Protosticta davenporti

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Protosticta davenporti
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Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Family:
Platystictidae
Genus:
Protosticta
Species:
P. davenporti
Binomial name
Protosticta davenporti
Fraser, 1931

Protosticta davenporti, [2] [1] Anamalai reedtail, [3] [4] [5] is a damselfly species in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Western Ghats in India. [1] [6]

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Description and habitat

It is a large slender damselfly with bottle-green eyes. Its head, prothorax, and thorax are similar to Protosticta gravelyi ; but the markings are more bluish. Abdomen is black, with the sides of segments 1 and 2 and the base of 3 bluish-white. Segments 4 to 7 are with narrow white basal annules. Segment 8 has its basal third pale blue. Segments 9 and 10 are without any marks and similar in length of P. gravelyi. The shape of the anal appendages will serve to distinguish this species from all other Protosticta species. [7] [8] [9] [10] [4] [5]

It is relatively common in hill streams of southern Western Ghats, south of the Palakkad Gap. It is found in forest streams with good riparian cover. It flies close to the ground and rests among riparian vegetation. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Subramanian, K.A. (2011). "Protosticta davenporti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011: e.T175172A7117111.
  2. ↑ Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound . Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
  3. ↑ David V. Raju, Kiran C. G. (2013). കേരളത്തിലെ തുമ്പികൾ[Dragonflies and Damselflies of Kerala)] (in Malayalam). Kottayam, Kerala, India: Tropical Institute of Ecological Sciences.
  4. 1 2 "Protosticta davenporti Fraser, 1931". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  5. 1 2 "Protosticta davenporti Fraser, 1931". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  6. ↑ 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. p. 52. ISBN   9788181714954.
  7. ↑ Fraser, F. C. (1931). "Indian dragonflies. Part XXXVII". The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 35: 70–71. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  8. 1 2 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.  105–107.
  9. ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1931). Additions to the Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India, with Descriptions of Nine New Species (PDF). p. 467.
  10. ↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.

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