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 species are new 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 Lieftinck, 1942, Zyxomma multinervorum Carpenter, 1897, and fifteen are new to Batanta: Selysioneura cornelia Lieftinck, 1953, P. magnanimum, Agyrtacantha dirupta (Karsch, 1889), Anax maclachlani Forster, 1898, G. rosenbergi, P. cf. cervula, D. smaragdina, N. amphicyllis, Nesoxenia mysis (Selys, 1878), P. flavescens, R. nigripes, R. regia, Tetrathemis irregularis Brauer, 1868, T. transmarina propinqua, Z. multinervorum. Metagrion postnodale (Selys, 1878) and Selysioneura cf. cervicornu Forster, 1900 are deleted from the faunal lists of Odonata of Raja Ampat and Batanta Islands. The total number of species recorded for Batanta Island is 62.