Ceylonosticta nietneri Fraser, 1931

Tol, Van, 2016, Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of the Platystictidae of Sri Lanka (Insecta: Odonata), Zootaxa 4182 (1), pp. 1-80 : 27-28

11. Ceylonosticta nietneri Fraser, 1931

Figs 57−62 , 148−149 ; Map 5.

Ceylonosticta nietneri, Fraser, 1931 , J. Bombay Nat. His. Soc. 35: 334−335, pl. II, figs. 7−8.

Ceylonosticta nietneri — Fraser (1931b): 330, 334−335, pl. II, figs. 7&8 [original description of Ƌ and ♀, differential characters, figures of Ƌ anal appendages, determination key];— Fraser (1933a): 128, 136−137, fig. 64 [description of Ƌ and ♀, differential characters, figures of Ƌ anal appendages and prothorax, determination key, habitat description];— Fraser (1933b): 204, 217−218, fig. 10 [supplementary description of Ƌ, 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 nietneri — Kimmins (1966): 206 [notes on type material];— Bedjanič et al. (2007): 16, 92−93 [outline of differential characters, note on habitat, Ƌ and ♀ photograph];—van Tol (2009): 29−31, 37, 39, 42, 62−63, 66−67, 69−70, figs. 48, 55 [phylogenetic placement based on evaluated morphological characters, biogeographic notes];— Bedjanič et al. (2014): 128−129 [differential characters, biology, distribution, threat status, photographs], Appendix 2, p. 297 [summary of known faunistic records].

SPECIES DIAGNOSIS IN THE KEY → 5b; NUMBER OF KNOWN LOCALITIES— Bedjanič et al. (2014): 28.

Figures

FIGURES 57 – 62. Ceylonosticta nietneri — (57) thorax and head, lateral view [male]; (58) prothorax, lateral view [male]; (59) thorax and head, lateral view [female]; (60) prothorax, lateral view [female]; (61) anal appendages, dorsal view [male]; (62) anal appendages, ventral view [male]. [Material origin: male (thorax, prothorax) and female—Balangoda, Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka; male (appendages) — Kuruwita, Ratnapura 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].