Epiophlebia laidlawi daliensis, a new subspecies from Hengduan Mountains in Yunnan (Insecta, Odonata, Epiophlebiidae) Author Yang, Guo-Hui College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Dali University, Yunnan 671003, China. Author Wei, Yun-Yang State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China. & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. & Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China. Author Li, Zi-Feng State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China. & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. & Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China. Author Song, Rui-Bin Rt Hutou 14, Longfeng Street, Guangdong, China. Author Wen, Yu-Chuan Art Education Center of Tianjin University, Tianjin, China. Author Li, Xiao-Long College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Dali University, Yunnan 671003, China. Author Zi, Dong-Dong College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Dali University, Yunnan 671003, China. Author Lyu, Xue-Mei State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China. & Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China. & Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Information. Author Zhang, Hao-Miao Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Information. & Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China. text Zootaxa 2025 2025-06-27 5653 3 343 363 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5653.3.3 journal article 311275 10.11646/zootaxa.5653.3.3 5b99abdc-760f-4a20-a540-d34d01b89180 1175-5326 15821868 2E385682-383F-4261-9555-389FC913E8B7

TABLE 3. Major morphological differences of Epiophlebia species.

Character	E. superstes	E. laidlawi laidlawi	E. laidlawi daliensis subsp. nov.
General coloration	blackish with more yellow markings	brownish with less yellow markings	blackish with more yellow markings
Yellow stripes on metepimeron	present	absent	present
Yellow stripes on face	present	absent	absent
Legs	largely black	largely black except the base brownish	legs largely black and femora reddish brown
the distal lobe of posterior hamulus	straight	almost straight	strongly recurved
the distal tip of anterior hamulus	hook-shaped	hook-shaped	anchor-shaped
Abdominal process (sternite 8)	developed and sting-like	less developed and hook-like	strongly developed and sting-like
Inferior appendages	additional ventral branches developed, clearly wider than superiors	additional ventral branches not developed, slightly narrower than superiors	additional ventral branches not developed, slightly wider than superiors
valves of genital valvule	straight and forming a triangular cavity	straight and forming a triangular cavity	curved and forming a round cavity