Biology:Scarlet skimmer
| Scarlet skimmer | |
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| C. s. servilia, male | |
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| C. s. mariannae, male | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Crocothemis |
| Species: | C. servilia
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| Binomial name | |
| Crocothemis servilia (Drury, 1773)
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The scarlet skimmer[1][2] or ruddy marsh skimmer,[3] Crocothemis servilia,[4] is a species of dragonfly of the family Libellulidae, native to east and southeast Asia and introduced to Jamaica, Florida, and Hawaii.[1][5]
Subspecies
There are two known subspecies; Crocothemis servilia servilia (Drury, 1773)[6] and Crocothemis servilia mariannae Kiauta, 1983.[7] C. s. mariannae lacks the mid-dorsal black stripe.[8]
Description and habitat
It is a medium sized blood-red dragonfly with a thin black line along the mid-dorsal abdomen. Its eyes are blood-red above, purple laterally. Thorax is bright ferruginous, often blood-red on dorsum. Abdomen is blood-red, with a narrow black mid-dorsal carina. Anal appendages are blood-red. Female is similar to the male; but with olivaceous-brown thorax and abdomen. The black mid-dorsal carina is rather broad.[9]
It breeds in ponds, ditches, marshes, open swamps and rice fields.[9][10][11][3][2]
male
female
subadult male in flight
A Scarlet Skimmer in Uttarakhand, India
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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 1.2 Dow, R.A. (2017). "Crocothemis servilia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T163607A80679957. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T163607A80679957.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163607/80679957. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Crocothemis servilia Drury, 1773". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/583/Crocothemis-servilia.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Crocothemis servilia Drury, 1773". India Biodiversity Portal. http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/234361.
- ↑ "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. 316–317. ISBN 9788181714954.
- ↑ "Crocothemis servilia Drury, 1773". gbif.org. https://www.gbif.org/species/1427734.
- ↑ "Crocothemis servilia mariannae Kiauta". gbif.org. https://www.gbif.org/species/6242681.
- ↑ Kiauta, B. (1983). "The status of the Japanese Crocothemis servilia. (Drury) as revealed by karyotypic morphology (Anisoptera: Libellulidae)". Odonatologica 12 (4): 381–288. http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/download?type=document;docid=591630. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ↑ 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. 345–347. 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.
- ↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide. http://www.ias.ac.in/Publications/Overview/Dragonflies.
External links
- "Crocothemis servilia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=102024. Retrieved 9 February 2006.
- Chen et al (2009) Common edible insects and their utilization in China. Entomological Research 39:299-303
- Ying et al (2001) Three edible odonata species and their nutritive value. Forest Research 14:421-424
- Scarlet skimmer at USGS
- Insects as food in China Chen et al (2009)
- Nutritive value Ying et al (2001)
Wikidata ☰ Q643655 entry
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