Scarlet skimmer

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Scarlet skimmer
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C. s. servilia, male
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C. s. mariannae, male
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Crocothemis
Species:
C. servilia
Binomial name
Crocothemis servilia
(Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
  • Libellula ferrugineaFabricius, 1793
  • Libellula serviliaDrury, 1773
  • Libellula sororRambur, 1842

The scarlet skimmer [1] [2] or ruddy marsh skimmer, [3] Crocothemis servilia, [4] is a species of dragonfly of the family Libellulidae, native to east and southeast Asia and introduced to Jamaica, Florida, and Hawaii. [1] [5]

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Subspecies

There are two known subspecies; Crocothemis servilia servilia (Drury, 1773) [6] and Crocothemis servilia mariannae Kiauta, 1983. [7] C. s. mariannae lacks the mid-dorsal black stripe. [8]

Description and habitat

It is a medium sized blood-red dragonfly with a thin black line along the mid-dorsal abdomen. Its eyes are blood-red above, purple laterally. Thorax is bright ferruginous, often blood-red on dorsum. Abdomen is blood-red, with a narrow black mid-dorsal carina. Anal appendages are blood-red. Female is similar to the male; but with olivaceous-brown thorax and abdomen. The black mid-dorsal carina is rather broad. [9]

It breeds in ponds, ditches, marshes, open swamps and rice fields. [9] [10] [11] [3] [2]

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References

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