TABLE 3 in Epiophlebia laidlawi daliensis, a new subspecies from Hengduan Mountains in Yunnan (Insecta, Odonata, Epiophlebiidae)

TABLE 3. Major morphological differences of Epiophlebia species. CharacterE. superstesE. laidlawi laidlawiE. laidlawi daliensis subsp. nov.General colorationblackish with more yellow markingsbrownish with less yellow markingsblackish with more yellow markingsYellow stripes on metepimeronpresentabsentpresentYellow stripes on facepresentabsentabsentLegslargely blacklargely black except the base brownishlegs largely black and femora reddish brownthe distal lobe of posterior hamulusstraightalmost straightstrongly recurvedthe distal tip of anterior hamulushook-shapedhook-shapedanchor-shapedAbdominal process (sternite 8)developed and sting-likeless developed and hook-likestrongly developed and sting-likeInferior appendagesadditional ventral branches developed, clearly wider than superiorsadditional ventral branches not developed, slightly narrower than superiorsadditional ventral branches not developed, slightly wider than superiorsvalves of genital valvulestraight and forming a triangular cavitystraight and forming a triangular cavitycurved and forming a round cavity