Journal
ZOOTAXA
Volume 4858, Issue 2, Pages 151-185Publisher
MAGNOLIA PRESS
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4858.2.1
Keywords
New species; Protosticta; species description; taxonomy; species rediscovery; Karnataka; Kerala; Tamil Nadu; damselfly; diagnosis; endemic species
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- Rufford Small Grant [26890-1]
- NCBS research grant
- Dept. of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India [12-RD-TFR-5.04-0800, 12-RD-TFR-5.04-0900]
- ZSI, Kolkata
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Three new species of Protosticta Selys, 1885 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot in India . P. cyanofemora sp. nov. (wet evergreen forests in Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary, Kollam, Kerala and Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu), P. myristicaensis sp. nov. (Myristica swamp at Kathalekan, Shivamogga, Karnataka) and P. sholai sp. nov. (montane sholas of Upper Manalar, Meghamalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Theni, Tamil Nadu) are described and illustrated. We compare these three new species with other Protosticta spp. from the Western Ghats based on new material and provide comprehensive differential diagnoses with determination key for males of all species occurring in the Western Ghats. The taxonomic validity of P. mortoni Fraser, 1922 is established with fresh specimens from Hassan, Karnataka, and rediscovery of P. rufostigma Kimmins, 1958 is reported from Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu.
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