Macromia ellisoni

Coorg torrent hawk
male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Odonata
Infraorder:Anisoptera
Family:Macromiidae
Genus:Macromia
Species: M. ellisoni
Binomial name
Macromia ellisoni
Fraser, 1924

The Coorg torrent hawk,[2] Macromia ellisoni,[3] is a species of dragonfly in the family Macromiidae. It is a rare and endemic dragonfly and found only in Western Ghats in South India.[4][1][2]

This species is the largest Macromia known from India. They usually found flying over torrent streams and waterfalls flowing through evergreen forests.[5][6][7][2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Subramanian, K.A. (2011). "Macromia ellisoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T175160A7115503. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T175160A7115503.en. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Macromia ellisoni Fraser, 1924". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
  3. ↑ Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
  4. ↑ 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. 288–289. ISBN 9788181714954.
  5. ↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.
  6. ↑ 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. 169–171.
  7. ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). pp. 457–468.

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