Indolestes cheesmanae
Description
Indolestes cheesmanae (Kimmins, 1936)
(Fig. 35)
Austrolestes cheesmanae Kimmins, 1936: 69.
Distribution (Fig. 36). This species has been recorded from both Vanuatu (Kimmins 1936; Lieftinck 1975; Tsuda 2000) and New Caledonia on Grande Terre, with nine known localities from north to south. It has rarely been collected, but we think it has been overlooked due to its cryptic lifestyle and insufficient sampling effort during its flight period. One specimen (unknown locality) is in the ONNC collection.
Habitats. The species prefers ponds, grassy marshes, and streams on slopes in forested areas. Ponds are mostly shallow, and may partially dry out seasonally. It has similar habitat preferences to Lestes concinnus.
Biology and behaviour. Its larvae are unknown but Lieftinck (1960) considered that they should be very similar to Lestes concinnus Hagen in Selys-Longchamps, 1862.
Status. Indolestes cheesmanae is a regional endemic from both Vanuatu and New Caledonia. Its preferred habitats are vanishing following disappearance of coastal marshes (especially in Nouméa and its surroundings) and drainage of other marshy areas. We consider this species as vulnerable (VU).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Lestidae
- Genus
- Indolestes
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Odonata
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Kimmins
- Species
- cheesmanae
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Indolestes cheesmanae (Kimmins, 1936) sec. Grand, Marinov, Jourdan, Cook, Rouys, Mille & Theuerkauf, 2019
References
- Kimmins, D. (1936) Odonata, Ephemeroptera and Neuroptera of the New Hebrides and Banks Island. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 10, 18 (103), 68 - 88. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222933608655175
- Lieftinck, M. (1975) The dragonflies (Odonata) of New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands - Part 1. Imagines. Cahiers Office de la recherche scientifique et technique outre-mer (ORSTOM), Serie Hydrobiologie, 9, 127 - 166.
- Tsuda, S. (2000) A distributional list of world Odonata. Osaka, Japan, 430 pp.
- Lieftinck, M. (1960) Consideration on the genus Lestes Leach with notes on the classification and description of new Indo-Australian species and larval forms (Odonata, Lestidae). Nova Guinea, Zoology, 8, 127 - 171.
- Selys-Longchamps, E. de. (1862) Synopsis des Agrionines. 2 me Legion: Lestes. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des sciences, des lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 2 eme Serie, 13, 288 - 331.