Biology:Protosticta

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Protosticta is a genus of shadowdamsels in the damselfly family Platystictidae. There are more than 50 described species in Protosticta.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These 58 species belong to the genus Protosticta:

  • Protosticta anamalaica Sadasivan, Nair & Samuel, 2022
  • Protosticta antelopoides Fraser, 1931
  • Protosticta armageddonia Chandran, Payra, Deshpande & Koparde, 2023
  • Protosticta beaumonti Wilson, 1997
  • Protosticta binhi Phan, To, Trinh & Dinh, 2019
  • Protosticta bivittata Lieftinck, 1939
  • Protosticta caroli van Tol, 2008
  • Protosticta coomansi van Tol, 2000
  • Protosticta cyanofemora Joshi, Subramanian, Babu & Kunte, 2020
  • Protosticta damacornu Terzani & Carletti, 1998
  • Protosticta davenporti Fraser, 1931
  • Protosticta foersteri Laidlaw, 1902
  • Protosticta francyi Sadivan, Vibhu, Nair & Palot in Vibhu et al., 2022
  • Protosticta fraseri Kennedy, 1936
  • Protosticta geijskesi van Tol, 2000
  • Protosticta gracilis Kirby, 1889
  • Protosticta grandis Asahina, 1985
  • Protosticta gravelyi Laidlaw, 1915
  • Protosticta hearseyi Fraser, 1922
  • Protosticta himalaiaca Laidlaw, 1917
  • Protosticta himalaica Laidlaw, 1917
  • Protosticta joepani Dow, Phan & Choong, 2020
  • Protosticta khaosoidaoensis Asahina, 1984
  • Protosticta khasia Joshi & Sarkar, 2024
  • Protosticta kiautai Zhou, 1986
  • Protosticta kinabaluensis Laidlaw, 1915
  • Protosticta lepteca van Tol, 2005
  • Protosticta linduensis van Tol, 2000
  • Protosticta linnaei van Tol, 2008
  • Protosticta marenae van Tol, 2000
  • Protosticta maurenbrecheri van Tol, 2000
  • Protosticta medusa Fraser, 1934
  • Protosticta monticola Emiliyamma & Palot, 2016
  • Protosticta mortoni Fraser, 1924
  • Protosticta myristicaensis Joshi & Kunte, 2020
  • Protosticta ngoai Phan & Kompier, 2016
  • Protosticta nigra Kompier, 2017
  • Protosticta pariwonoi van Tol, 2000
  • Protosticta plicata van Tol, 2005
  • Protosticta ponmudiensis Kiran, Kalesh & Kunte, 2015
  • Protosticta proboscis Kompier, 2016
  • Protosticta pseudocuriosa Phan & Kompier, 2016
  • Protosticta reslae van Tol, 2000
  • Protosticta robusta Fraser, 1933
  • Protosticta rozendalorum van Tol, 2000
  • Protosticta rufostigma Kimmins, 1958
  • Protosticta samtsensis Gurung & Phan, 2023
  • Protosticta sanguinostigma Fraser, 1922
  • Protosticta satoi Asahina, 1997
  • Protosticta sholai Subramanian & Babu, 2020
  • Protosticta simplicinervis Selys, 1885
  • Protosticta socculus Phan & Kompier, 2016
  • Protosticta sooryaprakashi Haneef, Chandran, Sawant, Beevi & Kunte, 2025 [5]
  • Protosticta spinosa Phan & Kompier, 2016
  • Protosticta taipokauensis Asahina & Dudgeon, 1987
  • Protosticta trilobata Fraser, 1933
  • Protosticta uncata Fraser, 1931
  • Protosticta vanderstarrei van Tol, 2000
  • Protosticta versicolor Laidlaw, 1913

References

  1. "GBIF, Protosticta". https://www.gbif.org/species/1421491. 
  2. "Catalogue of Life, Protosticta Selys, 1885". https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/9WMV5. 
  3. Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Dow, Rory A.; Stokvis, Frank R. et al. (2014). "Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata)". Systematic Entomology 39 (1): 68–96. doi:10.1111/syen.12035. Bibcode2014SysEn..39...68D. 
  4. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list/. 
  5. Haneef, Koolikkunnu Abdul Razak Muhammed; Chandran, Ayikkara Vivek; Sawant, Dattaprasad; Beevi, Yousuf Pachani Maimoonath; Koparde, Pankaj; Kunte, Krushnamegh (2025-11-26). "Description of Protosticta sooryaprakashi sp. nov. (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from the Western Ghats, India". Zootaxa 5723 (3): 359–383. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5723.3.3. ISSN 1175-5334. https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5723.3.3. Retrieved 2025-11-26. 

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