Idionyx corona

Idionyx corona
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Corduliidae
Genus: Idionyx
Species: I. corona
Binomial name
Idionyx corona
Fraser, 1921
Synonyms
  • Idionyx burliyarensis Fraser, 1922
  • Idionyx nilgiriensis Fraser, 1922

Idionyx corona[2] is a species of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. It is known only from the Western Ghats of India.[3] Idionyx species are difficult to capture, and generally impossible to identify without capture; so there has been a lack of expert sampling.[1][4]

The species is a small one and varies from others by the male, as well as by the female, having the wings tinted with golden-yellow along the costa nearly to the pterostigma. The inferior appendage without lateral spines will serve to distinguish it from others of the same group, whilst the female is easily distinguished by the shape of its unique vesicle.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Kakkasery, F. (2011). "Idionyx corona". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T175171A7116981. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  2. ↑ Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
  3. ↑ 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. 260–261. ISBN 9788181714954.
  4. 1 2 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. 226–227.


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