Scarlet skimmer | |
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C. s. servilia, male | |
C. s. mariannae, male | |
Scientific classification | |
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 | |
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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]
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]
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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