Indothemis carnatica

Black marsh skimmer
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Indothemis
Species: I. carnatica
Binomial name
Indothemis carnatica
(Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms
  • Libellula carnatica Fabricius, 1798
  • Libellula caesia Rambur, 1842

The black marsh skimmer,[2] or light-tipped demon,[3] (Indothemis carnatica)[4] is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in many India, Sri Lanka and Thailand.[1][5][2][3][6]

It is a small dark violaceous or blackish-brown dragonfly with yellow markings obscurely showing through. Young males and females are yellowish. Its anal appendages are pale yellow tipped with black. It breeds in weeded ponds and lakes.[7][8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Dow, R.A. (2009). "Indothemis carnatica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2009: e.T163674A5633968. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Indothemis carnatica Fabricius, 1798". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  3. 1 2 "Indothemis carnatica Fabricius, 1798". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  4. ↑ Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
  5. ↑ Odonata: Catalogue of the Odonata of the World. Tol J. van , 2008-08-01
  6. ↑ 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. 330–331. ISBN 9788181714954.
  7. ↑ 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. 340–341.
  8. ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 436.


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