Tholymis tillarga

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Tholymis tillarga
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Tholymis
Species:
T. tillarga
Binomial name
Tholymis tillarga
(Fabricius, 1798) [2]
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Synonyms
  • Libellula bimaculataDesjardins, 1835
  • Libellula pallidaPalisot de Beauvois, 1805
  • Libellula tillargaFabricius, 1798
  • Tholymis paratillargaSingh & Prasad, 1980

Tholymis tillarga, [3] the coral-tailed cloudwing, [4] [5] is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. [6] It is found from tropical West Africa to Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands. [1] [7] [8] [9] [10] Common names include old world twister, evening skimmer, crepuscular darter, foggy-winged twister and twister. [1] [11]

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Description and habitat

It is a medium sized dragonfly with reddish eyes, yellowish red thorax and coral red abdomen. Its wings are transparent; but hind wings have a golden-brown patch in the base, bordered by a cloudy-white patch. Female is brown and lacks the cloudy-white patch in the hind-wings. [12] [13]

It is a migrant with a permanent presence in humid parts of the tropics. It breeds in standing water-bodies; and prefers weedy ponds, swamps and lakes. They are active at dusk and dawn, as well as during cloudy days. [12] [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Clausnitzer, V. (2016). "Tholymis tillarga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T60048A83382535. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60048A83382535.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae (in Latin). Hafniae : Proft et Storch. pp. 573 [285]. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.65803 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  3. ↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
  4. 1 2 "Tholymis tillarga Fabricius, 1798". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
  5. 1 2 "Tholymis tillarga Fabricius, 1798". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
  6. ↑ "Species Tholymis tillarga (Fabricius, 1798)". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  7. ↑ Wolfgang Schneider (1992). "Anax tristis Hagen, 1867 (Aeshnidae) and Tholymis tillarga (Fabricius, 1798) (Libellulidae) recorded from off Angola" (PDF). Fragmenta Entomologica . 23 (2): 243–246.
  8. ↑ Theischinger, Gunther; Endersby, Ian (2009). Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata (PDF). Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. p. 239. ISBN   978 1 74232 475 3.
  9. ↑ Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. p. 278. ISBN   0643051368.
  10. ↑ 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. 381–382. ISBN   9788181714954.
  11. ↑ Theischinger, G; Hawking, J (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood Vic.: CSIRO Publishing. p. 288. ISBN   978 0 64309 073 6.
  12. 1 2 C FC Lt. Fraser (1936). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. III. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis. pp.  411–413.
  13. ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). pp. 443-442-443.

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