Platysticta apicalis Kirby, 1894

Tol, Van, 2016, Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of the Platystictidae of Sri Lanka (Insecta: Odonata), Zootaxa 4182 (1), pp. 1-80 : 37

19. Platysticta apicalis Kirby, 1894

Figs 104−109 , 166−167 ; Map 8.

Platysticta apicalis, Kirby, 1894 , J. linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. 24: 561−562, pl. XLII- fig. 1.

Platysticta apicalis — Kirby (1894): 561−562, pl. XLII-fig. 1 [original description of Ƌ and ♀; figure of Ƌ imago with wings];— Fraser (1931b): 326, 327–328, pl I, fig. 6 [description of Ƌ and ♀, differential characters, figures of Ƌ anal appendages, determination key, distribution—examined and described material belongs to more than one Platysticta species, figures not correct];— Fraser (1933a): 121, 123–124, fig. 58 [description of Ƌ and ♀, differential characters, figures of Ƌ anal appendages, distribution—distribution data mixed with Platysticta secreta sp. nov., figures correct];— Fraser (1933b): 202–203, 206–207, 218, figs. 2a–b [description of Ƌ and ♀, differential characters, figures of Ƌ anal appendages and last abdominal segments of ♀, determination key, distribution—examined and described material belongs to more than one Platysticta species, figures not correct, acctually figs. 1a–b, ascribed to P. maculata belong to P. apicalis ];—van Tol (2009): 29–30, 33, 41, 64–67, 69–70, figs. 48, 55 [phylogenetic placement based on evaluated morphological characters, biogeographic notes];— Dijkstra et al. (2013): 5, 10, Supp. Inf. Tab. S2, S4 excl. [molecular and phylogenetic analysis, classification];— Bedjanič et al. (2014): 140–141 [differential characters, biology, distribution, threat status, photographs of Ƌ and ♀];—de Silva Wijeyeratne (2015): 133, 167 [brief description of Ƌ and ♀, habitat note, photographs of Ƌ and ♀].

SPECIES DIAGNOSIS IN THE KEY → 20a; NUMBER OF KNOWN LOCALITIES— Bedjanič et al. (2014): 45.

Figures

FIGURES 104 – 109. Platysticta apicalis — (104) thorax and head, lateral view [male]; (105) prothorax, lateral view [male]; (106) thorax and head, lateral view [female]; (107) prothorax, lateral view [female]; (108) anal appendages, dorsolateral view [male]; (109) ovipositor, lateral view [female]. [Material origin: male—Laksapana, Kandy District, Sri Lanka; female— Kanneliya, Galle District, Sri Lanka]

FIGURES 166 – 170. Coloration in life: Platysticta apicalis — (166) male; (167) female; Platysticta maculata — (168) male; (169) female; Platysticta secreta sp. nov. — (170) male [photos: M. Bedjanič].