Ceylonosticta walli Fraser, 1931

Tol, Van, 2016, Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of the Platystictidae of Sri Lanka (Insecta: Odonata), Zootaxa 4182 (1), pp. 1-80 : 33

15. Ceylonosticta walli Fraser, 1931

Figs 81−86 , 158−159 ; Map 6.

Ceylonosticta walli, Fraser, 1931 , J. Bombay Nat. His. Soc. 35: 335−336.

Ceylonosticta walli — Fraser (1931b): 330, 335−336 [original description of ♀, differential characters, determination key];— Fraser (1933a): 128, 139−140, fig. 66 [description of ♀, differential characters, determination key];— Fraser (1933b): 204, 222−224, fig. 13 [description of Ƌ and ♀, differential characters, figures of Ƌ anal appendages, 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 walli — Kimmins (1966): 218 [notes on type material];— Bedjanič et al. (2014): 136−137 [differential characters, biology, distribution, threat status, Ƌ and ♀ photographs], Appendix 2, p. 298 [summary of known faunistic records].

SPECIES DIAGNOSIS IN THE KEY → 14a; NUMBER OF KNOWN LOCALITIES— Bedjanič et al. (2014): 22.

Figures

FIGURES 81 – 86. Ceylonosticta walli — (81) thorax and head, lateral view [male]; (82) prothorax, lateral view [male]; (83) anal appendages, dorsolateral view [male]; (84) anal appendages, ventrolateral view [male]; (85) thorax and head, lateral view [female]; (86) prothorax, lateral view [female]. [Material origin: male and female—Tunmodera, Colombo District, Sri Lanka]

FIGURES 154 – 159. Coloration in life: Ceylonosticta hilaris — (154) male, (155) female; Ceylonosticta lankanensis — (156) male, (157) female; Ceylonosticta walli — (158) male, (159) female [photos: M. Bedjanič, fig. 156 photo: K. Conniff].