Platysticta secreta

Platysticta secreta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Family:	Platystictidae
Genus:	Platysticta
Species:	P. secreta
Binomial name
	Platysticta secreta; Bedjanic & van Tol, 2016

Last updated June 20, 2019

Platysticta secreta is a species of damselfly in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to wet zone forests of Hasalaka area, Sri Lanka.^[1]

Damselflies are insects of the suborder Zygoptera in the order Odonata. They are similar to dragonflies, which constitute the other odonatan suborder, Anisoptera, but are smaller, have slimmer bodies, and most species fold the wings along the body when at rest. An ancient group, damselflies have existed since at least the Lower Permian, and are found on every continent except Antarctica.

Platystictidae is a family of damselflies, commonly known as shadowdamsels. They look very similar to the threadtail damselfly family (Protoneuridae). They can mostly be found throughout Asia, Central America, and South America.

Endemism is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. The extreme opposite of endemism is cosmopolitan distribution. An alternative term for a species that is endemic is precinctive, which applies to species that are restricted to a defined geographical area.

Related Research Articles

Drepanosticta brincki is a species of damselfly in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Drepanosticta digna is a species of damselfly in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Drepanosticta fraseri is a species of damselfly in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. it is sometimes known as a synonym of Drepanosticta submontana.

Drepanosticta lankanensis is a species of damselfly in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Drepanosticta nietneri is a species of damselfly in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. It is named after the collector John Nietner.

Drepanosticta sinhalensis is a species of damselfly in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Drepanosticta starmuehlneri is a species of damselfly in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Drepanosticta subtropica is a species of damselfly in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. The species was recorded for the first time after 83 years, along with three new species from Samanala Nature Reserve.

Drepanosticta tropica is a species of damselfly in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Drepanosticta walli is a species of damselfly in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Ceylonosticta is a genus of damselfly in the family Platystictidae. Some authors consider some species to be in the genus Drepanosticta. Three new species were described from Sri Lanka in late 2016 with a rediscovery of Ceylonosticta subtropica. The World Odonata List describes 21 species.

Ceylonosticta alwisi is a species of damselfly in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka, which was found recently from Samanala Nature Reserve, Ratnapura.

Alwisi's shadowdamsel is a species of damselfly in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka, which was found recently from Samanala Nature Reserve, Ratnapura.

Ceylonosticta rupasinghe is a species of damselfly in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka, which was found recently from Samanala Nature Reserve, Ratnapura.

Ceylonosticta bine is a species of damselfly in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to wet zone forests of Sri Lanka.

Ceylonosticta inferioreducta is a species of damselfly in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to wet zone forests of Norton Bridge, Sri Lanka.

Ceylonosticta mirifica is a species of damselfly in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka, found from primary forest on the road Uwella-Ratnapura area.

Ceylonosticta venusta is a species of damselfly in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to wet zone forests around Ramboda Falls, Sri Lanka.

The Platysticta serendibica is a species of damselfly in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to wet zone forests of Kanneliya area, Sri Lanka.

Indosticta deccanensis, saffron reedtail is a damselfly species in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Western Ghats in India.

References

↑ Bedjanič, M; Conniff, K; Dow, RA; Stokvis, FR; Verovnik, R; Tol, JV (15 December 2016). "Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of the Platystictidae of Sri Lanka (Insecta: Odonata)". Zootaxa. 4182: 1–80. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4182.1.1. PMID 27811665.

List of odonates of Sri Lanka

This article related to damselflies is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] Bedjanič, M; Conniff, K; Dow, RA; Stokvis, FR; Verovnik, R; Tol, JV (15 December 2016). "Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of the Platystictidae of Sri Lanka (Insecta: Odonata)". Zootaxa. 4182: 1–80. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4182.1.1. PMID 27811665.