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.[1][2] The World Odonata List describes 21 species.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Platystictidae |
| Genus: | Ceylonosticta Fraser, 1931 |
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Species
editThe 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
edit- ^ Priyadarshana, Tharaka Sudesh; Wijewardhane, Ishara Harshajith; Herath, Bimal Eranga (29 November 2016). "Three new species of the genus Ceylonosticta Fraser, 1931 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from Sri Lanka and the rediscovery of Ceylonosticta subtropica (Fraser, 1933". International Journal of Odonatology. 19 (4): 239. doi:10.1080/13887890.2016.1257443. S2CID 89046956.
- ^ "[Entomology • 2016] Taxonomy and Molecular Phylogeny of the Platystictidae (Insecta: Odonata) of Sri Lanka". Species New to Science. International Journal of Odonatology. 15 December 2016.