Yunnanosticta, Dow & Zhang, 2018

Joshi, Shantanu, Sarkar, Vivek, Sawant, Dattaprasad, Pawar, Ujwala & Kunte, Krushnamegh, 2024, Description of Protosticta khasia sp. nov. and Yunnanosticta siangi sp. nov., with new records of P. samtsensis Gurung & Phan, 2023 from Northeast India (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae), Zootaxa 5448 (3), pp. 348-370 : 369

Key to males of Yunnanosticta spp.

1. Cerci without any prominent spur or tooth at inferior border near apex; paraproct conical without notched apical portion, only apices upcurved ( Fig. 14c–d )...................................................................... Y. siangi

Cerci with a spur or tooth at the inferior border near apex; paraproct conical with notched and upwards curved apical portion.................................................................................................... 2

2. Blue prothorax; cerci globular in dorsal view, tooth-like projection near inferior border of cerci apex; paraproct with a shallow notch ( Figs. 14a–b )....................................................................... Y. cyaneocollaris

Dark brown prothorax with two blue spots and blue posterior lobe; cerci roughly conical, a small spur near the inferior border of cerci apex; paraproct deeply notched ( Figs. 14e–f ).................................................. Y. wilsoni

Figures

FIGURE 14. Caudal appendages of Yunnanosticta spp. All scale bars 0.5 mm. Yunnanosticta cyaneocollaris: (a) dorsal view; (b) lateral view. Yunnanosticta siangi sp. nov.: (c) dorsal view; (d) lateral view. Yunnanosticta wilsoni: (e) dorsal view; (f) lateral view [Caudal appendages of Y. cyaneocollaris and Y. wilsoni are redrawn from Dow & Zhang 2018].