Nesocordulia spinicauda, Martin, 1902

Bernard, Rafał, Daraż, Bogusław, Ravelomanana, Andrianjaka & Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B., 2025, Six new species of Nesocordulia McLachlan, 1882 reveal an insular evolutionary radiation of dragonflies on Madagascar (Odonata: Anisoptera: Libelluloidea), Zootaxa 5660 (2), pp. 151-193 : 183

Nesocordulia spinicauda ?

( Fig. 14j )

Photographic record. Female, Palmarium Reserve , 18.606° S, 49.2118° E, Atsinanana Region, central-eastern Madagascar, 08.12.2023, photo by Michiel Van de Velde: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194048870 (also photographed and submitted without details by Yenthe Van Puyenbroeck: https://www.inaturalist.org/ observations/247478087). The long cerci and the shape of the yellow spots on S7 and on the synthorax (the latter poorly visible) suggest N. spinicauda , but that species’ diagnostic yellow markings on S8 are not apparent, while other informative features are not visible .

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FIGURE 14. Four females of Nesocordulia that cannot be identified. (a–d) possible N. coloratissima sp. nov. in NHMUK; (e–h) doubtful N. mascarenica described by Fraser (1956) in MNHN; (i) possible N. mascarenica from Masoala National Park; (j) possible N. spinicauda from the Palmarium Reserve. Photos by: a–h, Bogusław Daraż; i, Callan Cohen; j, Michiel Van de Velde.