Odonata from Batanta (Indonesia, West Papua) with description of one new species

Fifty-eight taxa of Odonata are herewith reported from Batanta Island (including Arefi and Birie Islands). One new species is described: Argiolestes varga sp. nov. The following ten to the Raja Ampat Islands: Papuagrion magnanimum (Selys, 1876), Gynacantha rosenbergi Kaup, 1867, Palaeosynthemis cf. cervula (Lieftinck, 1938), Diplacina smaragdina Selys, 1878, Nannophlebia amphicyllis Lieftinck, 1933, Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798), Rhodothemis nigripes Lohmann, 1984, Rhyothemis regia (Brauer, 1867), Tramea transmarina propinqua 1942, Zyxomma multinervorum Carpenter, 1897, fifteen Batanta: Selysioneura cornelia 1953, P. magnanimum, Agyrtacantha dirupta (Karsch, 1889), Anax maclachlani Förster, 1898, G. rosenbergi, cervula, D. smaragdina, N. amphicyllis, Nesoxenia mysis 1878), flavescens, R. nigripes, regia, Tetrathemis irregularis Brauer, 1868, T. propinqua, Z. multinervorum. Metagrion postnodale 1878) cervicornu 1900 deleted faunal lists Islands. total number recorded for 62.