Platysticta

Platysticta
Platysticta deccanensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Platystictidae
Genus:	Platysticta Selys, 1860

Platysticta is a genus of shadowdamsel in the damselfly family Platystictidae. There are about nine described species in Platysticta. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Platysticta:

• Platysticta apicalis Kirby, 1893
• Platysticta digna Hagen, 1860
• Platysticta hilaris Hagen, 1860
• Platysticta maculata Hagen in Selys, 1860
• Platysticta montana Hagen, 1860
• Platysticta quadrata Selys-Longchamps, 1860
• Platysticta secreta Bedjanic & van Tol, 2016
• Platysticta serendibica Bedjanic & van Tol, 2016
• Platysticta tropica Hagen, 1860

References

1. "Platysticta". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
2. 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 .
3. "Odonata Central" . Retrieved 2019-07-02.
4. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

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.