Biology:Idionyx travancorensis
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| Idionyx travancorensis Fraser, 1931
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Idionyx travancorensis[2] is a species of dragonfly in the family Synthemistidae. It is known only from the Western Ghats of India .[3][1]
Description and habitat
It is a small dragonfly with emerald-green eyes. thorax metallic green. There is no humeral stripe. Laterally There is a narrow oblique stripe at the level of the spiracle and another on the hinder border of metepimeron. Beneath the side is black, bordered with yellow, and with a stripe of paler yellow at its middle. Abdomen is black. In segment 2, the ventral border and a narrow apical stripe in yellow. Segment 10 has a broad carina; but without a dorsal spine. Anal appendages are black.[4]
The male can be easily distinguished by the shape of its inferior anal appendage and the female by its safironated wings and conical vesicle.[4]
Fraser (1931) states that the species occurs from 3,000 - 4,000 ft in the Western Ghats and breeds in mountain streams. Nothing else is known of its habitat or ecology.[4][5]
See also
- List of odonates of India
- List of odonata of Kerala
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dow, R.A. (2009). "Idionyx travancorensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T163653A5630590. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163653A5630590.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163653/5630590. Retrieved 19 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. 274–275. ISBN 9788181714954.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 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. 223-225. https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata3.
- ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1931). Additions to the Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India, with Descriptions of Nine New Species. pp. 455–456. http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/033/04/0443-0474.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q966872 entry
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