Ceylonosticta montana (Hagen, 1860)

Tol, Van, 2016, Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of the Platystictidae of Sri Lanka (Insecta: Odonata), Zootaxa 4182 (1), pp. 1-80 : 34-35

16. Ceylonosticta montana (Hagen, 1860)

Figs 87−92 , 160−161; Map 7.

Platysticta montana, Hagen in Selys, 1860 , Bull. Acad. r. Belg. (2)10: 438−439.

Platysticta montana — Selys (1860): 438 −439 [original description of Ƌ and ♀].

Ceylonosticta montana — Fraser (1931b): 330, 331−332pl. I, fig. 11 [description of Ƌ and ♀, differential characters, figures of Ƌ anal appendages, determination key, distribution];— Fraser (1933a): 128, 130−132, fig. 61 [description of Ƌ and ♀, differential characters, figures of Ƌ anal appendages, determination key, distribution];— Fraser (1933b): 203, 213−214, fig. 7 [description of Ƌ and ♀, differential characters, figures of Ƌ anal appendages and prothorax, determination key, habitat description];— Dijkstra et al. (2014): 5, 10, Supp. Inf. Tab. S2, S4 excl. [molecular and phylogenetic analysis, classification, reinstatement of Ceylonosticta ].

Drepanosticta montana — Bedjanič et al. (2014): 126 −127 [differential characters, biology, distribution, threat status, photographs of Ƌ and ♀], Appendix 2, p. 296 [summary of known faunistic records].

SPECIES DIAGNOSIS IN THE KEY → 11a; NUMBER OF KNOWN LOCALITIES— Bedjanič et al. (2014): 11.

Figures

FIGURES 87 – 92. Ceylonosticta montana — (87) thorax and head, lateral view [male]; (88) prothorax, lateral view [male]; (89) thorax and head, lateral view [female]; (90) prothorax, lateral view [female]; (91) anal appendages, dorsolateral view [male]; (92) anal appendages, ventral view [male]. [Material origin: male—Hakgala, Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka; female— Haputale, Badulla District, Sri Lanka]