Tatocnemis malgassica, Kirby, 1889

Kirby, W. F., 1889, Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Odonata in the Collection of the British Museum, chiefly from Africa., Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1889, pp. 297-303 : 302

Tatocnemis malgassica . (Woodcut, p. 301 .)

Exp. al. 72 millim.; long. corp. 50 millim.

Male. Head black above, pale reddish beneath; ocelli, the base of the labrum, two spots within the eve, and the occiput tawny or reddish; thorax black above and on the sides, yellowish beneath; middle of prothorax dull reddish above; mesothorax with two oblique tawny shoulder-stripes, connected by an oblique line at the base of the wings; legs red, yellow at base of femora, knees blackish: abdomen bright red, the first joint with some blackish markings on the sides above; wings yellowish hyaline, with black nervures, pterostigma tawny.

Hab. Betsileo, Madagascar (Rev. Deans Cowan).

Figures

Tatocnemis malgassica. a. Insect, natural size. b. Extremity of abdomen, showing appendages, magnified 7 ½ times.