Biology:Neurobasis chinensis

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Short description: Species of damselfly

Neurobasis chinensis
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male
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female
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Calopterygidae
Genus: Neurobasis
Species:
N. chinensis
Binomial name
Neurobasis chinensis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Agrion nobilitata Fabricius, 1776
  • Calopteryx disparilis Rambur, 1842
  • Calopteryx sinensis Walker, 1853

Neurobasis chinensis,[2] stream glory[3][4] is a species of damselfly in the family Calopterygidae. It is a common species distributed across much of Asia.[1][5]

Description and habitat

male flashing rear wing

It is a large metallic bronze-green colored damselfly. Its fore-wings are transparent, tinted in pale yellow with green neuration. Its hind-wings are opaque in brilliant metallic green or peacock-blue according to angle of view. They flash the wings, displaying the colors to attract females. The colour is produced by interference from the thin surfaces of the wing membrane.[6][7][4] Female is very similar to the male. But its wings are transparent and light coffee brown with white wings spots. There are another creamy yellow patches at the nodes.[8]

This species breeds in forest streams. The males maintain their territories along stretches of moderately fast-flowing streams. Normally found only near the water bodies. Female lays eggs in submerged vegetation, often among root masses.[9][8][10][3][4] The naiads burrow in sediment underwater and have a long abdomen that is held recurved above the body.[11]

See also

  • List of odonates of India
  • List of odonata of Kerala

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dow, R.A. (2009). "Neurobasis chinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T163763A5648117. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163763A5648117.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163763/5648117. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. ↑ "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Neurobasis chinensis Linnaeus, 1758". India Biodiversity Portal. http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/227851. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Neurobasis chinensis Linnaeus, 1758". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/239/Neurobasis-chinensis. 
  5. ↑ 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. 66–67. ISBN 9788181714954. 
  6. ↑ Vukusic, P.; Wootton, R. J.; Sambles, J.R. (2004). "Remarkable iridescence in the hindwings of the damselfly Neurobasis chinensis chinensis (Linnaeus) (Zygoptera: Calopterygidae)". Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 271 (1539): 595–601. doi:10.1098/rspb.2003.2595. PMID 15156917. 
  7. ↑ Kumar, A.; Prasad, M. (1977). "Reproductive behaviour in Neurobasis chinensis chinensis (Linnaeus) (Zygoptera: Calopterygidae)". Odonatologica 6: 163–171. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 C FC Lt. Fraser (1934). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. II. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 121-124. https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata2. 
  9. ↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide. http://www.ias.ac.in/Publications/Overview/Dragonflies. 
  10. ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species. pp. 479. http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/026/05/0423-0522.pdf. 
  11. ↑ Silsby, Jill (2001). Dragonflies of the World. CSIRO. p. 20. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2498486 entry




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