Neurothemis tullia

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Pied paddy skimmer
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Neurothemis
Species:
N. tullia
Binomial name
Neurothemis tullia
(Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
  • Libellula equestrisFabricius, 1781
  • Libellula lineataFabricius, 1793

Neurothemis tullia, [2] the pied paddy skimmer, [3] [4] is a species of dragonfly found in south and south-east Asia. It appears in Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia), Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam. [1] [5]

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Description and habitat

It is a black dragonfly with a pale yellow mid-dorsal carina of thorax. Wings are hyaline for apical half and opaque steely blue-black for basal half which is bordered by a milky white patch towards the tip. Females differ remarkably from the males both in body-colouring and markings and in marking of the wings. Its body is greenish yellow with a bright yellow mid-dorsal carina of thorax. Base of wings are amber yellow followed by a blackish brown patch. Apices of all wings are broadly opaque blackish brown and the remaining halves are pale yellow. [6] [7] [8] [3] [4]

It breeds in marshes, well vegetated ponds, lakes and rice fields. It perches very close to ground and its flight is very weak. [6] [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 Dow, R.A. (2009). "Neurothemis tullia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009: e.T163754A5646477. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163754A5646477.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2023). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama . Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Neurothemis tullia Drury, 1773". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Neurothemis tullia Drury, 1773". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  5. ↑ 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. 344–345. 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.  360-362.
  7. ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 437.
  8. 1 2 Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India – A Field Guide.

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