Biology:Mortonagrion varralli
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Coenagrionidae |
| Genus: | Mortonagrion |
| Species: | M. varralli
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| Binomial name | |
| Mortonagrion varralli Fraser, 1920
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Mortonagrion varralli,[2][1] the brown dartlet,[3][4] is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae, endemic to India .[1][5] The insect is named after Frederic Charles Fraser's wife, Ethel Grace Fraser (née Varrall) (1881-1960), a constant companion of his collecting trips in India .[6]
Description and habitat
It is a small damselfly with ground-colour head and brown capped grey eyes. Its thorax is pale brown with a narrow antehumeral pale blue stripe, followed by pale blue at base. Abdomen is reddish-brown; 8th segment has a broader pale sky-blue basal annule which extends apically on each side. Female is similar to the male.[7][8][9][10][3][4]
The species is commonly found at sea-level or on the foothills of the Western Ghats. Similarly to species in the genus Copera, it prefers the dense undergrowth.[8]
See also
- List of odonates of India
- List of odonata of Kerala
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dow, R.A. (2009). "Mortonagrion varralli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T163778A5650197. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163778A5650197.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163778/5650197. 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 "Mortonagrion varralli Fraser, 1920". India Biodiversity Portal. http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/227770.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Mortonagrion varralli Fraser, 1920". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/384/Mortonagrion-varralli.
- ↑ 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. 165–166. ISBN 9788181714954.
- ↑ Hämäläinen, Matti (2015). "Catalogue of individuals commemorated in the scientific names of extant dragonflies, including lists of all available eponymous species-group and genus-group names". International Dragonfly Fund (IDF) - Report 80: 1–168. ISSN 1435-3393. http://www.dragonflyfund.org/images/reports/IDF_Report_80_Hamalainen_2015_small.pdf. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ↑ Fraser, F. C. (1920). "Some new Indian Dragonflies". The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 27: 148. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95740#page/164/mode/1up. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 C FC Lt. Fraser (1933). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. I. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 409–411. https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata1.
- ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species. pp. 490. 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
Wikidata ☰ Q3367378 entry
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