Biology:Neurothemis tullia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Neurothemis |
| Species: | N. tullia
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| Binomial name | |
| Neurothemis tullia (Drury, 1773)
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Neurothemis tullia,[2] the pied paddy skimmer,[3][4] is a species of dragonfly found in south and south-east Asia. It appears in Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia), Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam.[1][5]
Description and habitat
It is a black dragonfly with a pale yellow mid-dorsal carina of thorax. Wings are hyaline for apical half and opaque steely blue-black for basal half which is bordered by a milky white patch towards the tip. Females differ remarkably from the males both in body-colouring and markings and in marking of the wings. Its body is greenish yellow with a bright yellow mid-dorsal carina of thorax. Base of wings are amber yellow followed by a blackish brown patch. Apices of all wings are broadly opaque blackish brown and the remaining halves are pale yellow.[6][7][8][3][4]
It breeds in marshes, well vegetated ponds, lakes and rice fields. It perches very close to ground and its flight is very weak.[6][8]
Young male
Male
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Mating pair
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See also
- List of odonates of Sri Lanka
- List of odonates of India
- List of odonata of Kerala
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dow, R.A. (2009). "Neurothemis tullia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T163754A5646477. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163754A5646477.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163754/5646477. 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/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Neurothemis tullia Drury, 1773". India Biodiversity Portal. http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/234372.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Neurothemis tullia Drury, 1773". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/780/Neurothemis-tullia.
- ↑ 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. 344-345. ISBN 9788181714954.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 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. 360-362. https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata3.
- ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species. pp. 437. http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/026/05/0423-0522.pdf.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide. http://www.ias.ac.in/Publications/Overview/Dragonflies.
External links
- Pied Parasol (Neurothemis tullia tullia) - Kalahe, Galle, Sri Lanka
- Md Rawi, Che Salmah (1996) Some Aspects of the Biology and Ecology of Neurothemis Tullia (Drury) (Odonata:Libellulidae) in the Laboratory and Rainfed Rice Field in Peninsular Malaysia. PhD thesis, Universiti Putra Malaysia.
Wikidata ☰ Q1306426 entry
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