Hydrobasileus croceus

Amber-winged marsh glider
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Genus:	Hydrobasileus
Species:	H. croceus
Binomial name
Hydrobasileus croceus (Brauer, 1867)
Synonyms
Tramea croceusBrauer, 1867 Tramea extraneaHagen, 1867

Hydrobasileus croceus, ^[2] the amber-winged marsh glider, ^{[3] [4]} is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is a widely distributed species in many Asian countries. ^{[5] [6]}

Description and habitat

It is a large reddish-brown dragonfly with golden-amber tinted wings. Eyes are reddish-brown above, yellowish below. Its thorax is ohvaceous suffused with golden reddish-brown, Its base of hind-wings have a moderately broad dark reddish-brown mark. Abdomen is olivaceous, changing to ochreous towards anal end, marked with black. Segments 4 to 9 have apical and basal dorsal black wedge-shaped spots. ^[7]

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It breeds in weedy ponds and lakes. The male is often seen patrolling over water, and rarely perches. When perched, they prefer to hang vertically on twigs inside dense shrubbery. ^{[3] [4] [8] [7] [9]}

See also

• List of odonates of Sri Lanka
• List of odonates of India
• List of odonata of Kerala

References

1. Mitra, A. (2010). "Hydrobasileus croceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T167093A6300617. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T167093A6300617.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
3. "Hydrobasileus croceus Brauer, 1867". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
4. "Hydrobasileus croceus Brauer, 1867". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
5. Odonata: Catalogue of the Odonata of the World. Tol J. van, 2008-08-01
6. 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. 326–327. ISBN   978-81-8171-495-4.
7. 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.  429–430.
8. "Hydrobasileus croceus (Brauer, 1867)". Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
9. C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). pp. 444–445.

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