Phylogeny and biogeography of the Platystictidae (Odonata) Tol, J. van

Revision of the Platystictidae of the Philippines (Odonata), excluding the Drepanosticta halterata-group, with descriptions of twenty-one new species. The Odonata of Sulawesi

The reconstruction of the phylogeny of 53 species is based on morphological characters, while a preliminary analysis based on molecular characters (16S and 28S rDNA) is restricted

The 50% majority rule consensus tree (Fig. 45) revealed (a) the monophyly of the presently recognized Zygoptera families Platystictidae, Platycnemididae and Protoneuridae, (b)

Revision of the Platystictidae of the Philippines (Odonata), excluding the Drepanosticta halterata-group, with descriptions of twenty-one new species. The Odonata of Sulawesi

used such diverse groups as plants of the families Sapindaceae, Euphorbiaceae, and Rubiaceae, and insects including cicadas (Homoptera, Cicadidae), semiaquatic bugs

terminal part more than two times as wide as base, club-shaped, ventrally with row of setae, terminally denser than at base, but not forming a distinct tuft; in posterior view a

– This species differs from other species of the Philippine islands by the long processes on the anterior lobe of the pronotum.. This character is present in both males

Palawan has an extensive pale stripe over posterior three-quarters of metepisternum and very distinct superior appendages; Protosticta lepteca sp. can be distinguished by the