Protosticta, Selys

Joshi, Shantanu, Sarkar, Vivek, Sawant, Dattaprasad, Pawar, Ujwala & Kunte, Krushnamegh, 2024, Description of Protosticta khasia sp. nov. and Yunnanosticta siangi sp. nov., with new records of P. samtsensis Gurung & Phan, 2023 from Northeast India (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae), Zootaxa 5448 (3), pp. 348-370 : 361

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5448.3.2

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:79A27DBA-56C0-4D86-BA36-35D4070CED9A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11242943

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039E2C42-BD31-FF96-63F0-FCAAFA6E4AA2

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Plazi

scientific name

Protosticta
status

 

Key to male Protosticta View in CoL species of Northeast India

1. Paraproct simple—not lobed, without basal and median spines ( Fig. 8e–f View FIGURE 8 ), pterothorax unmarked................ P. fraseri

Paraproct lobed, with a basal spine, pterothorax with markings................................................. 2

2. Inwardly pointed spine on paraproct ( Fig. 8g View FIGURE 8 )............................................................... 3

No inwardly pointed spine on paraproct................................................................... 4

3. Inwardly pointed spine on paraproct long and perpendicular to the paraproct; inwardly directed sharp spine on cerci mid-way ( Fig. 8g –h View FIGURE 8 ), S8–9 dorsally blue................................................................ P. himalaiaca

Inwardly pointed spine on paraproct shorter and oblique to the paraproct; small tubercle on mid-way of cerci ( Fig.8i–j View FIGURE 8 ), S8–9 dorsally brown.............................................................................. P. samtsensis

4. Apex of paraproct with two arms of almost equal length; cerci rectangular at apices ( Fig. 8b–d View FIGURE 8 )................. P. khasia

Apex of paraproct with lower lobe longer and sharply pointed; cerci notched, bi-lobed at apices ( Fig. 8a View FIGURE 8 )...... P. damacornu

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Odonata

Family

Platystictidae

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