Phylloneura westermanni

Phylloneura westermanni
male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Platycnemididae
Genus: Phylloneura
Species: P. westermanni
Binomial name
Phylloneura westermanni
(Hagen in Selys, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Alloneura westermanni Hagen in Selys, 1860

Phylloneura westermanni,[2][1] Myristica bambootail[3] is a damselfly species in the family Platycnemididae. It is endemic to Myristica swamps of Western Ghats in India. The habitat is restricted to a few localities in Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.[1]

The species is closely associated with Myristica swamps and streams with good riparian forest cover. They usually found in small colonies. It is rarely found on low herbage but keeps to the shelter of overhanging branches at a height of eight to ten feet from the ground. It is very much larger than Caconeura species and the blue on the abdominal segments more extensive, covering the apical half of the 7th segment as well as the whole of the 8th to 10th segments.[1][4][5][3][6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Subramanian, K.A. (2011). "Phylloneura westermanni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T175201A7121390. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  2. ↑ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  3. 1 2 "Phylloneura westermanni Selys, 1860". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.
  6. ↑ "Phylloneura westermanni Selys, 1860". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-03-12.

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