Species profile
Drepanosticta sembilanensis
van Tol, 2007
Taxonomic path
SuborderZygoptera
FamilyPlatystictidae
GenusDrepanosticta
DDData Deficient
EndemicHalmahera
Last updated: 09 July 2026

Diagnosis
Male : A large and robust Drepanosticta with a predominantly castaneous-brown colour pattern. Head with yellowish labrum, mandibles, and anteclypeus; the anterior margin of the labrum and mandibles narrowly brownish black. The rest of the head is brownish black, with more extensive pale markings near the median ocellus, transverse occipital carina, and lateral extremities. Antennae brownish black with a brown pedicellus.
The prothorax is brown; the anterior lobe and median part are flattened, while the sides are paler. The posterior lobe bears a pair of very short processes that are stout and flattened, with broad bases and sharply tapering tips.
The synthorax is dark brown, but the lower half is more castaneous, without antehumeral stripes. Legs are dirty yellow, with darker rings at the joints. Wings are hyaline with brown venation and brown pterostigma.
The abdomen is castaneous-brown, with segments 8–10 brownish black. Segments 3–7 have pale markings, including triangular markings on segment 3 and smaller markings on segments 4–6. Male anal appendages are distinctive: the superior appendages are elongated and club-shaped, without denticles or spines, while the inferior appendages are slender, nearly straight, and strongly bent inward.
Female : Unknown.
Morphological Characters

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Locality
Distribution
Endemic to Halmahera Island, North Maluku, Indonesia. Known from northern Halmahera, including the type locality near Isam and additional localities around Gunung Sembilan.
Ecology
Habitat
Collected in primary and secondary rainforest in northern Halmahera, at elevations ranging from approximately 30–500 m a.s.l (Van Tol,2007).
Remarks
Notes
Belongs to the Drepanosticta lymetta species-group. It differs from other members of the group by its larger and more robust body, distinctly shorter posterior pronotal processes, and the structure of the male anal appendages.
The name sembilanensis refers to Gunung Sembilan, the type locality of the species.
Literature
References
1 references- 1
van Tol, J. (2007), The Platystictidae of the Moluccas and Misool (Odonata). Dtsch. Entomol. Z., 54: 3-26.