Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of the Platystictidae of Sri Lanka (Insecta: Odonata)

Bedjanič, M.; Conniff, K.; Dow, Rory A.; Stokvis, Frank R.; Verovnik, Rudi; Tol, Jan van

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“…About 10% of all currently described species of Platystictidae are found in Sri Lanka, restricted to an area of about 20,000 km 2 in the wet and intermediate climatic zones, making Sri Lanka a global Platystictidae hotspot (Bedjanič, 2010;Bedjanič et al, 2016). Two genera, Ceylonosticta (22 species, including the new species described in this paper) and Platysticta (four species), are endemic to Sri Lanka (Bedjanič et al, 2016;Dijkstra et al, 2014;Priyadarshana et al, 2016) and comprise the endemic subfamily Platystictinae (sensu Dijkstra et al, 2014).…”

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“…There are nine genera within the family Platystictidae: Protosticta Selys, 1885; Palaemnema Selys, 1860;Platysticta Selys, 1860;Drepanosticta Laidlaw, 1917;Ceylonosticta Fraser, 1931;Sinosticta Wilson, 1997; Sulcosticta van Tol, 2005;Telosticta Dow & Orr, 2012and Indosticta Bedjanič, 2016(Bedjanič et al, 2016Dijkstra, Kalkman, Dow, Stokvis, & van Tol, 2014; van Tol, Reijnen, & Thomassen, 2009). About 10% of all currently described species of Platystictidae are found in Sri Lanka, restricted to an area of about 20,000 km 2 in the wet and intermediate climatic zones, making Sri Lanka a global Platystictidae hotspot (Bedjanič, 2010;Bedjanič et al, 2016). Two genera, Ceylonosticta (22 species, including the new species described in this paper) and Platysticta (four species), are endemic to Sri Lanka (Bedjanič et al, 2016;Dijkstra et al, 2014;Priyadarshana et al, 2016) and comprise the endemic subfamily Platystictinae (sensu Dijkstra et al, 2014).…”

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A new species of Ceylonosticta Fraser, 1931 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from Sri Lanka

Priyadarshana

Wijewardhane²,

Peabotuwage

et al. 2018

International Journal of Odonatology

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A new species of Ceylonosticta from the wet zone of Sri Lanka is described and illustrated, namely Ceylonosticta goodalei sp. nov. (Kuruwita-Erathana foot path, Seethagangula, Adam's Peak, Samanala Nature Reserve, Ratnapura, 6.8196°N, 80.4615°E, 1109 m asl). The species is described from male specimens only and the genital ligula is described and illustrated. Females are as yet unknown. A brief review of Ceylonosticta "species-groups" is provided, provisionally incorporating three recently described species (C. nancyae, C. rupasinghe, C. alwisi) as well as C. goodalei. A determination key is updated by addition of these four newly described Ceylonosticta species and now covers 22 endemic species of the genus hereto known from the island.

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A new species of Ceylonosticta Fraser, 1931 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from Sri Lanka

Priyadarshana

Wijewardhane²,

Peabotuwage

et al. 2018

International Journal of Odonatology

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“…Platystictidae (shadowdamsels) currently consist of about 250 extant species in eight genera and four tropical subfamilies (Wilson 1997;Van Tol 2005;Van Tol et al 2009;Dow & Orr 2012;Dijkstra et al 2014;Haber & Wagner 2014;Schorr & Paulson 2015;Suhling et al 2015;Dow et al 2016;Phan & Kompier 2016;Bedjani c et al 2016), and two fossil species of the genus Mesosticta Huang, Azar, Cai & Nel, 2015 from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Huang et al 2015;Zheng et al 2016a). The subfamily Palaemnematinae (Palaemnema Selys, 1860) is confined to central and north-western South America, while Sinostictinae (Sinosticta Wilson, 1997), Platystictinae (Platysticta Selys, 1860, Ceylonosticta Fraser, 1931 and Protostictinae (Protosticta Selys, 1885, Drepanosticta Laidlaw, 1917, Telosticta Dow & Orr, 2012 and Sulcosticta van Tol, 2005) are restricted to South-East Asia.…”

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Mesostictinae subfam. nov., an archaic group of platystictid damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

