Orthetrum andamanicum, Bedjanič & Kalkman & Subramanian, 2020

Bedjanič, M., Kalkman, V. J. & Subramanian, K. A., 2020, A new species of Orthetrum Newman, 1833 (Odonata: Libellulidae) from the Andaman Islands, India, Zootaxa 4779 (1), pp. 91-100 : 92

Orthetrum andamanicum sp. nov.

( Figs. 1, 2 , 3–5 , 6 , 7 , 8 )

Type material. Holotype: 1♂ (mature) ( RMNH.INS.1152911)—[in smeared / discoloured ink on the poorly read- able original label: no stream nr. main road …], Chidiyatapu ; South Andaman island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India; [app. N 11.51, E 92.71]; 08-xii-1998; [Prashant Mohanraj and K. Veenakumari leg.] (in RMNH).

Paratype: 1♂ (mature)— Garacharma , Central Agricultural Research Institute - C.A.R.I. campus; South Anda- man island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India; alt. 70 m; N 11.610 6, E 92.7157; 28-vii-1996; Prashant Mohanraj and K. Veenakumari leg. (in RMNH)

Etymology. The species epithet is an adjective; andamanicum , after the Andaman Islands, the island group from which the type locality and distribution of this new species is known.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Male of Orthetrum andamanicum sp. nov.—Chidiyatapu; South Andaman island; 01-vii-2017. Photo: M. Bedjanič.

FIGURE 7. Male of Orthetrum andamanicum sp. nov.—Kalipur; Saddle Peak National Park; North Andaman island; 09-vii- 2017. Photo: M. Bedjanič.

FIGURE 8. Currently known distribution of Orthetrum andamanicum sp. nov. on the Andaman Islands— yellow squares: localities of holotype and paratype; green circles: photographic records by M. Bedjanič and K.A. Subramanian.

FIGURES 1–2. Orthetrum andamanicum sp. nov. [holotype male]—(1) whole specimen, lateral view [abdomen broken; S5 missing]; (2) head, frontal view. Photo: V.J. Kalkman.

FIGURES 3–5. Orthetrum andamanicum sp. nov. [holotype male]—(3) accessory genitalia, left lateral view; (4) anal append- ages, dorsal view; (5) anal appendages, left lateral view. Drawing: E.-J. Bosch.