The 6 and 9 ultimate instar larvae of the 2 spp. from the Beijing area are described and illustrated. Differential characters with other species from Taiwan, Hong Kong, China and Japan are summed up.

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Y.-H. Jiang, & H.-M. Zhang. (2008). Descriptions of the full-grown Cephalaeschna patrorum Needham and Planaeschna shanxiensis Zhu & Zhang larvae from China (Anisoptera: Aeshnidae). Odonatologica, 37(3), 273–277.