Indolestes cheesmanae ( Kimmins, 1936 )

Grand, Daniel, Marinov, Milen, Jourdan, Herve, Cook, Carl, Rouys, Sophie, Mille, Christian & Theuerkauf, Jörn, 2019, Distribution, habitats, phenology and conservation of New Caledonian Odonata, Zootaxa 4640 (1), pp. 1-112 : 40-42

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4640.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5518722

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scientific name

Indolestes cheesmanae ( Kimmins, 1936 )
status

 

Indolestes cheesmanae ( Kimmins, 1936) View in CoL

( Fig. 35 View FIGURE 35 )

Austrolestes cheesmanae Kimmins, 1936: 69 View in CoL .

Distribution ( Fig. 36 View FIGURE 36 ). This species has been recorded from both Vanuatu ( Kimmins 1936; Lieftinck 1975; Tsuda 2000) and New Caledonia on Grande Terre, with nine known localities from north to south. It has rarely been collected, but we think it has been overlooked due to its cryptic lifestyle and insufficient sampling effort during its flight period. One specimen (unknown locality) is in the ONNC collection.

Habitats. The species prefers ponds, grassy marshes, and streams on slopes in forested areas. Ponds are mostly shallow, and may partially dry out seasonally. It has similar habitat preferences to Lestes concinnus .

Biology and behaviour. Its larvae are unknown but Lieftinck (1960) considered that they should be very similar to Lestes concinnus Hagen in Selys-Longchamps, 1862 .

Status. Indolestes cheesmanae is a regional endemic from both Vanuatu and New Caledonia. Its preferred habitats are vanishing following disappearance of coastal marshes (especially in Nouméa and its surroundings) and drainage of other marshy areas. We consider this species as vulnerable (VU).

ONNC

Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique d'Outre-Mer

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Odonata

Family

Lestidae

Genus

Indolestes

Loc

Indolestes cheesmanae ( Kimmins, 1936 )

Grand, Daniel, Marinov, Milen, Jourdan, Herve, Cook, Carl, Rouys, Sophie, Mille, Christian & Theuerkauf, Jörn 2019
2019
Loc

Austrolestes cheesmanae

Kimmins, D. 1936: 69
1936
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