Protosticta rufostigma

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Protosticta rufostigma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Platystictidae
Genus: Protosticta
Species:
P. rufostigma
Binomial name
Protosticta rufostigma
Kimmins, 1958

Protosticta rufostigma [2] [1] is a damselfly species in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Western Ghats in India. [1] [3]

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The genus Protosticta has eleven species reported from India, of which nine are known from Western Ghats. [4] [5]

It is currently known only from the type locality Naraikadu, which is a part of the Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve. [1] [6] It is closely related to Protosticta davenporti but can be distinguished by the larger pterostigma, difference in the pattern of prothorax and the eighth abdominal segment, and the shape of the anal appendages. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Subramanian, K.A.; Dow, R.A. (2019). "Protosticta rufostigma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T175198A123526141. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T175198A123526141.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
  3. ↑ K.A., Subramanian; K.G., Emiliyamma; R., Babu; C., Radhakrishnan; S.S., Talmale (2018). Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India. Zoological Survey of India. p. 62. ISBN   978-81-8171-495-4.
  4. ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1933). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. I. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis.
  5. ↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.
  6. ↑ "Protosticta rufostigma Kimmins, 1958". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
  7. ↑ D E Kimmins (1958). "New species and subspecies of Odonata". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 7 (7): 349–350. Retrieved 2017-03-15.

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