Platysticta maculata Hagen, 1860

Tol, Van, 2016, Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of the Platystictidae of Sri Lanka (Insecta: Odonata), Zootaxa 4182 (1), pp. 1-80 : 38

20. Platysticta maculata Hagen, 1860

Figs 110−115, 168−169 ; Map 9.

Platysticta maculata, Hagen in Selys, 1860 , Bull. Acad. r. Belg. (2) 10: 437.

syn. Platysticta greeni Kirby, 1891

Platysticta maculata — Selys (1860): 437 [original description of Ƌ and ♀];— Fraser (1931a): 67, fig 2c [figure of Ƌ penis];— Fraser (1931b): 326–327, pl. II, figs.1&2 [description of Ƌ and ♀, differential characters, figures of Ƌ anal appendages, determination key, distribution];— Fraser (1933a): 121–123, fig. 57 [description of Ƌ and ♀, differential characters, figures of Ƌ anal appendages, distribution—figures not correct];— Fraser (1933b): 201–206, 217, figs. 1a–b—examined and described material belongs to more than one Platysticta species, figures not correct, acctually figs. 1a–b, ascribed to P. maculata belong to P. apicalis ];— Bedjanič et al. (2014): 142–143 [differential characters, biology, distribution, threat status, photographs of Ƌ and ♀], Appendix 2, p. 298–299 [summary of known faunistic records].

Platysticta greeni — Kirby (1891): 204–205, figs. 3, 3a [description of Ƌ; figure of imago and Ƌ anal appendagessynonymized with Platysticta maculata by Kirby (1894): 546, 561];— Dijkstra et al. (2014): 5, 10, Supp. Inf. Tab. S2, S4 excl. [molecular and phylogenetic analysis, classification].

SPECIES DIAGNOSIS IN THE KEY → 21a; NUMBER OF KNOWN LOCALITIES— Bedjanič et al. (2014): 36.

Figures

FIGURES 166 – 170. Coloration in life: Platysticta apicalis — (166) male; (167) female; Platysticta maculata — (168) male; (169) female; Platysticta secreta sp. nov. — (170) male [photos: M. Bedjanič].