Melanoneura bilineata

Melanoneura bilineata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Platycnemididae
Genus: Melanoneura
Species: M. bilineata
Binomial name
Melanoneura bilineata
Fraser, 1922

Melanoneura bilineata[2][1] is damselfly in the family Platycnemididae. It is endemic to Western Ghats in India, restricted to Kodagu and Wayanad districts.[1]

It is known only from upper catchments of Kaveri river in Kodagu and western slopes of Wayanad. It is restricted to hill streams with good forest cover.[1] Its labium is ashy white; labrum metallic blue-black; rest of head mat black. Its abdomen black, marked with azure blue, segments 1 and 2 broadly on the sides, 3 to 6 with tiny basal aunules confluent over dorsum, 7 unmarked, 8 to 10 blue, with very narrow basal rings of black.[3][4][5][6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Subramanian, K.A. (2011). "Melanoneura bilineata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T175151A7114038. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
  2. ↑ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
  3. ↑ 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. ↑ "Melanoneura bilineata Fraser, 1922". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
  6. ↑ "Melanoneura bilineata Fraser, 1922". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-03-13.

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