Zheng

Wang

Nel

et al. 2017

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

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Odonatans are quite rare in the fossil record compared with the other insects, especially in Cretaceous amber inclusions. The extant family Platystictidae is one of the most diverse Zygoptera, but short of fossil records. In this paper, a new species, Mesosticta davidattenboroughi sp. nov., is described from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, representing the thirdknown fossil species of Platystictidae. Mesosticta davidattenboroughi sp. nov. has a long IR1 beginning one cell distal of the base of RP2, confirming the previous attribution of Mesosticta Huang, Azar, Cai & Nel, 2015 to Platystictidae. It differs from other species of Mesosticta in having a long IR1 and a basally crossed subdiscoidal cell. The fossil genus Mesosticta shares the diagnostic characters of the modern platystictid genera, viz. a basally recessed 'CuP' (shared by all species), a very long IR1 (only in Mesosticta davidattenboroughi sp. nov.), and a specialized subdiscoidal area mostly rhomboidal in shape (only in Mesosticta electronica Zheng, Zhang, Chang & Wang, 2016). Based on the platystictid damselflies from Burmese amber, a new subfamily Mesostictinae subfam. nov. is established. Mesostictinae subfam. nov. represents the first fossil group of modern platystictid damselflies, documenting the appearance of Platystictidae as early as mid-Cretaceous. It differs from modern Platystictidae by the presence of fewer postnodal and postsubnodal crossveins, a short MP, the base of RP2 being nearer to the subnodus and the nodus lying more distally.

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“…Note: An earlier version of this draft was emailed to the authors of Bedjanič et al (2016), Dong et al (2016), Joharchi et al (2020), Li & Yin (2020), Xin et al (2020), and Zawal et al (2020) with an invitation to respond with objections, corrections or comments, which would be considered for publication; none of them responded.…”

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Cladonotus bhaskari: a call for improving ethical standards in taxonomic journals

Amarasinghe¹,

Pethiyagoda²

2020

Taprobanica

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We are in a period of mass extinctions, when many species of animals, plants and other organisms are disappearing through direct or indirect human activities. Yet, the declining numbers of expert taxonomists represents a barrier to identifying, studying and protecting threatened species (Wilson 2005). This is especially true in developing countries such as Sri Lanka. ‗How can we enjoy and protect something if we don't know it is out there to enjoy and protect?' (Evenhuis 2007). As urgent as the description of newly discovered species is, such descriptions must necessarily take place in the context not only of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999, hereafter the Code) but also a sound ethical framework including adherence to local laws. Even urgently needed taxonomic research cannot be justified if it breaches ethical guidelines or the laws of the countries in which the organisms of interest originate, as the following cases illustrate. A new species epithet-Cladonotus bhaskari‖ (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Cladonotini) was recently erected to describe a Sri Lankan twighopper, and the description was published by Tumbrinck, Deranja, Adžic, Pavlovic and Skejo in the journal Zootaxa, volume 4821, Number 2 on 31 July 2020. The authors based their description (pp. 337-340 in that publication) on a single female specimen (holotype) collected from Sinharaja rainforest, Sabaragamawa, Sri Lanka, and claimed that the holotype is deposited in Museum Koenig in Bonn, Germany (ZFMK). The authors were, however, unable to provide any catalogue number for the holotype (Tumbrinck et al. 2020). Given this omission I suspected that the holotype may not have been deposited at the ZFMK. On 12 September 2020, I contacted Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof, Director, Zoological Research Museum (Museum Koenig in Bonn, ZFMK), Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn to investigate whether the holotype of Cladonotus bhaskari is actually deposited at ZFMK. On 16 September 2020, Prof. Misof replied-we have checked in our collection and do not have this holotype, as you suspected already. This also explains why there is no designated catalogue number in the publication‖. Hence, the epithet Cladonotus bhaskari was based on an unavailable specimen. In this case a holotype has been fixed but it is currently not in the collection where it is intended to be deposited. It is a common situation that it takes some considerable time after the description before a specimen gets deposited in its intended repository. Normally, specimens end up where they are stated to be deposited. Considering this reality, the Code only requires-a statement of intent‖ to deposit the type specimen in a collection, not that it is actually deposited; i.e. just a statement of typedesignation indicating the name and location of the collection (see Art. 16, Section 4, Number 2 of the Code). In this case it is intended to deposit the holotype at ZFMK (but currently it is not available at ZFMK), hence the nomen Cladonotus bhaskari is available and valid. Also there are a large nu...

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Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of the Platystictidae of Sri Lanka (Insecta: Odonata)

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A new species of Ceylonosticta Fraser, 1931 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from Sri Lanka

A new species of Ceylonosticta Fraser, 1931 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from Sri Lanka

Mesostictinae subfam. nov., an archaic group of platystictid damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

Cladonotus bhaskari: a call for improving ethical standards in taxonomic journals

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