Description of Protosticta sooryaprakashi sp. nov. (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from the Western Ghats, India

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Haneef, Koolikkunnu Abdul Razak Muhammed, Chandran, Ayikkara Vivek, Sawant, Dattaprasad, Beevi, Yousuf Pachani Maimoonath, Koparde, Pankaj, Kunte, Krushnamegh (2025): Description of Protosticta sooryaprakashi sp. nov. (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from the Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 5723 (3): 359-383, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.3.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.3.3AbstractWe erect a new species of damselfly, Protosticta sooryaprakashi sp. nov. from Sampaje, Kodagu District, Karnataka, India (type specimens are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections, currently held at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru). Morphologically, this species shows close affinity with the members of the P. sanguinostigma Fraser, 1922 group; however, it is distinguished by unique features in its prothorax, caudal appendages, and accessory genitalia. Additionally, the analyses also revealed a significant genetic distance between the new species and other species of this group. We present an updated identification key to the males of Protosticta Selys, 1885 species in the Western Ghats, incorporating newly available diagnostic information.