Indolestes cyaneus (Selys, 1862)

Kosterin, O. E., 2015, Taxonomical notes on Indolestes Fraser, 1922 (Lestidae, Zygoptera). 1. Indolestes gracilis expressior ssp. nov. from eastern Cambodia, IDF-Report 81, pp. 1-11 : 2

Indolestes cyaneus (Selys, 1862)

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More distant from the two following species than they from each other, larger, with more robust cerci, paired black spots on S2-7 and generally much more blue on the abdomen. It has a smaller range confined to the Himalayas in northern and eastern India and Bhutan, with a surely erroneous record from Taiwan ( Dow 2009; Joshi & Kunte 2014).

Figures

Figure 1. Indolestes cf taxa as illustrated in literature - anal appendages, dorsal. - a, I. cyaneus after Fraser (1933: fig. 34, as Ceylonolestes cyanea); - b-d, I. gracilis gracilis: b, after Asahina (1 976: figs. 10, as Indolestes gracilis); c, the type of Lestes gracilis from Hagen's collection (after Asahina 1976: fig. 13, as Indolestes gracilis); d, after Fraser (1933: fig. 28, as Ceylonolestes gracilis). - e, I. gracilis davenporti, after Fraser (1933: fig. 31, as Ceylonolestes davenporti). Not to scale.