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A third species of the relict family Epiophlebiidae discovered in China (Odonata: Epiproctophora)
Author(s) -
LI JINGKE,
NEL ANDRÉ,
ZHANG XUEPING,
FLECK GUNTHER,
GAO MEIXIANG,
LIN LIN,
ZHOU JIA
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
systematic entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1365-3113
pISSN - 0307-6970
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00610.x
Subject(s) - odonata , biology , china , deciduous , ecology , anisoptera , biogeography , streams , dragonfly , zoology , archaeology , geography , computer network , computer science
Epiophlebia sinensissp.n. , a third species of the relict odonatan family Epiophlebiidae, is described from two male adults collected in Heilongjiang province, China. The new species lives in an environment rather similar to that of the two other species, E. superstes and E. laidlawi , i.e. along cold streams in a coniferous and deciduous forest. Possible explanations for the lack of fossil Epiophlebiidae and the biogeography of these damsel‐dragonflies are proposed.