Nesocordulia mascarenica, Fraser, 1948

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 mascarenica ?

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Photographic record. Female, 15.7029° S, 49.9619° E, Masoala National Park , Analanjirofo Region, northeastern Madagascar, 13.12.2013, photo by Callan Cohen. The short brown Pt and yellow markings (particularly on upper synthorax and S5–7) are suggestive of N. mascarenica , but other 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.