Prodasineura verticalis

Prodasineura verticalis
male
female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Protoneuridae
Genus: Prodasineura
Species: P. verticalis
Binomial name
Prodasineura verticalis
(Selys, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Alloneura verticalis Selys, 1860
  • Alloneura humeralis Selys, 1860
  • Disparoneura delia Karsch, 1891
  • Disparoneura arba Krüger, 1898
  • Caconeura annandalei Fraser, 1921
  • Caconeura karnyi Laidlaw, 1926
Prodasineura verticalis, mating at Kerala, India

Prodasineura verticalis[2][1] is a damselfly in the family Platycnemididae. It is commonly known as the red-striped black bambootail[3] or black bambootail.[4]

It is medium size damselfly, its hindwings are about 19–20 mm and the abdomen about 30 mm. The male of this damselfly is mostly black with bright orange stripes on its thorax and small yellow spots on the abdomen. The pterostigma or the wing spot is diamond-shaped and is dark brown in colour. The female is similarly coloured to the male but her thoracic stripes are paler and more yellowish. Males are often seen hovering over fast flowing streams when they are rather difficult to see. They are also found along the banks of large ponds and rivers. They usually are sitting among emergent water plants. The oviposition takes place on vegetation or on submerged roots in shallow running water, with the pair in tandem.[1][5][6][4][3]

Distribution

Prodasineura verticalis can be found in these Asian countries, which are China, Guangxi, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Peninsular Malaysia Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand.[1]

Subspecies

This damselfly species has six subspecies. The following are the subspecies.[1]

  • Prodasineura verticalis andamanensis (Andaman and Nicobar Islands)
  • Prodasineura verticalis annandalei (India)
  • Prodasineura verticalis burmanensis
  • Prodasineura verticalis delia
  • Prodasineura verticalis humeralis (often treated as a distinct species)
  • Prodasineura verticalis verticalis

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Dow, R.A. (2010). "Prodasineura verticalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2010: e.T167096A6301209. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  2. ↑ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  3. 1 2 "Prodasineura verticalis Selys, 1860". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  4. 1 2 "Prodasineura verticalis Selys, 1860". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.

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