Three new species of the genus Ceylonosticta Fraser, 1931 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from Sri Lanka and the rediscovery of Ceylonosticta subtropica (Fraser, 1933)

Tharaka Sudesh Priyadarshanaa,b , Ishara Harshajith Wijewardhaneb,c, Bimal Eranga Herathd

  1. College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Nanning, PR China
  2. Nature Explorations and Education Team, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
  3. Sri Lanka School of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, Kuruwita, Sri Lanka
  4. Department of Wildlife Conservation, National Wildlife Research and Training Center (NWRTC), Giritale, Sri Lanka

International Journal of Odonatology, Volume 19, Issue 4, Pages 239-252, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2016.1257443
Published: 1 October 216 (Received: 26 May 2016, Accepted: 2 November 2016)

Abstract

Three new species of Ceylonosticta are described and illustrated: Ceylonosticta nancyae sp. nov., Ceylonosticta rupasinghe sp. nov. and Ceylonosticta alwisi sp. nov. from Samanala Nature Reserve (Adam’s Peak), Kuruwita-Erathna footpath, Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka. Ceylonosticta subtropica has been recorded for the first time after 83 years and the first depiction of its genital ligula is provided.

Keywords: Ceylonosticta, Drepanosticta, new species, Odonata, Platystictidae, Sri Lanka, dragonfly

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