Biology:Orthetrum taeniolatum

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Short description: Species of dragonfly

Orthetrum taeniolatum
Orthetrum taeniolatum male.jpg
Male
Small skimmer (Orthetrum taeniolatum) female Rajasthan.jpg
Female
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Orthetrum
Species:
O. taeniolatum
Binomial name
Orthetrum taeniolatum
(Schneider, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Libellula taeniolata Schneider, 1845
  • Orthetrum brevistylum Kirby, 1896
  • Orthetrum garhwalicum Singh & Baijal, 1954
  • Orthetrum hyalianum Kirby, 1886

Orthetrum taeniolatum[2] is an Asian freshwater dragonfly species. The common name for this species is small skimmer.[3][4] Its range of distribution spreads from eastern Europe to China , and the species itself is locally common throughout the range.[1][5][6][3][4]

Description and habitat

It is a medium-sized dragonfly with brown capped eyes, greenish brown thorax and bluish abdomen. Female lacks the powder blue pruinescence. It prefers medium to slow-flowing streams in the dry zones and hot plains. Adults are common around open rocky and sandy beds of the streams.[7][8]

See also

  • List of odonates of Sri Lanka
  • List of odonates of India
  • List of odonata of Kerala

References

  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Mitra, A. (2013). "Orthetrum taeniolatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T165506A17533964. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T165506A17533964.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/165506/17533964. 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. Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 "Orthetrum taeniolatum Schneider, 1845". India Biodiversity Portal. http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/227929. 
  4. Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 "Orthetrum taeniolatum Schneider, 1845". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/616/Orthetrum-taeniolatum. 
  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. 359–360. ISBN 9788181714954. 
  6. "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. http://www.dragonflypix.com/checklist.html. 
  7. 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. 296–298. https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata3. 
  8. C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species. pp. 433. http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/026/05/0423-0522.pdf. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2531922 entry