Protosticta

Protosticta
Protosticta taipokauensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Platystictidae
Genus:	Protosticta Selys, 1885

Protosticta is a genus of shadowdamsels in the damselfly family Platystictidae. There are more than 50 described species in Protosticta. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These 58 species belong to the genus Protosticta:

• Protosticta anamalaica Sadasivan, Nair & Samuel, 2022
• Protosticta antelopoides Fraser, 1931
• Protosticta armageddonia Chandran, Payra, Deshpande & Koparde, 2023
• Protosticta beaumonti Wilson, 1997
• Protosticta binhi Phan, To, Trinh & Dinh, 2019
• Protosticta bivittata Lieftinck, 1939
• Protosticta caroli van Tol, 2008
• Protosticta coomansi van Tol, 2000
• Protosticta cyanofemora Joshi, Subramanian, Babu & Kunte, 2020
• Protosticta damacornu Terzani & Carletti, 1998
• Protosticta davenporti Fraser, 1931
• Protosticta foersteri Laidlaw, 1902
• Protosticta francyi Sadivan, Vibhu, Nair & Palot in Vibhu et al., 2022
• Protosticta fraseri Kennedy, 1936
• Protosticta geijskesi van Tol, 2000
• Protosticta gracilis Kirby, 1889
• Protosticta grandis Asahina, 1985
• Protosticta gravelyi Laidlaw, 1915
• Protosticta hearseyi Fraser, 1922
• Protosticta himalaiaca Laidlaw, 1917
• Protosticta himalaica Laidlaw, 1917
• Protosticta joepani Dow, Phan & Choong, 2020
• Protosticta khaosoidaoensis Asahina, 1984
• Protosticta khasia Joshi & Sarkar, 2024
• Protosticta kiautai Zhou, 1986
• Protosticta kinabaluensis Laidlaw, 1915
• Protosticta lepteca van Tol, 2005
• Protosticta linduensis van Tol, 2000
• Protosticta linnaei van Tol, 2008
• Protosticta marenae van Tol, 2000
• Protosticta maurenbrecheri van Tol, 2000
• Protosticta medusa Fraser, 1934
• Protosticta monticola Emiliyamma & Palot, 2016
• Protosticta mortoni Fraser, 1924
• Protosticta myristicaensis Joshi & Kunte, 2020
• Protosticta ngoai Phan & Kompier, 2016
• Protosticta nigra Kompier, 2017
• Protosticta pariwonoi van Tol, 2000
• Protosticta plicata van Tol, 2005
• Protosticta ponmudiensis Kiran, Kalesh & Kunte, 2015
• Protosticta proboscis Kompier, 2016
• Protosticta pseudocuriosa Phan & Kompier, 2016
• Protosticta reslae van Tol, 2000
• Protosticta robusta Fraser, 1933
• Protosticta rozendalorum van Tol, 2000
• Protosticta rufostigma Kimmins, 1958
• Protosticta samtsensis Gurung & Phan, 2023
• Protosticta sanguinostigma Fraser, 1922
• Protosticta satoi Asahina, 1997
• Protosticta sholai Subramanian & Babu, 2020
• Protosticta simplicinervis Selys, 1885
• Protosticta socculus Phan & Kompier, 2016
• Protosticta spinosa Phan & Kompier, 2016
• Protosticta taipokauensis Asahina & Dudgeon, 1987
• Protosticta trilobata Fraser, 1933
• Protosticta uncata Fraser, 1931
• Protosticta vanderstarrei van Tol, 2000
• Protosticta versicolor Laidlaw, 1913

References

1. "GBIF, Protosticta" . Retrieved 2024-11-28.
2. "Catalogue of Life, Protosticta Selys, 1885" . Retrieved 2024-11-28.
3. 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 .
4. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Protosticta at iNaturalist
• Media related to Protosticta at Wikimedia Commons