Orthetrum taeniolatum

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Orthetrum taeniolatum
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Male
Small skimmer (Orthetrum taeniolatum) female Rajasthan.jpg
Female
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Orthetrum
Species:
O. taeniolatum
Binomial name
Orthetrum taeniolatum
(Schneider, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Libellula taeniolataSchneider, 1845
  • Orthetrum brevistylumKirby, 1896
  • Orthetrum garhwalicumSingh & Baijal, 1954
  • Orthetrum hyalianumKirby, 1886

Orthetrum taeniolatum [2] is an Asian freshwater dragonfly species. The common name for this species is small skimmer. [3] [4] Its range of distribution spreads from eastern Europe to China, and the species itself is locally common throughout the range. [1] [5] [6] [3] [4]

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Description and habitat

It is a medium-sized dragonfly with brown capped eyes, greenish brown thorax and bluish abdomen. Female lacks the powder blue pruinescence. It prefers medium to slow-flowing streams in the dry zones and hot plains. Adults are common around open rocky and sandy beds of the streams. [7] [8]

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