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

• DOI: 10.11609/jott.3226.8.14.9648-9652
• Publication Date: 2016-12-26T07:48:51Z
• Authors: K. G. Emiliyamma; Muhamed Jafer Palot
• Keywords: Paratype

A new species of Protosticta Selys, 1885 from Kerala part Western Ghats is described and illustrated. The holotype male paratype female distinguished other based on its complete black dorsal surface abdomen, 7th 8th abdominal segment without yellow or blue color dorsally distinct anal appendages. species, monticola sp. nov. was collected shola forests Idukki District, Kerala, southern Ghats. key also provided for the identification all known