Indosticta deccanensis (Laidlaw, 1915)

Figs 180−187, 188−190; Map 10.

Platysticta maculata deccanensis, Laidlaw, 1915, Rec. Ind. Mus. 11(5): 388, fig.1.

Platysticta maculata deccanensis —Laidlaw (1915): 388, fig.1 [original description of Ƌ, figures of Ƌ anal appendages];─Emiliyamma et al. (2007): 12, 50–51 [description of Ƌ and ♀, notes on habitat and distribution]. Platysticta deccanensis —Laidlaw (1917): 323, 340, pl. XV-fig.4 [description of Ƌ and ♀, figure of wings];— Fraser (1924): 429, 498–499 [note on type specimens and distribution];—Fraser (1931a): 67, fig. 2a [figure of Ƌ penis];—Fraser (1931b): 325–326, 328–329, fig. 1, pl I, figs. 3, 7 [description of Ƌ and ♀, differential characters, figures wings and of Ƌ anal appendages, determination key, distribution, habitat note];—Fraser (1933a): 120–121, 124–126, fig. 56, 59 [description of Ƌ and ♀, differential characters, figures of wings and Ƌ anal appendages, distribution, habitata note];—van Tol (2009): 20–21, 29–30, 33, 39, 41, 69–70, 64–65, 66–67, 69–70, figs. 30—as P. maculata deccanensis, 35—as P. maculata deccanensis, 48, 55 [figure of wings and Ƌ penis, phylogenetic placement based on evaluated morphological characters, biogeographic notes];—Subramanian (2009): 112 [description of Ƌ and ♀, notes on habitat and distribution, Ƌ photograph];—Subramanian et al. (2011): 64–65, 70 [notes on threat status, habitat and distribution];—Babu et al. (2013): 2, 11 [summary of known distribution data];—Subramanian (2013): 1–6, incl. distr. map [IUCN threat status assessment with notes on distribution, habitat and threats];—Varghese et al. (2014): 5889–5890, 5892–5893, Image 15 [additional faunistic record, Ƌ photograph];—Emiliyamma (2014): 57–87 [additional faunistic record, note on habitat].

NUMBER OF KNOWN LOCALITIES— 13 [Kerala and Karnataka, Western Ghats, India].

MAP 10: Map of South India and Sri Lanka with indicated distribution of genus Platysticta in Sri Lanka and known distribution of Indosticta deccanensis in Kerala and Karnataka.