Ceylonosticta subtropica (Fraser, 1933)
Blue-shouldered cornuted shadowdamsel
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Drepanosticta subtropica (Fraser, 1933)
Conservation Status
Missing or rediscovered
Last record: 1926
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Rediscovered on 6 June 2015, at c.10.30 am according to (Priyadarshana et al., 2016), but this has been disputed (Bedjanič et al., 2021).
Distribution
Sri Lanka (=Ceylon)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Fraser, F. C. (1933). The Platystictas of Ceylon (Order Odonata). Ceylon Journal of Science: Biological Sciences 17: 201-224.
Other references:
Bedjanič, M., Conniff, K., Dow, R.A., Stokvis, F.R., Verovnik, R. and van Tol J. 2016. Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of the Platystictidae of Sri Lanka (Insecta: Odonata). Zootaxa 4182(1): 1-80.
Bedjanič, M., Conniff, K., van der Poorten, N. and Šalamun, A. 2014. Dragonfly fauna of Sri Lanka: distribution and biology, with threat status of its endemics. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia.
Bedjanič, M., Dow, R.A. & Sumanapala, A.P. 2021. Ceylonosticta subtropica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T197110A170706794. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T197110A170706794.en. Accessed on 10 July 2022.
van der Poorten, Nancy and Connif, Karen. (2012). The Taxonomy and Conservation Status of the Dragonly Fauna (Insecta: Odonata) of Sri Lanka, pp. 1-10. In: The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka: Conservation Status of the Fauna and Flora. Weerakoon, D. K. and Wijesundara, S. (eds.). Ministry of Environment, Colombo, Sri Lanka. viii + 476 pp.
Priyadarshana, Tharaka Sudesh, Wijewardhane, Ishara Harshajith and Herath, Bimal Eranga. (2016). Three new species of the genus Ceylonosticta Fraser, 1931 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from Sri Lanka and the rediscovery of Ceylonosticta subtropica (Fraser, 1933). Journal International Journal of Odonatology 19(4): 239-252.
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