Protosticta anamalaica, the Anamalai reedtail, is a species of insect in the suborder Zygoptera, the damselflies. It is endemic to the Western Ghats mountain range region of India. P. anamalica typically lives in 950 meter (3116 feet) mid elevation semi-evergreen forest.[1] The species has several pale yellow stripes on its abdomen and a dark brown pterostigma. The species was described in the year 2022 by Sadasivan, Nair and Samuel.[2]
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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: | Protosticta |
| Species: | P. anamalaica
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| Binomial name | |
| Protosticta anamalaica Sadasivan, Nair & Samuel, 2022
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References
edit- ^ George, Sarath Babu (2022-07-28). "Kerala's damselfly checklist gets a new member". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ^ Pskhun (2022-08-02). "Species New to Science: [Entomology • 2022] Protosticta anamalaica • A New Species of Protosticta Selys, 1885 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from Western Ghats, India". Species New to Science. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
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