Indolestes gracilis

Indolestes gracilis[2][1] is a species of damselfly in the family Lestidae. It is known only from Sri Lanka, South India[1] and Cambodia.[3]

Indolestes gracilis

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Family:
Lestidae
Genus:
Indolestes
Species:
I. gracilis
Binomial name
Indolestes gracilis
(Hagen in Selys, 1862)
Synonyms

Indolestes davenporti (Fraser, 1930)

Subspecies

There are three recognized subspecies.[1]

Indolestes gracilis birmanus (Selys, 1891) described from Myanmar is now considered as a distinct species, Indolestes birmanus.[4] Indolestes gracilis davenporti, originally described as Ceylonolestes davenporti Fraser, 1930 is now considered as a good species, Indolestes davenporti.[5][2][6]

Habitat

Indolestes gracilis gracilis is found in hill tracts up to 6,000 feet in Sri Lanka. Indolestes gracilis davenporti is found south of the Palakkad Gap, from 4,000 to 6,000 feet in Western Ghats.[7][8][9][10] Indolestes gracilis expressior is found from 1600 to 4500 feet in evergreen forest in eastern Cambodia.[3]

See also

References
  1. Dow, R.A. (2010). "Indolestes gracilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T169134A6571794.
  2. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
  3. Oleg E. Kosterin (2015). "Taxonomical notes on Indolestes Fraser, 1922 (Lestidae, Zygoptera). 1. Indolestes gracilis expressior ssp. nov. from eastern Cambodia". Journal of the International Dragonfly Fund. 81: 1–11. Retrieved 2017-03-16.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  4. Oleg E. Kosterin & Roberto Poggi (2015). "Taxonomical notes on Indolestes Fraser, 1922 (Lestidae, Zygoptera). 2. Indolestes birmanus (Selys, 1891) is bona species". Journal of the International Dragonfly Fund. 81: 13–20. Retrieved 2017-03-16.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  5. Kimmins (1966). "Lestes (Indolestes) davenporti". Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 18: 188.
  6. K.A., Subramanian; K.G., Emiliyamma; R., Babu; C., Radhakrishnan; S.S., Talmale (2018). Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India. Zoological Survey of India. pp. 32–33. ISBN 9788181714954.
  7. 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.
  8. Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.
  9. "Indolestes gracilis Hagen in Selys, 1862". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  10. "Indolestes gracilis Hagen in Selys, 1862". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-03-08.

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