may lighten gloomy days.
materials_examined
Holotype: ♂, 18. iv. 1998, Long Island, Rangat county, North and Middle Andaman district, Andaman Islands, India, ex. - coll. M. Hämäläinen, Wen-Chi Yeh, understorey of semi-evergreen forest, RMNH. INS. 1152914. Paratypes: ♂, 5. iii. 1998, bloomsdale forest on hill behind C. A. R. I. [Central Agricultural Research Institute] rice field, Port Blair, South Andaman district, Andaman Islands, India, ex. - coll. M. Hämäläinen, Wen-Chi Yeh, RMNH. INS. 1152913. ♀, 18. iv. 1998, Long Island, Rangat county, North and Middle Andaman district, Andaman Islands, India, ex. - coll. M. Hämäläinen, Wen-Chi Yeh [abdominal segments 5 – 10 missing], understorey of semi-evergreen forest, RMNH. INS. 1152915.