Table Of ContentOdonatologica37(2):157-160 June I,2008
Macromidia shiehae spec. nov.,
anew dragonflyfrom Jiangxi, China
(Anisoptera: Corduliidae)
Y.-H. Jiang¹,Z.-H. L²i&W.-Y.Yu²
1YuntaixiangCultureStation,Xinpudistrict,LianyungangCity, Jiangsu-222064,China
jiangyh26@yahoo,com,cn
2 NanjingXiaozhuangCollege,Beiwei Road,Nanjing,Jiangsu,China
ReceivedNovember 18,2007/RevisedandAcceptedJanuary8,2008
Thenewsp.isdescribed andillustrated. Holotype6:China,Jiangxi:Lushan Mt
(Haihui),31-V-2004;depositedin NanjingForestry University, Nanjing,China. It
isrelatedtoM.ellenaeWilsonand M.hangzhouensisZhou& Wei,but it isdifferen-
tiated fromthese by havingthepostclypeuswith yellowonanteriormargins,theme-
dian lobe oftheprothoraxwith four fine,paleyellowstreaks, thorax with5 yellow
stripes, andnodal index offore-andhindwingslowerthan in any oftheother4Ma-
cromidia spp. described fromChina.
INTRODUCTION
ThegenusMacromidiawas erected by Martinin 1907,with M.rapida as the
type species. To date, thegenus includes thirteenspecies andthree subspecies,
whichare distributedover India, SoutheastAsia, theRyukyu archipelago ofJa-
panand China(DAVIES & TOBIN, 1985; ASAHINA, 1964, 1978; FRASER,
1936;ISHIDAetal., 1991;LIEFTINCK, 1935,1971;WILSON,1996;ZHOU &
WEI, 1979;TSUDA,2000). Fourspecies, namely M. rapida Matin, 1907(Hong
Kong, Guangdong), M.kelloggi Asahina, 1978(Fujian), M. hangzhouensis Zhou
&Wei, 1979(Zhejiang) andM. ellenaeWilson 1996(Hong Kong)havebeenre-
cordedfromChina.Thispaperdescribesanewspecies ofthegenus.
158 Y.-H.Jiang,Z.-H.Li& W.-Y.Yu
MACROMIDIA SHIEHAE SP. NOV.
Figures1-5
Material. - Holotype3: CHINA: Jiangxiprov.:Lushan Mt(Haihui),31-V-2004,Z.-H.Li
leg.,depositedinNanjingForestry University, Nanjing,China. — Paratype:I 6,samelocalityand
date,W.-Y.Yu leg.
Etymology. - Thenewspeciesisnamed afterMrsShwu-Feng Shieh,wifeoftheTaiwan-
eseentomologistProfessorChung-ChichKuan.
MALE, — Head. — Face withshortblack hairs.Labium:medianandlateral
lobes yellow, labrumblack with yellow margins at middle; anteclypeus yellow,
postclypeus black withyellowanteriormargins,others allblack, fronswithtwo
prominences. Vertex with horizontal ridge. Antennaeblack. Frons and vertex
rough-surfaced, withgreenmetallicreflection; occiput blackwithbrownhairs.
Thorax. — Prothorax. — Anteriormarginofanteriorlobeand hindmar-
gin ofposterior lobeofprothoraxwithyellow stripes, medianlobewithfourfine
yellow streaks.Lateralsynthorax illustratedinFigure 1,synthoraxblackwithme-
tallicreflectionmarkedwith
five yellow stripes on each
side. Dorsum covered with
thickpale brownhairs;ayel-
lowantehumeralstripeoccu-
pies half of the mesepister-
num; it turns to brown at
its upper end. Between the
mesepimeronandmetepister-
numthree yellow stripes are
found, covering thespiracle.
Metapimeron with yellow
marking, metapostepimeron
entirely yellow.
Legs black, ventralside of
frontlegs trochanterandfe-
murmarkedwithyellow, ven-
trumofmesocoxaandmeta-
coxawith yellow spots, hind
legs and middle legs with a
pale brownkeel.
