Ceylonosticta austeni ( Lieftinck, 1940 )

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

8. Ceylonosticta austeni ( Lieftinck, 1940)

Figs 39–44 , 144–145 , Map 4.

Drepanosticta austeni, Lieftinck, 1940 , Ceylon J. Sci. (B) 22(1): 89−91, fig. 2.

Drepanosticta austeni — Lieftinck (1940): 81, 89−91, fig. 2 [original description of Ƌ and ♀, figures of Ƌ anal appendages];— Bedjanič et al. (2014): 112−113 [differential characters, biology, distribution, threat status, photographs of Ƌ and ♀], Appendix 2, p. 295 [summary of known faunistic records].

Ceylonosticta austeni — Dijkstra et al. (2014): 5, 10, Supp. Inf. Tab. S2, S4 excl. [molecular and phylogenetic analysis, classification, reinstatement of Ceylonosticta ].

SPECIES DIAGNOSIS IN THE KEY → 4a; NUMBER OF KNOWN LOCALITIES— Bedjanič et al. (2014): 29.

Figures

FIGURES 39 – 44. Ceylonosticta austeni — (39) thorax and head, lateral view [male]; (40) prothorax, lateral view [male]; (41) anal appendages, dorsal view [male]; (42) anal appendages, ventral view [male]; (43) thorax and head, lateral view [female]; (44) prothorax, lateral view [female]. [Material origin: male and female—Passara, Badulla 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].