Melanoneura bilineata

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Melanoneura bilineata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Platycnemididae
Subfamily: Disparoneurinae
Genus: Melanoneura
Species:
M. bilineata
Binomial name
Melanoneura bilineata
Fraser, 1922


Melanoneura bilineata [2] [1] is damselfly in the family Platycnemididae. It is endemic to Western Ghats in India, restricted to Kodagu and Wayanad districts. [1] [3]

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Description and habitat

It is a medium-sized damselfly with black-capped blue eyes. Its thorax is black, marked with a narrow ante-humeral azure blue stripe and two broad blue stripes on the sides. Its abdomen is black, marked with azure blue broadly on the sides of the segments 1 and 2. Segments 3 to 6 are marked with tiny basal annules. Segments 8 to 10 are blue, marked with very narrow basal black rings. Female is similar to the male; but only matured adult has the blue marks. Others are marked with yellow or bluish-green. [4]

It is similar to Caconeura ramburi ; but can be distinguished by the absence of blue basal annules which is very broadly visible in C. ramburi. [4]

It is known only from upper catchments of Kaveri river in Kodagu and western slopes of Wayanad. It is restricted to hill streams with good forest cover. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Subramanian, K.A. (2011). "Melanoneura bilineata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011: e.T175151A7114038. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T175151A7114038.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
  3. ↑ 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. 118–119. ISBN   9788181714954.
  4. 1 2 3 C FC Lt. Fraser (1933). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. I. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis. pp.  260-262.
  5. ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India with Special Remarks on the Genera Macromia and Idionyx and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). Zoological Survey of India. Volumes (Records). pp. 504–505.
  6. ↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.
  7. ↑ "Melanoneura bilineata Fraser, 1922". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
  8. ↑ "Melanoneura bilineata Fraser, 1922". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-03-13.

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