Biology:Lathrecista asiatica

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Lathrecista asiatica
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male
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female
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Lathrecista
Species:
L. asiatica
Binomial name
Lathrecista asiatica
(Fabricius, 1798)[2]
Lathrecista asiatica distribution map.svg
Synonyms
  • Libellula asiatica Fabricius, 1798
  • Agrionoptera festa Selys, 1879
  • Agrionoptera simulans Selys, 1879
  • Lathrecista terminalis Kirby, 1889
  • Libellula pectoralis Brauer, 1867

Lathrecista asiatica,[3] the asiatic blood tail,[4] is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.[5] It is the only species in its genus.[3] It is widespread, occurring from India to Australia .[1][6][7][8]

Subspecies

Description and habitat

In Kanjirappally, Kerala.

It is a medium-sized dragonfly with brown-capped grey eyes and blood red tail. Its thorax is copper brown with a pair of narrow parallel yellow stripes on dorsal side and yellow with stripes on the sides. Segments 1 and 2 of the abdomen have broad lateral stripes and a fine mid-dorsal stripe. Segments 3 to 8 are bright crimson-red with apical sutures narrowly black. Segments 9 and 10 are black. Anal appendages are black. The abdomen of the female is brown.[9]

It breeds in marshes associated with ponds and streams.[9][10]

See also

  • List of odonates of India
  • List of odonata of Kerala
  • List of Odonata species of Australia

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Dow, R.A.; Kakkasery, F. (2017). "Lathrecista asiatica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T167353A83373550. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T167353A83373550.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/167353/83373550. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 
  2. Fabricius, J.C. (1798) (in la). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae : Proft et Storch. pp. 573 [283]. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.65803. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42138779. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/. 
  4. Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India. http://www.ias.ac.in/initiat/sci_ed/lifescape/odonates-dragonflies.pdf. 
  5. "Species Lathrecista asiatica (Fabricius, 1798)". Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Lathrecista_asiatica. 
  6. "Lathrecista asiatica Fabricius, 1798". India Biodiversity Portal. http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/227535. 
  7. "Lathrecista asiatica Fabricius, 1798". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/593/Lathrecista-asiatica. 
  8. 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. 332–333. ISBN 9788181714954. 
  9. 9.0 9.1 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. 282–284. https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata3. 
  10. C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species. pp. 431. http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/026/05/0423-0522.pdf. 


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