Melanesobasis bicellulare Donnelly, 1984:100
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last (and only) record: 5 September 1979 (Donnelly, 1984; Saxton et al., 2025)
Rediscovered on: 13 May 2019 (Saxton et al., 2025)
Distribution & Habitat
Vanuata (Maewo, Malekula & Pentecost islands)
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Donnelly, T. W. (1984). Melanesobasis gen. nov., a new genus of Fijian damselflies: a possible link between the platycnemidid Lieftinckia and certain coenagrionids (Zygoptera). Odonatologica 13(1): 89-105.
Other references:
Saxton, Natalie A. et al. (2025). Rediscovery of Melanesobasis Donnelly, 1984 (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) in Vanuatu reveals a pattern of vicariance in insular damselflies. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 204(3): zlaf075. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf075