Platysticta
| Platysticta | |
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| Platysticta deccanensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Platystictidae |
| Genus: | Platysticta Selys, 1860[1] |
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Platysticta is a genus of shadowdamsels in the damselfly family Platystictidae.[2] Species of Platysticta are slender forest damselflies endemic to Sri Lanka, where they inhabit shaded streams in tropical rainforest.[3][4]
Description
Species of Platysticta are slender damselflies with narrow wings and elongated abdomens.[5] Like other members of Platystictidae, they are typically associated with shaded forest streams and often have very restricted geographic ranges.[5]
Species
The following species are currently placed in Platysticta:[2]
- Platysticta apicalis Kirby, 1893
- Platysticta maculata Hagen in Selys, 1860
- Platysticta secreta Bedjanic & van Tol, 2016
- Platysticta serendibica Bedjanic & van Tol, 2016
Etymology
The genus name Platysticta is presumably derived from the Greek πλατύς (platys, "broad") and στικτός (stiktos, "marked").[6] The name likely alludes to the broad pterostigma, the distinctive "wing mark" emphasised by Selys when he established the genus.[1]
References
- 1 2 Selys Longchamps, Edmond de (1860). "Synopsis des Agrionines. Dernière légion: Protoneura". Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique. 2 (in French). 10 (9–10): 431–462 [433].
- 1 2 Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
- ↑ Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Dow, Rory A.; Stokvis, Frank R.; et al. (2014). "Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata)". Systematic Entomology. 39 (1): 68–96. Bibcode:2014SysEn..39...68D. doi:10.1111/syen.12035.
- ↑ "Platysticta". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
- 1 2 Silsby, Jill (2001). Dragonflies of the World. CSIRO Publishing. p. 119. ISBN 0643065121.
- ↑ Brown, Roland Wilbur (1954). Composition of Scientific Words: A Manual of Methods and a Lexicon of Materials for the Practice of Logotechnics. [Washington].
Further reading
- Kalkman, V. J. (2013). Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae (PhD). Leiden University. hdl:1887/22953.
- Steinmann, Henrik (1997). Wermuth, Heinz; Fischer, Maximilian (eds.). World Catalogue of Odonata, Volume I: Zygoptera. Das Tierreich. Vol. 110. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-014933-3.
- Westfall, Minter J. Jr.; May, Michael L. (1996). Damselflies of North America. Scientific Publishers. ISBN 978-0-945417-93-4.