Onychargia atrocyana

Marsh dancer
Male
female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Platycnemididae[2]
Genus: Onychargia
Species: Onychargia atrocyana
Binomial name
Onychargia atrocyana
(Selys, 1865)

Onychargia atrocyana[3][1] a species damselfly in the family Platycnemididae. This species is commonly known as the marsh dancer or black marsh dart.[4][5]

It is somewhat local in occurrence, but often very common where it occurs. It breeds in ponds and marshes with trees, and swamp forest.[6][7][4][5]

It is found in Asia: Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Dow, R.A. (2009). "Onychargia atrocyana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2009: e.T163675A5634099. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163675A5634099.en. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
  2. ↑ DIJKSTRA, KDB (2014). "Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata)". Systematic Entomology. 39: 68–96. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  4. 1 2 "Onychargia atrocyana Selys, 1865". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  5. 1 2 "Onychargia atrocyana Selys, 1865". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  6. ↑ 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. pp. 417–418.
  7. ↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.

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