Biology:Idionyx rhinoceroides
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| Species: | I. rhinoceroides
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| Idionyx rhinoceroides Fraser, 1934
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Idionyx rhinoceroides[2] is a species of dragonfly in the family Synthemistidae. It is known only from a single female collected from type locality (Dhoni, Palakkad, Kerala) in the Western Ghats of India .[3][1]
Description
It is a small dragonfly with emerald-green eyes. Its thorax is metallic emerald-green, coated with yellow hairs on dorsum. Humeral stripe is absent. There is a narrow oblique citron-yellow stripe traversing the spiracle and another bordering the lower part of metepimeron. Beneath the side is yellow, with an oblique bluish-black stripe and a triangular blackish-brown spot. Abdomen is black. The ventral borders of segments 2 and 3 are citron-yellow.[4]
This species can be easily distinguished from all other species by the unique shape of its vesicle.[4]
See also
- List of odonates of India
- List of odonata of Kerala
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Subramanian, K.A. (2011). "Idionyx rhinoceroides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T175189A7119364. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T175189A7119364.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/175189/7119364. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/.
- ↑ 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. 270–271. ISBN 9788181714954.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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. 230–231. https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata3.
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