Protosticta davenporti

Protosticta davenporti
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Platystictidae
Genus: Protosticta
Species: P. davenporti
Binomial name
Protosticta davenporti
Fraser, 1931

Protosticta davenporti,[2][1] Anamalai reedtail,[3][4][5] is a damselfly species in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Western Ghats in India.[1]

It is relatively common in hill streams of southern Western Ghats, south of the Palakkad Gap. It is found in first and second order streams with good riparian forest cover. The insect flies close to the ground and rests among riparian vegetation.[1] Its head, prothorax, and thorax are similar to Protosticta gravelyi; but the markings are more definitely bluish and the black dorsal marking of the prothorax restricted to the middle portion of the posterior lobe and ending as two points on the dorsum of the mid-lobe. Abdomen is black, with the sides of segments 1 and 2 and the base of 3 bluish-white; segments 4 to 7 with narrow white basal annules, which broaden apically on the sides; segment 8 with its basal third or half pale turquoise-blue. Segments 9 and 10 immaculate and of the same relative lengths as in P. gravelyi. The shape of the anal appendages will serve to distinguish this species from all other Protosticta species.[6][7][4][5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Subramanian, K.A. (2011). "Protosticta davenporti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T175172A7117111. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  2. ↑ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  3. ↑ David V. Raju, Kiran C. G. (2013). കേരളത്തിലെ തുമ്പികൾ [Dragonflies and Damselflies of Kerala)] (in Malayalam). Kottayam, Kerala, India: Tropical Institute of Ecological Sciences.
  4. 1 2 "Protosticta davenporti Fraser, 1931". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  5. 1 2 "Protosticta davenporti Fraser, 1931". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  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.
  7. ↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.

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