Lamelligomphus camelus ( Martin, 1904 )

Zhang, Hao-Miao, Yang, Guo-Hui & Cai, Qing-Hua, 2016, A new species of Lamelligomphus Fraser, 1922 (Odonata: Gomphidae) from southern Yunnan, China, Zootaxa 4098 (3), pp. 571-581 : 578

Notes on Lamelligomphus camelus ( Martin, 1904)

Figures 18–21 , 26–29

Material examined. 2♂, Lanjuxiang Village, Longquan County, Jingning City, Zhejiang Province, China, 20 June 2008, Hao-miao Zhang leg.; 3♂, Songxi County, Nanping City, Fujian Province, 28 June 2008, Hao-miao Zhang leg.; 2♂, Taoyuan stream in Mt. Nankunshan, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, 17 July 2013, Hao-miao Zhang leg.; 4♂, Chebaling National Nature Reserve, Shingxing County, Guangdong Province, 26 July 2013, Hao-miao Zhang leg.; 4 ♂, Babaoshan in Nanling National Nature Reserve, Ruyuan County, Guangdong Province, 21 July 2013, Hao-miao Zhang leg.; 1♂, Xiangzhigou, Xinpu Village, Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, 18 July 2011, Hao-miao Zhang leg.; 4♂, Maolan National Nature Reserve, Libo County, Guizhou Province, 28 July 2008, Haomiao Zhang leg.; 5♂, 1♀, Nanxi Stream (22°44’10’’N, 104°01’60’’E), altitude 540 m, Hekou County, Honghe Hani Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, 6 June 2015, Hao-miao Zhang leg.; 10,♂, 3♀, Huayudong (22°40’21’’N, 103°56’16’’E), altitude 150 m, Hekou County, Honghe Hani Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, 7 May 2010, Hao-miao Zhang leg.; 2♂, Shuimanxiang Village, Wuzhishan City, Hainan Province, 20 July 2014, Hao-miao Zhang leg.

Distribution. Currently known from an extensive range in China, including Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Guizhou and Yunnan Provinces. The record from Zhejiang is very near Fujian, and records from Yunnan are confined to the eastern part, very near Vietnam. It is recorded from Nanling Mountains, adjacent to Mangshan Mountains in Hunan Province, so the species must occur in Hunan Province. The confirmed record of L. camelus outside China is northern Vietnam. It is a rather southern species in China and Hekou County in Honghe Hani Autonomous Prefecture seems the western border of the range, as it has not been found in the other counties in western Honghe, including Jinping and Lvchun Counties.

Variation in body maculation.

From numerous specimens throughout its range, the variation in body maculation includes 1) number and shape of yellow spots on metepisternum, which can be one spot close to the upper margin ( Fig. 26 ), an upper spot followed by a longer one below ( Fig. 27 ), or an upper spot followed by two very small ones ( Fig. 28 ); and 2) in some males from Guangdong, yellow markings on the side of S2 reduced and not covering the auricle.

Figures

FIGURES 13 – 21. Details of Lamelligomphus annakarlorum sp. nov. (holotype male 13 – 16, paratype female 17) and L. camelus (Martin, 1904) (female 18, male 19 – 21): (13, 19) S 7 – 10 and anal appendages in lateral view; (14) same in dorsal view; (15, 20) vesica spermalis in lateral view; (16, 21) hamulus in lateral view; (17 – 18) vulvar lamina in ventral view.

FIGURES 26 – 27. Photos in life of Lamelligomphus camelus (Martin, 1904): (26) male in flight, Nanxi Stream, Hekou County, Honghe Hani Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, 6 June 2015; (27) male in flight, Chebaling National Nature Reserve, Shingxing County, Guangdong Province, 26 July 2013. Photos by Hao-miao Zhang.

FIGURES 28 – 29. Photos in life of Lamelligomphus camelus (Martin, 1904): (28) male perching on rock, Taoyuan stream in Mt. Nankunshan, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, 17 July 2013; (29) female in flight for laying eggs, Huayudong, Hekou County, Honghe Hani Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, 7 May 2010. Photos by Hao-miao Zhang.