Five new species of Metagrion are described from Papua New Guinea: Metagrion annehueberae sp. nov. (holotype ♂ in RMNH), Metagrion pseudolamprostoma sp. nov. (holotype ♂ in SAMA), Metagrion furcatum sp. nov. (holotype ♂ in SAMA), Metagrion lopaui sp. nov. (holotype ♂ in RMNH), Metagrion toxopeus sp. nov. (holotype ♂ in SAMA). New distribution records are provided for two poorly known Metagrion species, and a key to the mature males of Metagrion species occurring east of the Bird's Head Peninsula is given.
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1 December 2023
New species of Metagrion Calvert, 1913 from New Guinea, with a key to the species east of the Bird's Head Peninsula (Odonata: Argiolestidae)
Vincent J. Kalkman,
Stephen J. Richards
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Odonatologica
Vol. 52 • No. 3-4
December 2023
Vol. 52 • No. 3-4
December 2023
damselfly
distribution
dragonfly
Indonesia
Papua New Guinea
Zygoptera