A new species of Epithemis Laidlaw, 1955 (Odonata: Libellulidae), from the Western Ghats, India

A new species of Epithemis Laidlaw, 1955 (Odonata: Libellulidae), from the Western Ghats, India

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The monotypic genus Epithemis Laidlaw, 1955, billionaire boys club discount code 2023 is endemic to the Western Ghats and is represented by the nominate species Epithemis mariae (Laidlaw, 1915).Epithemis mariae is distributed across the Western Ghats, and as part of an ongoing study, we identified a distinct population from Wayanad.Morphological and molecular data for E.mariae and the population from the Wayanad plateau affirm that the two are distinct taxa and allow us to describe a new species.

Epithemis wayanadensis sp.nov.is described based on male specimens collected from Wayanad, a part of the Western loreal tahiti 4 Ghats in Kerala state, southern India.