Ceylonosticta
{{Short description|Genus of damselflies}}
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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.{{Cite journal |title=Three new species of the genus Ceylonosticta Fraser, 1931 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from Sri Lanka and the rediscovery of Ceylonosticta subtropica (Fraser, 1933 |journal=International Journal of Odonatology |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=239 |last1=Priyadarshana |first1=Tharaka Sudesh |last2=Wijewardhane |first2=Ishara Harshajith |last3=Herath |first3=Bimal Eranga |date=29 November 2016 |doi=10.1080/13887890.2016.1257443|bibcode=2016IJOdo..19..239P |s2cid=89046956 |doi-access=free }}{{Cite web |url=http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2016/11/platystictidae-of-sri-lanka.html |title=[Entomology • 2016] Taxonomy and Molecular Phylogeny of the Platystictidae (Insecta: Odonata) of Sri Lanka |date=15 December 2016 |website=Species New to Science |publisher=International Journal of Odonatology}} The World Odonata List describes 21 species.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
- Ceylonosticta adami
- Ceylonosticta alwisi
- Ceylonosticta anamia
- Ceylonosticta austeni
- Ceylonosticta bine
- Ceylonosticta brincki
- Ceylonosticta digna
- Ceylonosticta hilaris
- Ceylonosticta inferioreducta
- Ceylonosticta lankanensis
- Ceylonosticta mirifica
- Ceylonosticta mojca
- Ceylonosticta montana
- Ceylonosticta nancyae
- Ceylonosticta nietneri
- Ceylonosticta rupasinghe
- Ceylonosticta submontana
- Ceylonosticta subtropica
- Ceylonosticta tropica
- Ceylonosticta venusta
- Ceylonosticta walli
References
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Category:Taxa named by Frederic Charles Fraser
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