Biology:Protosticta antelopoides
| Protosticta antelopoides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Platystictidae |
| Genus: | Protosticta |
| Species: | P. antelopoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Protosticta antelopoides Fraser, 1931
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Protosticta antelopoides,[2][1] the spiny reedtail,[3] is a damselfly species in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Western Ghats in India .[1][4]
Description and habitat
It is a large slender damselfly with bottle-green eyes. Its thorax is bluish-black on dorsum and sides are pale blue with a black stripe on the hinder border of the mesepimeron. Abdomen is black with pale yellow on the lower parts of sides. Segments 3 to 6 to have narrow yellow basal rings. Remaining segments are unmarked. It is bigger than any other known species of this genus. Female is similar to the male.[5][6][7][8]
It is known to occur in Munnar, Idukki district and Kozhikode district of the Kerala. It is restricted to hill streams with good riparian forest cover.[5]
See also
- List of odonates of India
- List of odonata of Kerala
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Subramanian, K.A. (2011). "Protosticta antelopoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T175202A7121539. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T175202A7121539.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/175202/7121539. 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/.
- ↑ David V. Raju, Kiran C. G. (2013) (in ml). കേരളത്തിലെ തുമ്പികൾ. Kottayam, Kerala, India: Tropical Institute of Ecological Sciences.
- ↑ 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. 52. ISBN 9788181714954.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 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. 107-109. https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata1.
- ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1931). Additions to the Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India, with Descriptions of Nine New Species. pp. 467–468. http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/033/04/0443-0474.pdf.
- ↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide. http://www.ias.ac.in/Publications/Overview/Dragonflies.
- ↑ "Protosticta antelopoides Fraser, 1931". India Biodiversity Portal. http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/228160.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2583911 entry
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