Mesopodagrionidae, Kalkman & Abbott, 2021
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5497.2.3 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14053291 |
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Family Mesopodagrionidae View in CoL
The family has just one genus including two species, with the larva of Mesopodagrion tibetanum McLachlan having been described ( Yu 2016). They inhabit mountain streams from 500–2700m in southern China, and northern Myanmar and Thailand. They bear unique lateral tufted projections arising from the postocular lobes ( Fig. 12 View FIGURES 12–17. 12 ) and the prementum is shout and broad, with convex lateral margins only slightly expanded anteriorly and with a shallow but distinct anterior median lobe with short median cleft ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 12–17. 12 ). As in Argiolestidae , the caudal gills are foliate and arranged in a horizontal fan ( Fig. 12 View FIGURES 12–17. 12 ) but there are numerous points of difference between Mesopodagrion and Podolestes ( Figs 14, 15 View FIGURES 12–17. 12 ), the only argiolestid genus known from mainland Asia.
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