Telosticta paruatia (van Tol, 2005) Dow & Orr, 2012

Dow, R. A. & Orr, A. G., 2012, Telosticta, A New Damselfly Genus From Borneo And Palawan (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 60 (2), pp. 361-397 : 389-390

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5348617
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DD87E5-FFF2-614F-FCAB-FA57FE969856
treatment provided by	Tatiana
scientific name	Telosticta paruatia (van Tol, 2005)
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Telosticta paruatia (van Tol, 2005) View in CoL , new combination

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Drepanosticta paruatia van Tol, 2005a: 201 View in CoL , 204, 242, 255–257, 280, Figs. 71–73, 107; 2009: 17

Drepanosticta View in CoL sp. n. 19 – Hämäläinen & Müller, 1997: 258, 277

Drepanosticta sp. n. – Hämäläinen & Müller, 1997: 304

Material examined. — Holotype: male (JvT 20337), Philippines, Palawan, San Vicente, Port Barton , waterfall, 28 May 1991, coll. R.A. Müller, in RMNH.

Diagnosis. — The male of T. paruatia is easily distinguished from that of other Telosticta species , except T. berawan , T. dayak , T. kajang , and T. ulubaram , by the form of the superior anal appendages, with a conspicuous cleft in the tip. It is distinguished from the species named above by the relatively basal position of, and the length of the interior process of the superior anal appendage, nearly as long as the distance from the base of the appendage to the base of the projection in paruatia but much shorter in the others.

Remarks. — The ratio of width of compound eye to width of vertex measured at level of lateral ocelli is just below 9/ 10 in T. paruatia . The illustration in van Tol (2005a: Fig. 72) of the superior anal appendages of T. paruatia , shows the interior projections with tips more bulbous than they actually are ( Fig. 12D View Fig ).

Distribution. — Only known from the type locality on Palawan ( Fig. 23 View Fig ).