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Two new species of Protosticta Selys, 1885 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from the Western Ghats, India

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: We erect two new species of damselflies from the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot, Protosticta sanguinithorax sp. nov. from Kerala and P. shambhaveei sp. nov. from Maharashtra, India. Morphologically, these species show close affinity with P. sanguinostigma Fraser, 1922, an endemic species of the Western Ghats; however, they are distinguished by their ground colouration, unique features in their prothoraxes, caudal appendages, and accessory genitalia. We also establish a significant genetic distance, based on the COI gene, between these newly erected Protosticta species and P. sanguinostigma. We present an updated taxonomic key to the males of Protosticta species in the Western Ghats, incorporating newly available diagnostic information.

Source: Zootaxa

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5679.4.1

Authors: AYIKKARA VIVEK CHANDRAN, DATTAPRASAD SAWANT, REJI CHANDRAN, PANKAJ KOPARDE, HEMANT OGALE, ABHISHEK ASHOK RANE, KRUSHNAMEGH KUNTE

Institutions: Canara Bank, MIT World Peace University, National Centre for Biological Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology

Subfield: Ecology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4413383328

FWCI: 0.53

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