TY - GEN A1 - Theischinger, Günther A1 - Richards, Stephen J. T1 - Palaeosynthemis opaca sp. nov., a new dragonfly from Papua New Guinea (Anisoptera: Synthemistidae) T2 - International Dragonfly Fund : Report N2 - A new species of the synthemistid genus Palaeosynthemis is described from the northern slopes of Papua New Guinea’s central cordillera. It is distinguished from all congeners by having females with large, nearly black patches at the bases of both wings. The male is most similar to P. cervula and P. feronia, but it differs from those species in having superior anal appendages less than three times as long as S10, basally enlarged and otherwise unarmed vs basally not enlarged (feronia) and almost four times as long as S10 and armed (cervula). Characters of the adults (both sexes) are illustrated and the affinities of the species are discussed. T3 - IDF-Report : newsletter of the International Dragonfly Fund - 99 KW - Synthemistidae KW - Palaeosynthemis KW - new species KW - Sandaun Province KW - Papua New Guinea Y1 - 2016 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/47076 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-470767 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - International Dragonfly Fund e.V. CY - Zerf, Germany ER -