Ceylonosticta alwisi
Ceylonosticta alwisi (Alwis's shadowdamsel) is a species of damselfly in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka, which was found recently from Samanala Nature Reserve, Ratnapura.[1][2]
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| Species: | C. alwisi |
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| Ceylonosticta alwisi Priyadarshana, Wijewardana & Herath, 2016 | |
Etymology
The species name alwisi was named as an honor for Lyn De Alwis, who is the founder of the Young Zoologists’ Association, Sri Lanka in 1972, and former director of the National Zoological Garden, Dehiwala.
See also
References
- Priyadarshana, Tharaka Sudesh; Wijewardhane, Ishara Harshajith; Herath, Bimal Eranga (29 November 2016). "Three new species of the genus Ceylonosticta Fraser, 1931 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from Sri Lanka and the rediscovery of Ceylonosticta subtropica (Fraser, 1933". International Journal of Odonatology. 19 (4): 239–252. doi:10.1080/13887890.2016.1257443. S2CID 89046956.
- "[Entomology • 2016] Taxonomy and Molecular Phylogeny of the Platystictidae (Insecta: Odonata) of Sri Lanka". Species New to Science. International Journal of Odonatology. 15 December 2016.
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