Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of the Platystictidae of Sri Lanka (Insecta: Odonata) Author Tol, Van text Zootaxa 2016 4182 1 1 80 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4182.1.1 c9555b7b-6b03-4ed1-839a-6c43b192b482 1175-5326 164301 92DF6502-B26C-476A-9432-5FD3D9BD12BE 19. Platysticta apicalis Kirby, 1894 Figs 104−109 , 166−167 ; Map 8. Platysticta apicalis , Kirby, 1894 , J. linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. 24: 561−562, pl. XLII- fig. 1. Platysticta apicalis — Kirby (1894) : 561−562, pl. XLII-fig. 1 [original description of Ƌ and ♀; figure of Ƌ imago with wings];— Fraser (1931b) : 326, 327–328, pl I, fig. 6 [description of Ƌ and ♀, differential characters, figures of Ƌ anal appendages, determination key, distribution—examined and described material belongs to more than one Platysticta species, figures not correct];— Fraser (1933a) : 121, 123–124, fig. 58 [description of Ƌ and ♀, differential characters, figures of Ƌ anal appendages, distribution—distribution data mixed with Platysticta secreta sp. nov. , figures correct];— Fraser (1933b) : 202–203, 206–207, 218, figs. 2a–b [description of Ƌ and ♀, differential characters, figures of Ƌ anal appendages and last abdominal segments of ♀, determination key, distribution—examined and described material belongs to more than one Platysticta species, figures not correct, acctually figs. 1a–b, ascribed to P. maculata belong to P. apicalis ];—van Tol (2009) : 29–30, 33, 41, 64–67, 69–70, figs. 48, 55 [phylogenetic placement based on evaluated morphological characters, biogeographic notes];— Dijkstra et al. (2013) : 5, 10, Supp. Inf. Tab. S2, S4 excl. [molecular and phylogenetic analysis, classification];— Bedjanič et al. (2014) : 140–141 [differential characters, biology, distribution, threat status, photographs of Ƌ and ♀];—de Silva Wijeyeratne (2015) : 133, 167 [brief description of Ƌ and ♀, habitat note, photographs of Ƌ and ♀]. SPECIES DIAGNOSIS IN THE KEY → 20a; NUMBER OF KNOWN LOCALITIES— Bedjanič et al. (2014) : 45.