14-45 黃基蜻蜓

學名：Sympetrum speciosum Oguma, 1915 (以下照片上顯示為舊學名，新學名取消特有亞種之認定乃根據2018年分生的研究於2020年將亞種取消)
全長：4.0~4.5 cm
英名：Fiery Darter

REF:

Kalkman, V. J., Babu, R., Bedjanič, M., Conniff, K., Gyeltshen, T., Khan, M. K., Subramanian, K. A., Zia, A. & Orr, A. G. 2020. Checklist of the dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4849 (1): 1–84.

Sasamoto, A., Kawashima, I., Kompier, T. & Futahashi, R. 2018. Consideration of the taxonomical relationship of Sympetrum speciosum and its subspecies haematoneura based on adult and larval morphology and genetic analyses, with a first record of speciosum from Vietnam and larval description of haematoneura (Anisoptera: Libellulidae). Tombo 60: 79-89.

雄蟲 1.臉紅,複眼上紅下褐; 2.合胸紅, 側面兩條粗黑帶; 3.腹背紅腹黑,攫握器紅。

雌蟲 1.合胸黃褐,側兩條粗黑帶,前方有黑線; 2.翅基淡褐; 3.腹部黃褐,側有黑斑。