Blue riverdamsel

Blue riverdamsel
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Odonata
Suborder:Zygoptera
Family:Coenagrionidae
Genus:Pseudagrion
Species: P. microcephalum
Binomial name
Pseudagrion microcephalum
(Rambur, 1842)[2]

The blue riverdamsel, Pseudagrion microcephalum[3][1] is a common species damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae.[4] It is also known as the blue sprite[5] and blue grass dart.[6]

They grow to 38mm in length. This species can easily be found near running water or still water. They usually rest on the plants either in the middle of ponds or at the water edges. The male of this damselfly is brightly blue in colour with black pattern on his abdomen. Its head, face, and eyes are also blue. Pseudagrion microcephalum looks similar to the common bluetail and the eastern billabongfly. The female is blue-grey to grey-green in colour.[7]

Habitat

It breeds in ponds, lakes and streams. It is entirely a species of the plains, being replaced by Pseudagrion malabaricum in the neighbouring hills of Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka, and by Pseudagrion australasiae to the north-east of India and Burma.[1][8][9][5][6]

Distribution

This species can be found in the Australian states of New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia. It can also be found in Asia: Bangladesh, China, Guangxi, Hong Kong, Hainan, Indonesia, India, Japan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, and Viet Nam.[1][10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Dow, R.A. & Wilson, K.D.P. (2017). "Pseudagrion microcephalum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2017: e.T167199A83376119. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T167199A83376119.en. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Rambur, Jules (1842). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Névroptères (in French). Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. 534 [259] – via Gallica.
  3. ↑ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  4. ↑ Blue riverdamsel - Pseudagrion microcephalum
  5. 1 2 "Pseudagrion microcephalum Rambur, 1842". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  6. 1 2 "Pseudagrion microcephalum Rambur, 1842". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  7. ↑ Theischinger, G; Hawking, J (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood Vic.: CSIRO Publishing. p. 84. ISBN 978 0 64309 073 6.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.
  10. ↑ Australian Faunal Directory

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