Ceylonosticta adami Fraser, 1933

Tol, Van, 2016, Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of the Platystictidae of Sri Lanka (Insecta: Odonata), Zootaxa 4182 (1), pp. 1-80 : 24

7. Ceylonosticta adami Fraser, 1933

Figs 34–38 , 142–143 ; Map 2.

Ceylonosticta adami, Fraser 1933 , Ceylon J. Sci. (B) 17(3): 203, 211−213, fig. 6.

Ceylonosticta adami — Fraser (1933b): 203, 211−213, fig. 6 [original description of Ƌ and ♀, differential characters, figures of Ƌ anal appendages determination key, note on habitat].

Drepanosticta adami — Kimmins (1966): 176−177 [notes on type material];— Bedjanič et al. (2014): 110−111 [differential characters, biology, distribution, threat status, photographs of Ƌ and ♀], Appendix 2, p. 295 [summary of known faunistic records].

SPECIES DIAGNOSIS IN THE KEY → 13b; NUMBER OF KNOWN LOCALITIES— Bedjanič et al. (2014): 5.

Figures

FIGURES 34 – 38. Ceylonosticta adami — (34) thorax and head, lateral view [male]; (35) prothorax, lateral view [male]; (36) anal appendages, dorsal view [male]; (37) anal appendages, lateral view [male]; (38) anal appendages, ventral view [male]. [Material origin: male—Hunnas Falls, Kandy District, Sri Lanka]

FIGURES 138 – 143. Coloration in life: Ceylonosticta inferioreducta sp. nov. — (138) male, (139) female; Ceylonosticta mirifica sp. nov. — (140) male, (141) female; Ceylonosticta adami — (142) male; (143) female [photos: M. Bedjanič, fig. 138, photo: K. Conniff].