Ceylonosticta tropica (Hagen, 1860)

Tol, Van, 2016, Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of the Platystictidae of Sri Lanka (Insecta: Odonata), Zootaxa 4182 (1), pp. 1-80 : 17

4. Ceylonosticta tropica (Hagen, 1860)

Figs 14−19 , 136−137 ; Map 3.

Platysticta tropica, Hagen in Selys, 1860 , Bull. Acad. r. Belg. (2) 10: 438.

Platysticta tropica — Selys (1860): 438 [original description of Ƌ].

Ceylonosticta tropica — Fraser (1931b): 330, 332−333 [description of Ƌ and ♀, differential characters, figures of Ƌ anal appendages—attributed subsequently to Ceylonosticta subtropica by Fraser (1933b), determination key];─ Fraser (1933a): 128, 132−134, fig. 62; [description of Ƌ and ♀, differential characters, figures of Ƌ anal appendages—reproduction from Fraser (1931b), stated to belong to Ceylonosticta subtropica by Fraser (1933b)];─ Fraser (1933b): 203, 207−209, figs. 3, 4 [description of Ƌ and ♀, differential characters, figures of Ƌ anal appendages and prothorax, determination key, distribution].

Drepanosticta tropica — Bedjanič et al. (2007): 16, 96−97 [outline of differential characters, note on habitat, Ƌ and ♀ photograph];─ Bedjanič et al. (2014): 134−135 [differential characters, biology, distribution, threat status, photographs of Ƌ and ♀], Appendix 2, p. 297 [summary of known faunistic records].

SPECIES DIAGNOSIS IN THE KEY → 16b; NUMBER OF KNOWN LOCALITIES— Bedjanič et al. (2014): 14.

Figures

FIGURES 14 – 19. Ceylonosticta tropica — (14) thorax and head, lateral view [male]; (15) prothorax, lateral view [male]; (16) anal appendages, lateral view [male]; (17) anal appendages, ventral view [male]; (18) thorax and head, lateral view [female]; (19) prothorax, lateral view [female]. [Material origin: male—Hakgala, Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka; female—Nuwara Eliya, Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka]

FIGURES 132 – 137. Coloration in life: Ceylonosticta anamia — (132) male; (133) female; Ceylonosticta mojca — (134) male, (135) female; Ceylonosticta tropica — (136) male, (137) female [photo: M. Bedjanič, figs. 134 & 135 photo: K. Conniff].