Lathrecista asiatica

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Lathrecista asiatica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Lathrecista
Species:
L. asiatica
Binomial name
Lathrecista asiatica
(Fabricius, 1798) [2]
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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]

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Description and habitat

In Kanjirappally, Kerala. Asiatic blood tail @ Kanjirappally.jpg
In Kanjirappally, Kerala.

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 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 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. 1 2 Dennis Paulson; Martin Schorr; Cyrille Deliry. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound . Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  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   9788181714954.
  9. 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.  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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