Protosticta sanguinostigma

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Protosticta sanguinostigma
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male
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female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Family:
Platystictidae
Genus:
Protosticta
Species:
P. sanguinostigma
Binomial name
Protosticta sanguinostigma
Fraser, 1922
Synonyms
  • Protosticta cerinostigmaFraser, 1924

Protosticta sanguinostigma, [2] [3] red spot reedtail, [4] [3] is a damselfly species in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Western Ghats in India. It is known to occur only in a few localities. [1] [5]

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Description and habitat

It is a large slender damselfly with eyes bottle-green above and pale green below separated by an equatorial band of reddish-brown. Its thorax is glossy bronze-black on dorsum and pale blue on the sides. There is a narrow stripe of black bordered with brown across the anterior border of the metepimeron. Wings are transparent with blood-red pterostigma. Abdomen is dark-brown on dorsum and paler on the sides. Segment 1 and 2 are marked with white laterally. Segments 3 to 6 have broad distal black annules. Segments 4 to 7 have broader blue basal annules. Segment 8 is turquoise-blue with black apical border. Segments 9 and 10 are entirely black. Anal appendages are black. Female is similar to the male; but much shorter and stouter built. [6]

It is found in first and second order streams with good forest cover. Earlier this species was known only from Kodagu, Wayanad and Nilgiris. However, recent studies show that populations do exist in other places in South India. [6] [7] [8] [4] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Subramanian, K.A. (2011). "Protosticta sanguinostigma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011: e.T175192A7119987.
  2. ↑ Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound . Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Protosticta sanguinostigma Fraser, 1922". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
  4. 1 2 "Protosticta sanguinostigma Fraser, 1922". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
  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. 63–64. ISBN   9788181714954.
  6. 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.  109-111.
  7. ↑ 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). p. 499.
  8. ↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.

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