Ceylonosticta digna (Hagen, 1860)

Tol, Van, 2016, Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of the Platystictidae of Sri Lanka (Insecta: Odonata), Zootaxa 4182 (1), pp. 1-80 : 26-27

10. Ceylonosticta digna (Hagen, 1860)

Figs 51−56 , 150 ; Map 5.

Platysticta digna, Hagen in Selys, 1860 , Bull. Acad. r. Belg. (2)10: 440.

Platysticta digna — Selys (1860): 440 [original description of Ƌ].

Ceylonosticta digna — Fraser (1931b): 333−334, pl. I, figs. 8&9 [description of Ƌ, differential characters, figures of Ƌ anal appendages, determination key];— Fraser (1933a): 128, 134−136, fig. 63 [description of Ƌ, differential characters, figures of Ƌ anal appendages, determination key];— Fraser (1933b): 204, 218−220, fig.11 [description of Ƌ and ♀, differential characters, figures of Ƌ anal appendages, determination key, habitat description].

Drepanosticta digna — Laidlaw (1924): 361−362, fig. 9 [supplementary notes on coloration of Ƌ and ♀, poor figure of Ƌ appendages;— Bedjanič et al. (2014): 118−119 [differential characters, biology, distribution, threat status, photographs of Ƌ and ♀], Appendix 2, p. 296 [summary of known faunistic records].

SPECIES DIAGNOSIS IN THE KEY → 5a; NUMBER OF KNOWN LOCALITIES— Bedjanič et al. (2014): 6.

Figures

FIGURES 51 – 56. Ceylonosticta digna — (51) thorax and head, lateral view [male]; (52) prothorax, lateral view [male]; (53) anal appendages, dorsolateral view [male]; (54) anal appendages, ventral view [male]; (55) thorax and head, lateral view [female]; (56) prothorax, lateral view [female]. [Material origin: male—Kithulgala, Kegalle District, Sri Lanka; female— Urugalla, Kandy District, Sri Lanka]

FIGURES 144 – 151. Coloration in life: Ceylonosticta austeni — (144) male, (145) female; Ceylonosticta brincki — (146) male, (147) female; Ceylonosticta nietneri — (148) male, (149) female; Ceylonosticta digna — (150) male; Ceylonosticta venusta sp. nov. — (151) male [photos: M. Bedjanič, fig. 150 photo: K. Conniff].