Descriptions of the last instar larvae of two species of Megalestes Selys from Yunnan, China (Odonata: Zygoptera: Synlestidae)

Abstract

The final stadium larvae of Megalestes micans Needham, 1930 and M. kurahashii Asahina, 1985 are described and illustrated from Yunnan Province, China, and a key to the known larvae of seven species of the genus Megalestes is provided. All exuviae will be stored at the Invertebrate Collection of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan, China. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:461E0535-7F93-4B2E-A53A-F288D6310D73

Keywords:

• Megalestes micans
• Megalestes kurahashii
• dragonfly

Acknowledgements

I am grateful to Dr Qi-Han XU for his kind help in providing literature necessary for the present study, and thank Dr Ben-Yong Mao for helping with the fieldwork. This project was supported by the Joint Project of Yunnan Local Undergraduate Colleges and Universities (No. 2018 FH001030) and the Project of Key Laboratory of Insect Resources Conservation and Utilization in Western Yunnan, Baoshan University (YJF [2019] No. 57).