Ceylonosticta lankanensis Fraser, 1931

Tol, Van, 2016, Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of the Platystictidae of Sri Lanka (Insecta: Odonata), Zootaxa 4182 (1), pp. 1-80 : 32

14. Ceylonosticta lankanensis Fraser, 1931

Figs 75−80, 156−157 ; Map 6.

Ceylonosticta lankanensis, Fraser, 1931 , J. Bombay Nat. His. Soc. 35: 335, pl. II, figs. 11−12.

syn. Drepanosticta starmuehlneri St. Quentin, 1972

syn. Drepanosticta sinhalensis Lieftinck, 1971

Ceylonosticta lankanensis — Fraser (1931b): 330, 335, pl. II −figs 11&12 [original description of Ƌ, differential characters, figures of Ƌ anal appendages, determination key];— Fraser (1933a): 128, 138−139, fig. 65 [description of Ƌ, differential characters, figures of Ƌ anal appendages, determination key];— Fraser (1933b): 204, 218, 220−222, fig.12 [description of Ƌ and ♀, differential characters, figures of Ƌ anal appendages, determination key, habitat description].

Drepanosticta lankanensis — Kimmins (1966): 200 [notes on type material];— Bedjanič et al. (2007): 16, 88−89 [outline of differential characters, note on habitat, Ƌ photograph];— Bedjanič et al. (2014): 122−123 [differential characters, biology, distribution, threat status, Ƌ and ♀ photographs];—de Silva Wijeyeratne (2015): 132, 167 [brief description of Ƌ and ♀, habitat note, photograph of Ƌ].

Drepanosticta sinhalensis — Lieftinck (1971): 191 −192, 206, fig. 1; [description of Ƌ, figures of Ƌ anal appendagessynonymized with Drepanosticta lankanensis by Bedjanič (2012): 77 −78];

Drepanosticta starmühlneri —St. Quentin (1972): 137 −139, fig. 1−3 [description of Ƌ, figures of wing base, pterostigma and Ƌ anal appendages—synonymized with Drepanosticta lankanensis by Bedjanič (2009a): 38 −39].

SPECIES DIAGNOSIS IN THE KEY → 9a; NUMBER OF KNOWN LOCALITIES— Bedjanič et al. (2014): 61.

Figures

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].