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Coenagrion lunulatum Charpentier 1840

Description

Coenagrion lunulatum (Charpentier, 1840)

Agrion lunulatum Charpentier, 1840: 162.

Coenagrion lunulatum: Cnypuc, 1964: 146, 148–149, figs. 67(8), 69(2, 7), 70(3, 13); Mielewczyk, 1974: 267 –268; Haritonov, 1986: 151 –153, figs. 68(10), 69(8), 70(12, 26); Hua, 2000: 8; Dumont (2003): 134 –137, figs. 2–8; Askew, 2004: 75 –76, key; 77–79, figs. 76, 89, 108–109.

Coenagrion vernale: Mielewczyk, 1974: 267 –268; Yang, 1998: 61.

Material. 1 ɗ, 1 Ψ, Hebei, Weichang, Saihanba forestry centre, 1500m, 24-VII-1985, Hongguo Sun leg., IOZ(E)830483 (IZAS); 1 ɗ, same data, IOZ(E)830474 (IZAS); 1 ɗ, same data, IOZ(E)830482 (IZAS); 1 ɗ, same data, IOZ(E)830478 (IZAS); 1 ɗ, same data, IOZ(E)830475 (IZAS); 1 ɗ, same data, IOZ(E)830480 (IZAS); 1 ɗ, same data, IOZ(E)830481 (IZAS); 1 ɗ, same data, IOZ(E)830479 (IZAS); 1 ɗ, same data, IOZ(E)830472 (IZAS); 1 ɗ, same data, 22-VII-1985, Hongguo Sun leg., IOZ(E)830469 (IZAS); 1 ɗ, same data, IOZ(E)830470 (IZAS); 1 ɗ, same data, IOZ(E)830468 (IZAS); 1 ɗ, same data, IOZ(E)830467 (IZAS); 1 Ψ, same data, IOZ(E)830465 (IZAS).

Remarks. Typically, the black marks on the dorsum of S2 for this species comprise three separated stripes, however we found three of our 13 males to have a continuous U-shape stripe.

Distribution. In China this species occurs in northern Hebei and from north Huhehaote to Manzhouli of Inner Mongolia. It also occurs in Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Turkey and Ukraine.

Notes

Published as part of Yu, Xin & Bu, Wenjun, 2011, Chinese damselflies of the genus Coenagrion (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae), pp. 31-40 in Zootaxa 2808 on page 38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.203945

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Coenagrionidae
Genus
Coenagrion
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Odonata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Charpentier
Species
lunulatum
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Coenagrion lunulatum Charpentier, 1840 sec. Yu & Bu, 2011

References

  • Cnypuc, Z. D. (1964) Odonatoptera (Odonata). In: Bei-Bienko G. Y. (Ed.), Key to the insects of the European part of the USSR. Moscow: Nauka, 5 (1), 146 - 149. [In Russian]
  • Mielewczyk, S. (1974) Bermerkungen uber die Synohymie von Coenagrion lunulatum (Charpentier, 1840) - C. vernale (Hagen, 1839, nomen nudum) Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae). Odonatologica, 3 (4), 267 - 268.
  • Haritonov, A. Y. (1986) Odonata. In: Lepa, P. A. (Ed.), Key to the Insects for the Far East of Russia. Moscow: Nauka, 6 (1), 150 - 155. [In Russian]
  • Hua, L. (2000) List of Chinese insects. Vol. 1. Zhongshan University Press, Guangzhou.
  • Dumont, H. J. (2003) Odonata from the Republic of Mongolia and from the Autonomous Region of Inner Mongolia. International Journal of Odonatology, 6 (2), 127 - 146.
  • Askew, R. R. (2004) The dragonflies of Europe (revised edition). Harley Books, Colchester, 308 pp.
  • Yang, Z. D. (1998) The damselflies in the north of China. Journal of Hanzhong Teachers College (Nature Science) 16 (1), 57 - 61.