Ceylonosticta subtropica Fraser, 1933

Tol, Van, 2016, Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of the Platystictidae of Sri Lanka (Insecta: Odonata), Zootaxa 4182 (1), pp. 1-80 : 16

3. Ceylonosticta subtropica Fraser, 1933

Figs 9−13 ; Map 3.

Ceylonosticta subtropica, Fraser 1933 , Ceylon J. Sci. (B) XVII(3): 203, 209−211, fig. 5.

Ceylonosticta subtropica — Fraser (1933b): 203, 209−211, fig. 5 [original description of Ƌ and ♀, differential characters, figures of Ƌ anal appendages, determination key, distribution];─ Fraser (1931b): pl. I, figs. 1&2 [poor figures of Ƌ anal appendages attributed subsequently to Ceylonosticta subtropica by Fraser (1933b)].

Drepanosticta subtropica — Kimmins (1966): 215 [notes on type material];─ Bedjanič et al. (2014): 132−133 [differential characters, biology, distribution, threat status, photograph of Ƌ lectotype], Appendix 2, p. 297 [summary of known faunistic records].

SPECIES DIAGNOSIS IN THE KEY → 16a; NUMBER OF KNOWN LOCALITIES— Bedjanič et al. (2014): 2.

Figures

FIGURES 9 – 13. Ceylonosticta subtropica — (9) thorax and head, lateral view [male, lectotype]; (10) prothorax, lateral view [male, lectotype]; (11) anal appendages, dorsal view [male, lectotype]; (12) anal appendages, lateral view [male, lectotype]; (13) thorax, head and wings, dorsal view [male, lectotype]. [Material origin: male lectotype—Petiagalla, Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka]