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The 
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In this study it was found that the subbasal spur on the paraprocts is only variably present in 
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Since these species (especially 
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) are clearly very similar to the other species in the group it is necessary to slightly modify the definition of the 
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Species of 
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, but merges with Wallace’s line between Borneo and Sulawesi, continuing southward through the Lombok strait) lacking horns or long processes on the anterior and posterior pronotal lobes of either sex. Cerci and paraprocts of similar length. The male with paraprocts of simple form, with at most a subbasal interior spine or spur, and lacking any spines or other protuberances, expansions, abrupt turns or twists in the apical half, and almost equally simple cerci, with either no dorsal modifications or only weakly developed interior-dorsal projections, and lacking clumps of long setae or any well-defined spines or spurs.
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With this definition two additional species 
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, are included, this is discussed further below. We have excluded species from east of Huxley’s line from consideration because although some are morphologically similar with 
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<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF9251FDC2E1FA7C4A33" box="[1267,1436,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">D. carmichaeli</emphasis>
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and its allies (for instance at least some species of the 
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<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF9257FAC13DFC714A17" box="[756,913,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">D. moluccana</emphasis>
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-group defined by 
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), they are very unlikely to have any genuinely close relationship with them.
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Within the 
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<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF92544DC175FE0B4AAF" box="[323,491,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">D. carmichaeli</emphasis>
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-group most species have the dorsal surfaces of the head and synthorax entirely dark. 
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<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF925599C191FE244A83" box="[151,452,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">Drepanosticta carmichaeli</emphasis>
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itself is the exception, with a pale bluish transverse band across the head and pale antehumeral markings as well as a (typically) brown dorsum to the synthorax (
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). In 
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<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF92515EC1ADFB0F4AE7" box="[1104,1263,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">D. annandalei</emphasis>
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, although there is no pale band across the head, some pale markings can be present dorsally on the synthorax (see 
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where a faint poorly defined paler area can be seen above the mesopleural suture near the wing bases), but these are poorly defined and never approach the antehumeral markings present in 
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<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF92567AC001FBFC4B13" box="[884,1052,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">D. carmichaeli</emphasis>
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. In males of 
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<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF9251A1C001FAAF4B13" box="[1199,1359,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">D. annandalei</emphasis>
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examined for this study, the subtriangular area defined by and including the bifurcated section of the middorsal carina behind the mesostigmal plates is pale (
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). The prothorax is always simple in both sexes in this group, with at most slight lateral expansions to the rear at the dorsolateral margin of the posterior pronotal lobe (
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF925599C0CAFEEA4BC6" bold="true" box="[151,266,980,1004]" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
Measurements of the species of the 
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<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF925781C0CBFC4C4BC6" box="[655,940,980,1004]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">Drepanosticta carmichaeli</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF9255A8C0E2FF154C3E" bold="true" box="[166,245,1020,1044]" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">Species</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF925493C0E2FDED4C12" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">Abdomen plus anal append- ages (mm)</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF9257E2C0E2FCB34C3E" bold="true" box="[748,851,1020,1044]" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">Hw (mm)</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF925101C0E2FB944C3E" bold="true" box="[1039,1140,1020,1044]" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">Source(s)</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF9255A8C757FED74C4A" box="[166,311,1096,1120]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">D. annandalei</emphasis>
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<td id="76E25DF3FF80006F57E2C756FC5D4C4B" box="[748,957,1096,1121]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">♂ 22; ♀ 23</td>
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<bibRefCitation id="EF924B3CFF80FF925101C757FB784C4B" author="Fraser, F. C." box="[1039,1176,1097,1121]" pageId="2" pageNumber="189" pagination="409 - 413" refId="ref14801" refString="Fraser, F. C. (1924) Report on a collection of dragonflies (Odonata) from the Andaman Islands. Records of Indian Museum, 26 (5), 409 - 413." type="journal article" year="1924">Fraser (1924)</bibRefCitation>
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<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF9255A8C76CFEC54CA3" box="[166,293,1137,1161]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">D. brownelli</emphasis>
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<td id="76E25DF3FF80006F5493C76FFD2F4C87" box="[413,719,1137,1197]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">♂ 35–42; ♀ 35.5</td>
<td id="76E25DF3FF80006F57E2C76FFC5D4C87" box="[748,957,1137,1197]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">♂ 23–27; ♀ 24.5</td>
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; 
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; 
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<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF9255A8C7A0FEDE4CFF" box="[166,318,1213,1237]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">D. carmichaeli</emphasis>
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<td id="76E25DF3FF80006F57E2C7A3FC5D4CD3" box="[748,957,1213,1273]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">♂ 20.5–24; ♀ 20–23</td>
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, 
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); 
<bibRefCitation id="EF924B3CFF80FF9251F6C7A0FB824CD3" author="Fraser, F. C." pageId="2" pageNumber="189" pagination="325 - 341" refId="ref14873" refString="Fraser, F. C. (1931 b) Indian dragonflies, Part XXXVIII. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 35 (2), 325 - 341." type="journal article" year="1931">Fraser (1931b)</bibRefCitation>
; 
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<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF9255A8C614FEE74D0B" box="[166,263,1290,1313]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">D. emtrai</emphasis>
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<td id="76E25DF3FF80006F5493C617FD2F4D0B" box="[413,719,1289,1313]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">♂ 35–38; ♀ 33</td>
<td id="76E25DF3FF80006F57E2C617FC5D4D0B" box="[748,957,1289,1313]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">♂ 21–25; ♀ 23</td>
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Dow 
<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF925148C614FB9A4D0B" box="[1094,1146,1289,1313]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">et al.</emphasis>
2018
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; this publication.
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<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF9255A8C62CFEBC4D60" box="[166,348,1330,1354]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">D. hongkongensis</emphasis>
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<td id="76E25DF3FF80006F5493C62FFD2F4D60" box="[413,719,1329,1354]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">♂ 31–42.5; ♀ 26–35</td>
<td id="76E25DF3FF80006F57E2C62FFC5D4D60" box="[748,957,1329,1354]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">♂ 21–28; ♀ 20–25</td>
<td id="76E25DF3FF80006F5101C62FFA9D4D60" box="[1039,1405,1329,1354]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">
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Dow 
<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF925148C62CFB9A4D60" box="[1094,1146,1330,1354]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">et al.</emphasis>
2018
</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="EF924B3CFF80FF9251B1C62CFAB14D60" author="Wilson, K. D. P." box="[1215,1361,1330,1354]" pageId="2" pageNumber="189" pagination="53 - 63" refId="ref16126" refString="Wilson, K. D. P. (1997) The Platystictidae of Hong Kong and Guangdong, with descriptions of a new genus and two new species. Odonatologica, 26 (1), 53 - 63." type="journal article" year="1997">Wilson (1997)</bibRefCitation>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3533348FFF80006F55A8C644FA9D4D58" box="[166,1405,1370,1394]" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">
<th id="76E25DF3FF80006F55A8C644FEBC4D58" box="[166,348,1370,1394]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">
<taxonomicName id="4C034D4EFF80FF9255A8C645FEF84D58" authorityName=": Hamalainen" authorityYear="1999" box="[166,280,1371,1394]" class="Insecta" family="Platystictidae" genus="Drepanosticta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="2" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="jurzitzai">
<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF9255A8C645FEF84D58" box="[166,280,1371,1394]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">D. jurzitzai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="76E25DF3FF80006F5493C644FD2F4D58" box="[413,719,1370,1394]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">♂ 41–44; ♀ 34</td>
<td id="76E25DF3FF80006F57E2C644FC5D4D58" box="[748,957,1370,1394]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">♂ 27–28; ♀ 26</td>
<td id="76E25DF3FF80006F5101C644FA9D4D58" box="[1039,1405,1370,1394]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">
<bibRefCitation id="EF924B3CFF80FF925101C644FB364D58" author="Hamalainen, M." box="[1039,1238,1370,1394]" pageId="2" pageNumber="189" pagination="421 - 423" refId="ref14951" refString="Hamalainen, M. (1999) Drepanosticta jurzitzai spec. nov., a new damselfly from southeastern Thailand (Zygoptera: Platystictidae). Odonatologica, 28 (4), 421 - 423." type="journal article" year="1999">Hämäläinen (1999)</bibRefCitation>
; this publication
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</tr>
<tr id="3533348FFF80006F55A8C69CFA9D4DB0" box="[166,1405,1410,1434]" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">
<th id="76E25DF3FF80006F55A8C69CFEBC4DB0" box="[166,348,1410,1434]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">
<taxonomicName id="4C034D4EFF80FF9255A8C69DFED14DB0" authorityName=": Sasamoto &amp; Karube" authorityYear="2007" box="[166,305,1411,1434]" class="Insecta" family="Platystictidae" genus="Drepanosticta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="2" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sumatrana">
<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF9255A8C69DFED14DB0" box="[166,305,1411,1434]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">D. sumatrana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="76E25DF3FF80006F5493C69CFD2F4DB0" box="[413,719,1410,1434]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">♂ 37</td>
<td id="76E25DF3FF80006F57E2C69CFC5D4DB0" box="[748,957,1410,1434]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">♂ 22</td>
<td id="76E25DF3FF80006F5101C69CFA9D4DB0" box="[1039,1405,1410,1434]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">
<bibRefCitation id="EF924B3CFF80FF925101C69CFAC64DB0" author="Sasamoto, A. &amp; Karube, H." box="[1039,1318,1410,1434]" pageId="2" pageNumber="189" pagination="51 - 57" refId="ref15768" refString="Sasamoto, A. &amp; Karube, H. (2007) Descriptions of two new species of Drepanosticta (Zygoptera, Platystictidae) from Sumatra, Indonesia, with a note of unknown female of D. pytho. Tombo, 50 (1 / 4), 51 - 57." type="journal article" year="2007">Sasamoto &amp; Karube (2007)</bibRefCitation>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3533348FFF80006F55A8C6B4FA9D4DE8" box="[166,1405,1450,1474]" gridrow="8" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">
<th id="76E25DF3FF80006F55A8C6B4FEBC4DE8" box="[166,348,1450,1474]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">
<taxonomicName id="4C034D4EFF80FF9255A8C6B5FEEA4DE8" authorityName=": Lieftinck" authorityYear="1935" box="[166,266,1450,1474]" class="Insecta" family="Platystictidae" genus="Drepanosticta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="2" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tenella">
<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF9255A8C6B5FEEA4DE8" box="[166,266,1450,1474]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">D. tenella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="76E25DF3FF80006F5493C6B4FD2F4DE8" box="[413,719,1450,1474]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">♂ 28–31; ♀ 25–26</td>
<td id="76E25DF3FF80006F57E2C6B4FC5D4DE8" box="[748,957,1450,1474]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">♂ 18–20; ♀ 19–20</td>
<td id="76E25DF3FF80006F5101C6B4FA9D4DE8" box="[1039,1405,1450,1474]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">
<bibRefCitation id="EF924B3CFF80FF925101C6B4FB554DE8" author="Lieftinck, M. A." box="[1039,1205,1450,1474]" pageId="2" pageNumber="189" pagination="1 - 23" refId="ref15543" refString="Lieftinck, M. A. (1935) A Synopsis of the Odonata (Dragonflies) of Sumatra. Miscellanea Zoologica Sumatrana, 92 - 93, 1 - 23." type="journal article" year="1935">Lieftinck (1935)</bibRefCitation>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3533348FFF80006F55A8C6CDFA9D4DC1" box="[166,1405,1491,1515]" gridrow="9" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">
<th id="76E25DF3FF80006F55A8C6CDFEBC4DC1" box="[166,348,1491,1515]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">
<taxonomicName id="4C034D4EFF80FF9255A8C6CDFED44DC0" authorityName=": Asahina" authorityYear="1997" box="[166,308,1491,1514]" class="Insecta" family="Platystictidae" genus="Drepanosticta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="2" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vietnamica">
<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF9255A8C6CDFED44DC0" box="[166,308,1491,1514]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">D. vietnamica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="76E25DF3FF80006F5493C6CDFD2F4DC1" box="[413,719,1491,1515]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">♂ 37–40</td>
<td id="76E25DF3FF80006F57E2C6CDFC5D4DC1" box="[748,957,1491,1515]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">♂ 21–26</td>
<td id="76E25DF3FF80006F5101C6CDFA9D4DC1" box="[1039,1405,1491,1515]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">
<bibRefCitation id="EF924B3CFF80FF925101C6CDFB4F4DC1" author="Asahina, S." box="[1039,1199,1491,1515]" pageId="2" pageNumber="189" pagination="107 - 113" refId="ref14466" refString="Asahina, S. (1997) Records of the northern Vietnamese Odonata taken by the expedition members from the National Science Museum, Tokyo. 6. Platystictidae, Megapodagrionidae, Lestidae and Synlestidae. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, (A), 23 (2), 107 - 113." type="journal article" year="1997">Asahina (1997)</bibRefCitation>
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</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3533348FFF80006F55A8C6E5FA9D4E39" box="[166,1405,1531,1555]" gridrow="10" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">
<th id="76E25DF3FF80006F55A8C6E5FEBC4E39" box="[166,348,1531,1555]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">
<taxonomicName id="4C034D4EFF80FF9255A8C6E2FEDF4E39" authorityName="Phan &amp; Yokoi &amp; Makbun &amp; Joshi &amp; Subramanian &amp; Ngo &amp; Dow" authorityYear="2021" box="[166,319,1531,1555]" class="Insecta" family="Platystictidae" genus="Drepanosticta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="2" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wildermuthi">
<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF9255A8C6E2FEDF4E39" box="[166,319,1531,1555]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">D. wildermuthi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="76E25DF3FF80006F5493C6E5FD2F4E39" box="[413,719,1531,1555]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">♂ 35; ♀ 32</td>
<td id="76E25DF3FF80006F57E2C6E5FC5D4E39" box="[748,957,1531,1555]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">♂ 24; ♀ 24</td>
<td id="76E25DF3FF80006F5101C6E5FA9D4E39" box="[1039,1405,1531,1555]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">This publication</td>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BBC36CDFF80FF9255C9C55CFF1A4EE3" blockId="2.[151,1437,1602,2025]" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">
The genital ligula of the species in the 
<taxonomicName id="4C034D4EFF80FF925778C55DFCFE4E76" baseAuthorityName="Laidlaw" baseAuthorityYear="1915" box="[630,798,1602,1628]" class="Insecta" family="Platystictidae" genus="Drepanosticta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="2" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carmichaeli">
<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF925778C55DFCFE4E76" box="[630,798,1602,1628]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">D. carmichaeli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
-group, where it has been studied, is rather simple, with a broad internal fold and a terminal segment narrower than the internal fold, divided into a pair of apical arms (concave between the arms) which themselves expand to some degree apically in most included species (
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, 
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, 
<figureCitation id="13382A48FF80FF925075C595FA784E8F" box="[1403,1432,1675,1701]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="14.[151,250,1345,1369]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,382,1315]" captionTargetId="figure-106@14.[151,1436,381,1322]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 7. Features of Drepanosticta jurzitzai, ♂ [a–e] &amp; ♀ [f–h], Chantaburi, Thailand (ZCDTU). (a, f), abdominal tip in lateral view; (b, c), appendages in dorsal &amp; lateral view; (d), paraprocts in ventral view; (e), genital ligula; (g), abdominal tip in dorsal view; (h), pterostigma." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5677845" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5677845/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">7e</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="13382A48FF80FF925599C5B1FF534EE3" box="[151,179,1711,1737]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="16.[151,250,996,1020]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,961]" captionTargetId="figure-18@16.[151,1436,181,973]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURE 8. Features of male Drepanosticta vietnamica ♂, Ta Thom, Laos (ZCDTU). (a), head &amp; thorax, lateral view; (b), prothorax, lateral view; (c), abdominal tip, lateral view; (d), appendages, oblique dorsal view; (e), genital ligula; (f), pterostigma." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5677849" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5677849/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">8e</figureCitation>
, 
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).
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<paragraph id="8BBC36CDFF80FF9355C9C5CCFCAA49C3" blockId="2.[151,1437,1602,2025]" lastBlockId="3.[151,1437,151,524]" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="190" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">
The cerci of the species in the 
<taxonomicName id="4C034D4EFF80FF92573DC5CDFD3E4EC6" baseAuthorityName="Laidlaw" baseAuthorityYear="1915" box="[563,734,1746,1772]" class="Insecta" family="Platystictidae" genus="Drepanosticta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="2" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carmichaeli">
<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF92573DC5CDFD3E4EC6" box="[563,734,1746,1772]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">D. carmichaeli</emphasis>
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-group, as implied by the definition above, are mostly rather similar to each other, in dorsal view relatively broad at base with either no interior-dorsal projections (as in 
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<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF92505AC5E9FF194F1E" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">D. annandalei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) or a weak, flap or corner like interior-dorsal projection around the point where the cerci turn downwards in lateral view (as in 
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<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF925488C421FDCF4F72" box="[390,559,1854,1880]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">D. carmichaeli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). In lateral view the cerci are usually directed slightly upward and taper from base, reaching a minimum (giving a rather pinched or petiolate appearance) at around half-length where they turn downwards and expand ventrally at least slightly, in most species this expansion is abrupt (the exceptions are 
<taxonomicName id="4C034D4EFF80FF92508FC499FEFE4FEE" authority="Phan &amp; Yokoi &amp; Makbun &amp; Joshi &amp; Subramanian &amp; Ngo &amp; Dow, 2021" authorityName="Phan &amp; Yokoi &amp; Makbun &amp; Joshi &amp; Subramanian &amp; Ngo &amp; Dow" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Platystictidae" genus="Drepanosticta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="2" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wildermuthi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF92508FC499FEFE4FEE" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">D. wildermuthi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF92542BC4B5FE9F4FEF" bold="true" box="[293,383,1963,1989]" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24457A4FF80FF92542BC4B5FE9F4FEF" box="[293,383,1963,1989]" pageId="2" pageNumber="189" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C034D4EFF80FF9254BBC4B5FDC34FEE" authorityName=": Lieftinck" authorityYear="1935" box="[437,547,1962,1988]" class="Insecta" family="Platystictidae" genus="Drepanosticta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="2" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tenella">
<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF9254BBC4B5FDC34FEE" box="[437,547,1962,1988]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">D. tenella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, where the cerci only expand gently), sometimes with a distinct heel at the start of the expanded part (for instance in 
<taxonomicName id="4C034D4EFF80FF92573DC4D1FD7E4FC2" authorityName="Dow, Kompier &amp; Phan" authorityYear="2018" box="[563,670,1999,2024]" class="Insecta" family="Platystictidae" genus="Drepanosticta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="2" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="emtrai">
<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF92573DC4D1FD7E4FC2" box="[563,670,1999,2024]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">D. emtrai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C034D4EFF80FF9257DAC4D1FC914FC2" authorityName=": Asahina" authorityYear="1997" box="[724,881,1999,2024]" class="Insecta" family="Platystictidae" genus="Drepanosticta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="2" pageNumber="189" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vietnamica">
<emphasis id="B977EADFFF80FF9257DAC4D1FC914FC2" box="[724,881,1999,2024]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="189">D. vietnamica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) which often has a slightly blade-like appearance (for instance in 
<taxonomicName id="4C034D4EFF81FF93544BC389FDEC489B" authorityName=": Wilson" authorityYear="1997" box="[325,524,151,177]" class="Insecta" family="Platystictidae" genus="Drepanosticta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="3" pageNumber="190" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hongkongensis">
<emphasis id="B977EADFFF81FF93544BC389FDEC489B" box="[325,524,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="190">D. hongkongensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) when a distinct heel is absent. The Sumatran 
<taxonomicName id="4C034D4EFF81FF935100C389FB47489A" authorityName=": Sasamoto &amp; Karube" authorityYear="2007" box="[1038,1191,151,176]" class="Insecta" family="Platystictidae" genus="Drepanosticta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Odonata" pageId="3" pageNumber="190" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sumatrana">
<emphasis id="B977EADFFF81FF935100C389FB47489A" box="[1038,1191,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="190">D. sumatrana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has relatively straight cerci and a slight dorsal apical expansion but otherwise conforms to the above description. The subbasal spur on the paraprocts (referred to as basal by 
<bibRefCitation id="EF924B3CFF81FF93574CC3C3FD0148DC" author="Fraser, F. C." box="[578,737,220,247]" pageId="3" pageNumber="190" pagination="325 - 341" refId="ref14873" refString="Fraser, F. C. (1931 b) Indian dragonflies, Part XXXVIII. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 35 (2), 325 - 341." type="journal article" year="1931">Fraser (1931b</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="EF924B3CFF81FF9357E2C3C2FCC448DC" author="Fraser, F. C." box="[748,804,220,246]" pageId="3" pageNumber="190" refId="ref14907" refString="Fraser, F. C. (1933) The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma: Odonata. Vol. I. Taylor &amp; Francis, London, XIV + 423 pp., 180 text figs, 1 map." type="book" year="1933">1933</bibRefCitation>
but it is not actually at the base of the paraprocts), when present, can be from interiorly to dorsally directed and varies from a narrow spine to a fairly broad based, almost rounded structure; when not strongly dorsally directed (so easily visible in lateral view) it can be difficult to see. In almost all species included in the group the paraprocts, viewed ventrally, taper rather evenly after the base to a sharp or at least narrow apex. The exception is 
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<emphasis id="B977EADFFF81FF935755C279FD1B49AB" box="[603,763,359,385]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="190">D. annandalei</emphasis>
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where in ventral view the paraprocts are of fairly even width and relatively robust in their apical half and have a rounded apex with a slight subapical interior hook. Because of its paraproct structure we consider 
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<emphasis id="B977EADFFF81FF935713C2B3FD5C49EC" box="[541,700,428,454]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="190">D. annandalei</emphasis>
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to only provisionally belong to the 
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<emphasis id="B977EADFFF81FF935146C2B3FB1049EC" box="[1096,1264,428,454]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="190">D. carmichaeli</emphasis>
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-group and also retain some reservations about the inclusion of 
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<emphasis id="B977EADFFF81FF9357A7C2D1FCA349C2" box="[681,835,463,488]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="190">D. sumatrana</emphasis>
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.
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Measurements of the species of the 
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<emphasis id="B977EADFFF81FF935756C2ECFCE14A21" box="[600,769,497,523]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="190">D. carmichaeli</emphasis>
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-group are summarized in 
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