Megalestes gyalsey Gyeltshen, Kalkman & Orr, 2017

Yu, Xin & Xue, Junli, 2020, A review of the damselfly genus Megalestes Selys, 1862 (Insecta: Odonata Zygoptera: Synlestidae) using integrative taxonomic methods, Zootaxa 4851 (2), pp. 245-270 : 258

Megalestes gyalsey Gyeltshen, Kalkman & Orr, 2017

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Megalestes gyalsey Gyeltshen et al., 2017: 588–594 , figs. 3, 4a–b [Trongsa, Bhutan].

We have not examined any specimens of this species, since its description is newly published, and the species is restricted to its type locality in Bhutan. However , according to the original description and good quality photos, the unique shape of the paraproct (quite long, strong, directly backward pointed and without a basal tooth) suggests that it is a valid species (cf. Figure 4 in Gyeltshen et al. 2017) .

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FIGURE 4. Caudal appendages of males (lateral view). a) australis; b) irma, paratype; c) distans, from Yaan, Sichuan; d) distans from Qingchengshan, Chengdu, Sichuan; e) heros; f) omeiensis, paratype; g) kurahashii; h) major; i) haui; j) “palaceus”; k) micans; l) “Chengi,” paratype; m) riccii; n) maai; o) tuska, from Damingshan, Guangxi; p) tuska, from Jinxiu, Guangxi. (Scale bar = 0.5 mm).

FIGURE 6. Line drawing of male paraprocts (lateral view). a) australis; b) distans; c) gyalsey; d) kurahashii; e) major; f) haui; g) heros; h) omeiensis; i) micans; j) micans; k) riccii; l) irma.