Elattoneura tetrica

Elattoneura tetrica
male
female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Platycnemididae
Genus: Elattoneura
Species: E. tetrica
Binomial name
Elattoneura tetrica
(Laidlaw, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Disparoneura tetrica Laidlaw, 1917

Elattoneura tetrica,[2][1] black and yellow bambootail[3] is a damselfly species in the family Platycnemididae. It is endemic to Western Ghats in India.[1]

Teneral males look like the female in colour and markings; adult lose almost all their markings beneath pruinescence. A shy retiring insect, frequenting dark shady spots on submontane streams, usually in heavy jungle.[1][4][5][3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kakkasery, F. (2011). "Elattoneura tetrica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T175183A7118694. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  2. ↑ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  3. 1 2 "Elattoneura tetrica Laidlaw, 1917". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.

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