Lestes nodalis

Lestes nodalis
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Odonata
Suborder:Zygoptera
Family:Lestidae
Genus:Lestes
Species: L. nodalis
Binomial name
Lestes nodalis
Selys, 1891

Lestes nodalis[2][1] is a species of damselfly in the family Lestidae, the spreadwings. It is native to India, Thailand and China.[1]

It breeds in shallow marshes and possibly well vegetated ponds.[1] Its dull colours may render it very inconspicuous, so that it can be easily overlooked. The longitudinally bicolor pterostigma, the small black nodal point on the costa, and the characteristically broad right-angled anal appendages easily serve to distinguish it from other species.[3][4][5][6]

According to Fraser (1933), the distribution in India is limited to Northeast India, mainly in Assam.[3] Later Mitra (2010) recorded it from Odisha, Bihar and Manipur.[1] Ashish Tiple (2014) recorded it from Maharastra.[7] In 2011, K.G. Emiliyamma and Muhamed Jafer Palot found both a male and female at Narayamkulam, Kozhikode in Kerala.[8] This conforms the range of distribution of this species extends to South India too.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Dow, R.A. (2010). "Lestes nodalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2010: e.T180100A7642299. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  2. ↑ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  3. 1 2 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.
  4. ↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.
  5. ↑ "Lestes nodalis Selys, 1891". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  6. ↑ "Lestes nodalis Selys, 1891". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  7. ↑ "New Record of Damselfly Lestes nodalis Selys (Odonata: Lestidae) from Central India". academia. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  8. ↑ K.G. Emiliyamma & Muhamed Jafer Palot (2016). "Range extension of Lestes nodalis Selys, 1891 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Lestidae) in southern India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 8 (2): 8528–8530. doi:10.11609/jott.2573.8.2.8528-8530. Retrieved 2017-03-09.

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