Species profile
Nososticta nigrofasciata
(Lieftinck, 1932)
Taxonomic path
SuborderZygoptera
FamilyPlatycnemididae
GenusNososticta
LCLeast Concern
Last updated: 16 July 2026

© Refandy Dwi Darmawan (2025)
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Diagnosis
Male : A quite small-sized damselfly with black body coloration and blue markings. Face characterized with a blue bar that is sometimes medially interrupted, from eye to eye across anterior frons including genae. Synthorax is characterized by its front part that has blue patches. The abdomen is slender, with segments 7–10 are predominantly black, with distinct blue markings on segment 8, and the superior appendages are blue. This species can be distinguished especially by the male anal appendages and thoracic features: the blue antehumeral and mesepimeral patches are nearly equal in size.
Female: The female Nososticta nigrofasciata has a black body with pale markings on the synthorax, without the pale/bright mesepimeral patch connecting ante-humeral and metepisternal patch. The female of this species can be distinguished by the pronotum posterior lobe, which has five sublobes, as well as by its synthoracic pattern and prothoracic details.
Morphological Characters

dorsal and lateral view of male anal appendage
© Günther Theischinger & Stephen J. Richards (2015)
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Locality
Distribution
Has been recorded from several localities in Indonesian Northern New Guinea at elevations of approximately 0-800 m above sea level.
Ecology
Habitat
Nososticta nigrofasciata is found along small to large clear streams in lowland and foothill rainforests. The adults typically settle on low-lying vegetation in sunlit spots either bordering or overhanging the water.
Remarks
Notes
Additional notes will be added in future revisions.
Literature
References
2 references- 1
Theischinger, G., & Richards, S. J. (2015). The genus Nososticta Hagen (Odonata : Platycnemididae) from the Papuan region with descriptions of ten new species group taxa. Odonatologica, 44(1/2), 153–224.
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Richards, S. (2019). Nososticta nigrofasciata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T125516398A125517894. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T125516398A125517894.en