Anisopleura qingyuanensis : Zhou 1982
Creators: name: Phan, Quoc Toan
name: Kompier, Tom
name: Karube, Haruki
name: Hayashi, Fumio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Euphaeidae
Anisopleura
Anisopleura qingyuanensis

description: Anisopleura qingyuanensis Zhou, 1982
(Fig. 2a–f)
Anisopleura qingyuanensis: Zhou (1982), pp. 65–66, Figs 1–3; Hämäläinen (2003), Figs 14, 16; Wilson & Reels (2003), pp. 248–249; Do & Dang (2007), p. 31, distribution map [Specimens from Tam Dao, Vinh Phuc Prov.; first record from Vietnam]; Wilson & Zaifu (2007), pp. 93, 120, pl. IVb; Zhang (2010), p. 25 (Species list); Hämäläinen & Karube (2013), p. 54; Zhang et al. (2014), pp. 43–50, Figs 1b, 3b.
Materials examined. [Vietnam] 2♀, Pia Oac Nature Reserve, Cao Bang Prov., 18.V.2015, Q.T. Phan and F. Hayashi leg. (PQTC); 1♂, Pia Oac Nature Reserve, Cao Bang Prov., 18.VI.2015, T. Kompier leg. (TKC); 1♂, Mau Son, Lang Son Prov., 28.VI.2014, T. Kompier leg. (TKC); 1♂, Mau Son, Lang Son Prov., 7.VI.2014, T. Kompier leg. (TKC); 1♂, Khau Pha, Tu Le, Yen Bai Prov., 19.V.2014, and 1♂, Khau Pha, Tu Le, Yen Bai Prov., 16.IX.2015, Q.T. Phan leg. (PQTC); 1♂, Tu Le, Yen Bai Prov., 11.VII.2015, T. Kompier leg. (TKC); 1♂, Tu Le, Yen Bai Prov., 1.VI.2014, T. Kompier leg. (TKC); 1♂, Nam Bung, Yen Bai Prov., 26.IV.2015, T. Kompier leg. (TKC); 1♂, Phu Tho Prov., 23.XI.2014, T. Kompier leg. (TKC); 1♂, Phu Tho Prov., 20.XI.2016, T. Kompier leg. (TKC); 2♂, Tr’hy, Tay Giang District, Quang Nam Prov., 15.V.2012, Q.T. Phan leg. (PQTC); 1♂ 1♀, Bach Ma National Park, Thua Thien-Hue Prov., 28.VI.2017, Q.T. Phan leg. (PQTC); [China] 1♀, Nanling, Guangdong Prov., 2005, M. Takakuwa leg. (KMP).
Other materials confirmed by field observations. [Vietnam] 1♂, Lao Cai Prov., 25.V.2015, T. Kompier; Some individuals, Cao Bang Prov., VI, VII 2014, V, VI, IX 2015, T. Kompier; Some individuals, Lang Son Prov., VI.2014, V, VII 2015, T. Kompier; Some individuals, Yen Bai Prov., V, VI, VII, IX 2014, IV, V, VI, VII 2015, VII 2016, T. Kompier; Some individuals, Bach Ma, Thua Thien-Hue Prov., 5–8.VIII.2016, T. Kompier.
Notes. This is a common species in high mountain areas of Vietnam. Male and female resemble each other in body color pattern (Fig. 2a–b, e–f). Paraprocts are very short in lateral view, cerci are generally axe-shaped, with their blades directed inward and with a small knob along their inner margin, and furnished by a robust hook-shaped latero-apical tooth, so that they look bifid in lateral view (Fig. 2c–d). This species is closely related to Anisopleura pelecyphora Zhang, Hämäläinen & Cai, 2014 from Yunnan, southern China. According to the original description, Anisopleura pelecyphora is separated from A. qingyuanensis by its completely hyaline wings, which are distinctly yellow tinted basally in A. qingyuanensis. Cerci of Anisopleura pelecyphora are broader and their margin is more strongly curved than in A. qingyuanensis.
Distribution. Vietnam (Lao Cai, Cao Bang, Lang Son, Vinh Phuc [Do & Dang 2007, Hämäläinen & Karube 2013], Yen Bai, Phu Tho, Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Nam Provinces), Laos (Xiangkhouang Province) (Hämäläinen & Karube 2013; Yokoi & Souphanthong 2014), China (Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou, Guangdong and Guangxi Provinces) (Hämäläinen & Karube 2013).
description: Published as part of Phan, Quoc Toan, Kompier, Tom, Karube, Haruki & Hayashi, Fumio, 2018, A synopsis of the Euphaeidae (Odonata: Zygoptera) of Vietnam, with descriptions of two new species of Euphaea, pp. 151-190 in Zootaxa 4375 (2) on pages 155-156, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4375.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1158445