Lathrecista asiatica

Lathrecista asiatica
male, Fiji
female
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Genus:	Lathrecista
Species:	L. asiatica
Binomial name
Lathrecista asiatica (Fabricius, 1798) [2]
Synonyms
Libellula asiaticaFabricius, 1798 Agrionoptera festa Selys, 1879 Agrionoptera simulans Selys, 1879 Lathrecista terminalis Kirby, 1889 Libellula pectoralis Brauer, 1867

Lathrecista asiatica, ^[3] the asiatic blood tail, ^[4] is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. ^[5] It is the only species in its genus. ^[3] It is widespread, occurring from India to Australia. ^{[1] [6] [7] [8]}

Subspecies

• Lathrecista asiatica asiatica
• Lathrecista asiatica festa (Selys, 1879)
• Lathrecista asiatica pectoralis(Kaup in Brauer, 1867)

Description and habitat

It is a medium-sized dragonfly with brown-capped grey eyes and blood red tail. Its thorax is copper brown with a pair of narrow parallel yellow stripes on dorsal side and yellow with stripes on the sides. Segments 1 and 2 of the abdomen have broad lateral stripes and a fine mid-dorsal stripe. Segments 3 to 8 are bright crimson-red with apical sutures narrowly black. Segments 9 and 10 are black. Anal appendages are black. The abdomen of the female is brown. ^[9]

It breeds in marshes associated with ponds and streams. ^{[9] [10]}

See also

• List of odonates of India
• List of odonata of Kerala
• List of Odonata species of Australia

References

1. Dow, R.A.; Kakkasery, F. (2017). "Lathrecista asiatica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T167353A83373550. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T167353A83373550.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae (in Latin). Hafniae : Proft et Storch. pp. 573 [283]. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.65803. hdl:2027/nyp.33433010996753 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
3. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
4. Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India (PDF).
5. "Species Lathrecista asiatica (Fabricius, 1798)". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
6. "Lathrecista asiatica Fabricius, 1798". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
7. "Lathrecista asiatica Fabricius, 1798". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
8. 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. 332–333. ISBN   978-81-8171-495-4.
9. 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.  282–284.
10. C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 431.

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