Protosticta hearseyi

Protosticta hearseyi
Male, Wayanad, Kerala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Platystictidae
Genus: Protosticta
Species: P. hearseyi
Binomial name
Protosticta hearseyi
Fraser, 1922

Protosticta hearseyi,[2][1] little reedtail,[3] is a damselfly species in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Western Ghats in India.[1]

It is known to occur in first order streams with good riparian forest cover. Its thorax cupreous on the dorsum, pale blue laterally, the mid-dorsal carina finely blue, whilst laterally a broad oblique black stripe traverses the length of the postero-lateral suture and anterior part of metepimeron. Abdomen is enfumed brown or cupreous marked with pale blue. Segment 8 is turquoise-blue, with a narrow black apical annule; 9 and 10 black, the former with a bluish crescentic spot on each side. The small size of the species and its cupreous colours will help to identify it from all other species in the same genus. It is the only species in which the two sexes are approximately of the same length.[1][4][5][6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Subramanian, K.A. (2011). "Protosticta hearseyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T175157A7114880. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
  2. ↑ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
  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. ↑ 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. ↑ "Protosticta hearseyi Fraser, 1922". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-14.

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