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.

Published as part of Tol, Van, 2016, Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of the Platystictidae of Sri Lanka (Insecta: Odonata), pp. 1-80 in Zootaxa 4182 (1) on page 78, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4182.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/164301