Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from Sri Lanka and the Rediscovery of Ceylonosticta Subtropica (Fraser, 1933)
International Journal of Odonatology, 2016 Vol. 19, No. 4, 239–252, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2016.1257443 Three new species of the genus Ceylonosticta Fraser, 1931 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from Sri Lanka and the rediscovery of Ceylonosticta subtropica (Fraser, 1933) Tharaka Sudesh Priyadarshanaa,b∗, Ishara Harshajith Wijewardhaneb,c and Bimal Eranga Herathd aCollege of Forestry, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, PR China; bNature Explorations and Education Team, De Soysapura, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka; cSri Lanka School of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, Karapincha, Kuruwita, Sri Lanka; d Department of Wildlife Conservation, National Wildlife Research and Training Center (NWRTC), Giritale, Sri Lanka (Received 26 May 2016; final version received 2 November 2016; first published online 29 November 2016) Three new species of Ceylonosticta are described and illustrated: Ceylonosticta nancyae sp. nov., Ceylonosticta rupasinghe sp. nov. and Ceylonosticta alwisi sp. nov. from Samanala Nature Reserve (Adam’s Peak), Kuruwita-Erathna footpath, Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka. Ceylonosticta subtropica has been recorded for the first time after 83 years and the first depiction of its genital ligula is provided. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0B08A725-CE88-46E5-B5F8-768736DB8062 Keywords: Ceylonosticta; Drepanosticta; new species; Odonata; Platystictidae; Sri Lanka; dragonfly Introduction Sri Lanka has a rich diversity of Odonata with a high number of endemics. Fifty-two of the 125 species described so far are endemic (Bedjanic,ˇ Conniff, van der Poorten, & Salamun, 2014; Priyadarshana, Wijewardana, van der Poorten, & Jayasooriya, 2015). The family Platystictidae Laidlaw, 1924 is represented by 21 species, all of which are endemic to the island (Bedjanicˇ et al., 2014).
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