Pseudagrion pruinosum pruinosum ( Burmeister, 1839 )

Seehausen, Malte, Kalkman, Vincent J. & Bedjanič, Matjaž, 2025, Revision of the Pseudagrion red-group occurring in Asia west of Lydekker’s line, with description of four new species (Odonata: Coenagrionidae), Zootaxa 5587 (1), pp. 1-66 : 39-40

Pseudagrion pruinosum pruinosum ( Burmeister, 1839)

Figures: 66–68 (holotype ♂ pruinosum , labels); 69–70 (lectotype ♂ pruinosum ranauense, envelope); 71–72 (syntype ♂ pruinosum fraseri, labels); 93 (head ♂); 110 (pterothorax ♂); 127a, b (abdomen ♂); 144a–c (caudal appendages ♂); 171– 173 (field photos ♂).

Agrion pruinosum : Burmeister (1839): 821 (description ♂; Java);— Calvert (1898): 41 –42 (was not able to identify the holotype).

Pseudagrion pruinosum : Selys (1876): 517 –519 (description ♂ ♀; Java);— Albarda (1887): 12 (Sumatra);— Ris (1915b): 97 – 98 (key; Sumatra);— Schmidt (1934): 347 –348, Fig. 47c (♂ rear of head; key to subspecies; Java);— Lieftinck (1936): 134 (Bali);— Lieftinck (1953): 157 (Bali; individuals from Malay Peninsula probably distinct); — Lieftinck (1935b): 11 (Sumatra);— Belle (1994): 61 (Bali, 1 st record Lombok);— Kosterin (2014): 16, Figs 3 , 4, 9 , 19 (Bali, frequent; photos of ♂ & habitat);— Dow et al. (2018): 12, Fig. 12 (Sumatra).

Pseudagrion pruinosum fraseri : Schmidt (1934): 347 –348, Fig. 47a (description ♂ ♀; ♂ rear of head; key to subspecies; Sumatra);— Lieftinck (1935b): 11 (considered jun. syn. of P. pruinosum ranauense Schmidt, 1934 ; Sumatra). New synonymy.

Pseudagrion pruinosum ranauense : Schmidt (1934): 347 –348, Fig. 47b (description ♂ ♀; ♂ rear of head; key to subspecies; Sumatra);— Lieftinck (1935b): 11 (Sumatra). New synonymy.

Examined specimens from the type series (6♂♂)

Figures

FIGURES 43–48. Pseudagrion igneum, holotype male: (43) habitus lateral, (44) appendages lateral, (45) appendages dorsal, (46) cercus dorsolateral, (47) head dorsal, (48) pronotum. Photos: M. Seehausen.

FIGURES 1–3. Distribution maps of the species of the Pseudagrion red-group occurring west of Lydekker’s line (black line): (1) P. perfuscatum (green), P. pilidorsum (yellow line), P. p. pruinosum (dark blue), P. p. elongatum (light blue). (2) P. buenafei (dark green), P. declaratum (orange), P. deflexum (light blue), P. enganoense (purple), P. igneum (yellow), P. nigrihumerale (red), P. obscurum (dark blue), P. simalurum (light green). (3) P. acutidens (green line), P. halmaherae (dark blue), P. coriaceum (red), P. crocops (yellow), P. ustum (purple line).

FIGURES 5–10. Pseudagrion acutidens, holotype male: (5) habitus lateral, (6) appendages lateral, (7) appendages dorsal, (8) cercus dorsolateral, (9) head dorsal, (10) pronotum. Photos: M. Seehausen.

FIGURES 17–19. Pseudagrion coriaceum, lectotype male: (17) habitus dorsal, (18) pterothorax lateral, (19) labels. Photos: © 2024 Natural History Museum Vienna, NOaS Image Collection/H. Bruckner.

FIGURES 11–14. Pseudagrion acutidens, female paratype: (11) habitus lateral, (12) head dorsal, (13) pronotum, (14) ovipositor lateral. Photos: M. Seehausen.