A synopsis of the Euphaeidae (Odonata: Zygoptera) of Vietnam, with descriptions of two new species of Euphaea

Abstract

23 species of Euphaeidae (Odonata: Zygoptera) are reported from Vietnam including two new species of Euphaea, E. saola Phan Hayashi, sp. nov. and E. sanguinea Kompier Hayashi, sp. nov., and four species not recorded previously, Bayadera continentalis Asahina, 1973, B. hyalina Selys, 1879, B. nephelopennis Davies Yang, 1996 and Euphaea pahyapi Hämäläinen, 1985. The females of Anisopleura bipugio Hämäläinen Karube, 2013, Bayadera serrata Davies Yang, 1996 and Euphaea hirta Hämäläinen Karube, 2001 are described for the first time. The mutual taxonomic status of Bayadera hyalina and B. strigata Davies Yang, 1996 is discussed. Distribution maps of all known Vietnamese species, with detailed distribution records, are provided.