Wednesday, October 8, 2025

[Entomology • 2025] Sulcosticta fliedneri • A New Damselfly (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from Luzon, Philippines

  

Sulcosticta fliedneri  
Phan, Keetapithchayakul & Digma, 2025

 
Abstract
Sulcosticta fliedneri sp. nov. (holotype ♂, 15.__° N, 121.__° E, 65 m a.s.l., Dingalan, Aurora, Luzon, deposited at Cavite State University, Philippines) is described from Luzon Island based on specimens of both sexes. The new species is diagnosed by the distinctive morphology of the male’s anal appendages: cerci robust with a small distal tubercle and paraprocts black, acutely curved at the tip.

Odonata, Zygoptera, new species, island fauna, Philippines


Sulcosticta fliedneri sp. nov. 


Quoc Toan PHAN, Tosaphol Saetung KEETAPITHCHAYAKUL and Jonathan Rodrin DIGMA. 2025. Sulcosticta fliedneri sp. nov. (Odonata: Platystictidae), A New Damselfly from Luzon, Philippines.  Zootaxa. 5701(5); 586-596. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5701.5.7 [2025-10-07]