Lathrecista asiatica

Lathrecista asiatica
male
female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Odonata
Infraorder:Anisoptera
Family:Libellulidae
Genus:Lathrecista
Species: L. asiatica
Binomial name
Lathrecista asiatica
(Fabricius, 1798)[2]
Synonyms
  • Libellula asiatica Fabricius, 1798
  • Agrionoptera festa Selys, 1879
  • Agrionoptera simulans Selys, 1879
  • Lathrecista terminalis Kirby, 1889
  • Libellula pectoralis Brauer, 1867

Lathrecista asiatica,[3] the asiatic blood tail,[4] is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.[5] It is the only species in its genus.[3] It is widespread, occurring from India to Australia.[1][6][7][8]

It is a medium sized dragonfly with blood red tail. Its thorax is copper brown on dorsal side and yellow with stripes on the sides. The abdomen of the female is brown. It breeds in marshes associated with ponds and streams.[9][10]

Subspecies

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Dow, R.A. & Kakkasery, F. (2017). "Lathrecista asiatica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2017: e.T167353A83373550. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T167353A83373550.en. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae (in Latin). Hafniae : Proft et Storch. pp. 573 [283]. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.65803 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. 1 2 Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
  4. ↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India (PDF).
  5. ↑ "Species Lathrecista asiatica (Fabricius, 1798)". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Lathrecista asiatica Fabricius, 1798". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  7. ↑ "Lathrecista asiatica Fabricius, 1798". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  8. ↑ 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. 332–333. ISBN 9788181714954.
  9. ↑ 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. 282–284.
  10. ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 431.

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