Wings hyaline, with some
Figs 1-5. Macromedia shiehae sp. n„ holotypemale; (1)tho- pale amber at base; veins
rax, lateral view; — (2)caudalappendages,lateralview; — black, pterostigma dark
(3)secondarygenitalia,lateral view; —(4)caudalappendag-
es,dorsal view; (5)hindwing. — [Scalebars: Fig.1 =3mm; brown, 2.2 mm in length,
— Figs2-4 =2mm] covering two cell widths or
Macromidia shiehae sp.n. 159
TableI
ComparisonbetweenMacromidia ellenaeWilsonand M.shiehaesp.n.males
MM.. eelllleennaaee MM..sshhiieehhaaee
AAbbdd++aapppp::2288--3333..55mmmm AAbbdd++aapppp::3366mmmm
HHiinnddwwiinngg::2299--3311 mmmm HHiinnddwwiinngg::3311 mmmm
PPoossttccllyyppeeuuss bbllaacckk PPoossttccllyyppeeuussbbllaacckk wwiitthhyyeelllloowwaanntteerriioorrmmaarrggiinnss
SSuuppeerriioorraannaall aappppeennddaaggeessbbrriigghhtt SSuuppeerriioorraannaallaappppeennddaaggeessbbrriigghhttyyeellllooww,,wwiitthh
cciittrroonn yyeellllooww,,wwiitthh bbaasseellaatteerraall;;eexxtteerriioorr ddaarrkkbbrroowwnn ssppoottoonnbbaasseellaatteerraall;;eexxttrreemmeettiipp
ffaaccee bbllaacckkiisshh bbrroowwnn aannddeexxttrreemmeettiipp bbllaacckkwwiitthh aabbuunncchhooffffiinnee hhaaiirrss
bbllaacckk;; iinnffeerriioorraappppeennddiixxbbrroowwnn
more; nodalindexof forewings 6:10/10:6; hindwings 8;8/7:8, anal loop seven-
-celled, subtriangle 1 celled, twocubitalcross-veins; onerow ofcellsindiscoidal
field(Fig. 5).Forewing and hindwing with3proximal postnodal cross-veinsthat
donotcontinueintoadjacent spacebetweenR,andR
r
Abdomen. — Black, withyellow marks. Acontinuous yellow streakfrom
ItoVI,segmentVIIwithahintofanextremely fineyellowdorsalstripe over its
fronthalf;VIII, IXandXblack; segmentIwithfineyellow streakonbothsides,
marks of segmentII bigger thanothersin sideview. Auricle bright yellowwith
yellow marks belowand on genital lobe.Tergite of abdomen3-4 fringed with
fineyellow streaks atmargin. DorsumofsegmentXstrongly carinated.Second-
ary genitaliaandcaudalappendages illustratedinFigures2-4.Superior analap-
pendages yellow, withdark brownspotonbase, extremetipblack, withabunch
ofblackhairs,otherhairsyellow. Inferiorappendage black withblack hairson
lowersides.
Measurements (inmm)- Lengthofabdomen(includingappendages):38,lengthofhind-
wing31.
FEMALE. — Unknown.
remarks. - The new species is closely related to M. ellenae Wilson, 1996
andM. hangzhouensis Zhou& Wei, 1979,butis differentiatedfrom bothby: (1)
postclypeus with yellow onanteriormargins; (2) medianlobeofprothoraxwith
fourfineyellowstreaks; (3)thoraxwithfiveyellow stripes; (4) nodalindexoffore
and hindwings less lower than in the otherfour Macromidiaspecies described
fromChina. Seealso TableI.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authorsaregratefultoProf.HENRIDUMONT(GhentUniversity, Belgium),DrJIH-CHING
LIEN(MedicalEntomologyoftheNational InstituteofPreventiveMedicine,Taipei,Taiwan),Prof.
HUI-QIAN ZHU(ShanxiUniversity,China),MrWEN-CHIYEH(TaiwanForestryInstitute,Tai-
wan,China)and MrHSIAU-YUEWANG(TaiwanMuseum,Taiwan,China)forprovidingimpor-
tantreferences.
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