Ceylonosticta brincki ( Lieftinck, 1971 )

Tol, Van, 2016, Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of the Platystictidae of Sri Lanka (Insecta: Odonata), Zootaxa 4182 (1), pp. 1-80 : 25

9. Ceylonosticta brincki ( Lieftinck, 1971)

Figs 45−50 , 146−147 ; Map 4.

Drepanosticta brincki, Lieftinck, 1971 , Ent. scand. Suppl. 1: 190−191, 206, figs. 2a −c.

Drepanosticta brincki — Lieftinck (1971): 190−191, 206, figs. 2a −c [original description of Ƌ and ♀, figures of Ƌ anal appendages];— Bedjanič (2002): 1, 6, 10−11, 17 [supplementary notes on coloration of both sexes and shape of ♀ prothorax];— Bedjanič et al. (2007): 16; 86−87 [outline of differential characters, note on habitat, Ƌ photograph];— Bedjanič et al. (2014): 116−117 [differential characters, biology, distribution, threat status, photographs of Ƌ and ♀];—de Silva Wijeyeratne (2015): 132, 167 [brief description of Ƌ and ♀, habitat note, photograph of Ƌ].

SPECIES DIAGNOSIS IN THE KEY → 6a; NUMBER OF KNOWN LOCALITIES— Bedjanič et al. (2014): 55.

Figures

FIGURES 45 – 50. Ceylonosticta brincki — (45) thorax and head, lateral view [male]; (46) prothorax, lateral view [male]; (47) anal appendages, dorsolateral view [male]; (48) anal appendages, ventrolateral view [male]; (49) thorax and head, lateral view [female]; (50) prothorax, lateral view [female]. [Material origin: male—Rambodde, Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka; female—Deniyaya, Matara District, Sri Lanka]

FIGURES 144 – 151. Coloration in life: Ceylonosticta austeni — (144) male, (145) female; Ceylonosticta brincki — (146) male, (147) female; Ceylonosticta nietneri — (148) male, (149) female; Ceylonosticta digna — (150) male; Ceylonosticta venusta sp. nov. — (151) male [photos: M. Bedjanič, fig. 150 photo: K. Conniff].