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{{Short description|Species of damselfly}}
{{Taxobox
| image = DSC 0067 Protosticta rufostigma Kimmins, 1958.jpg
| image_caption = Male
| status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Subramanian, K.A. |author2=Dow, R.A. |date=2019 |title=''Protosticta rufostigma'' |volume=2019 |page=e.T175198A123526141 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T175198A123526141.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref>
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Odonata]]
| familia = [[Platystictidae]]
| genus = ''[[Protosticta]]''
| species = '''''P. rufostigma'''''
| binomial = ''Protosticta rufostigma''
| binomial_authority = Kimmins, 1958
| synonyms =
}}

'''''Protosticta rufostigma''''',<ref name=wol>{{cite web
|url=https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/|title=World Odonata List|publisher=Slater Museum of Natural History|accessdate=2017-03-15}}</ref><ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021" /> is a [[damselfly]] species in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Platystictidae]]. It is [[endemic]] to [[Western Ghats]] in [[India]].<ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021" /><ref name=atlas>{{cite book |last1=K.A. |first1=Subramanian |last2=K.G. |first2=Emiliyamma |last3=R. |first3=Babu |last4=C. |first4=Radhakrishnan |last5=S.S. |first5=Talmale |title=Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India |date=2018 |publisher=Zoological Survey of India |isbn=9788181714954|pages=62}}</ref>

The genus ''[[Protosticta]]'' has eleven species reported from [[India]], of which nine are known from [[Western Ghats]].<ref name=Fraser>{{cite book|author=C FC Lt. Fraser|title=The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. I|publisher=Taylor and Francis|location=Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London|year=1933}}</ref><ref name=ias>{{cite book|last=Subramanian|first=K. A.|title=Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide|year=2005|url=http://www.ias.ac.in/Publications/Overview/Dragonflies}}</ref>

It is currently known only from the type locality [[Pothigai#Protected areas|Naraikadu]], which is a part of the [[Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve]].<ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021" /><ref name=ibp>{{cite web
|url=http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/228166|title=Protosticta rufostigma Kimmins, 1958|publisher=India Biodiversity Portal|accessdate=2017-03-15}}</ref> It is closely related to ''[[Protosticta davenporti]]'' but can be distinguished by the larger pterostigma, difference in the pattern of prothorax and the eighth abdominal segment, and the shape of the anal appendages.<ref name=Kimmins>{{cite journal | authors = D E Kimmins | title = New species and subspecies of Odonata | journal = Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology | volume= 7 | issue= 7| pages = 349–350| year = 1958| url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19466#page/381/mode/1up| accessdate =2017-03-15}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of odonates of India]]
* [[List of odonata of Kerala]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikispecies-inline|Protosticta rufostigma}}

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[[Category:Platystictidae]]
[[Category:Insects of India]]
[[Category:Insects described in 1958]]

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Protosticta rufostigma - Revision history

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