Gynacantha bayadera

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Gynacantha bayadera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Aeshnidae
Genus: Gynacantha
Species:
G. bayadera
Binomial name
Gynacantha bayadera
Selys, 1891
Synonyms
  • Gynacantha lyttoniFraser, 1926

Gynacantha bayadera, [2] parakeet darner [3] or small duskhawker, [4] is a species of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae. It is found from India to South China and northern New Guinea. This is a crepuscular species which probably breeds in forested swamps and marshy areas, or in forest pools. [5] [1]

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Description and habitat

This is a slender dragonfly with abdomen constricted at the 3rd segment and colored a uniform parakeet green, sometimes turning olivaceous. Its thorax is green and abdomen is pale brown to reddish brown above with segments 1–3 grass green on the sides. [6] [3] It can be distinguished from other Gynacantha species as it has unmarked frons whereas Gynacantha dravida , Gynacantha basiguttata and Gynacantha subinterrupta have a "T-mark". [7] [4]

Fraser described Gynacantha millardi which resembles G. bayadera in its size, shape and colors. But it can be differentiated by the absence of the usual constriction of segment three which is very prominent in G. bayadera. [8] G. millardi is considered as a synonym of G. bayadera in some literature [5] and as a good species in some others. [2] [9] [10]

It is crepuscular and flies low in shady places. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Mitra, A. (2010). "Gynacantha bayadera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T167060A6305630.
  2. 1 2 Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound . Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Gynacantha bayadera Selys, 1891".
  4. 1 2 "Gynacantha bayadera Selys, 1891". 2013-07-04.
  5. 1 2 K.A., Subramanian; K.G., Emiliyamma; R., Babu; C., Radhakrishnan; S.S., Talmale (2018). Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India. Zoological Survey of India. pp. 195–196. ISBN   9788181714954.
  6. 1 2 C FC Lt. Fraser (1936). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. III. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis. pp.  103–106.
  7. ↑ "Dragonflies and damselflies of Vietnam: Gynacantha bayadera - yet another Gynacantha (species 9)". 2016-01-08.
  8. ↑ Fraser, F. C. (1920). "Some new Indian Dragonflies". The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 27: 147. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  9. ↑ Priyadarshana, Tharaka Sudesh; van der Poorten, Nancy; Wijewardana, G. V. I. H.; Jayasooriya, A. L. A. C. (2015). "First record of Gynacantha millardi (Odonata: Aeshnidae) from Sri Lanka". Taprobanica. 7 (4): 266–267. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  10. ↑ Dawn, P; Chandra, K (2016). "Description of the larva of Gynacantha millardi Selys, 1891 (Odonata: Aeshnidae) from Chhattisgarh, India". Zootaxa. 4132 (2): 290–294. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4132.2.12. PMID   27395672.


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