Neurothemis tullia

Pied paddy skimmer
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Neurothemis
Species: N. tullia
Binomial name
Neurothemis tullia
(Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
  • Libellula equestris Fabricius, 1781
  • Libellula lineata Fabricius, 1793

Neurothemis tullia,[2] the pied paddy skimmer,[3][4] is a species of dragonfly found in south and south-east Asia. It appears in Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia), Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam.[1][5]

It is a black dragonfly with a pale yellow mid-dorsal carina of thorax. Wings are hyaline for apical half and opaque steely blue-black for basal half which is bordered by a milky white patch towards the tip. Females differ remarkably from the males both in body-colouring and markings and in marking of the wings. Its body is greenish yellow with a bright yellow mid-dorsal carina of thorax. Base of wings are amber yellow followed by a blackish brown patch. Apices of all wings are broadly opaque blackish brown and the reaming halves are pale yellow.[6][7][8][3][4]

It breeds in marshes, well vegetated ponds, lakes and rice fields. It perches very close to ground and its flight is very weak.[6][8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Dow, R.A. (2009). "Neurothemis tullia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2009: e.T163754A5646477. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  2. ↑ Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Neurothemis tullia Drury, 1773". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  4. 1 2 "Neurothemis tullia Drury, 1773". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  5. ↑ 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. 344–345. ISBN 9788181714954.
  6. 1 2 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. 360–362.
  7. ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 437.
  8. 1 2 Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.

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