Protosticta sanguinostigma

Protosticta sanguinostigma
male
female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Platystictidae
Genus: Protosticta
Species: P. sanguinostigma
Binomial name
Protosticta sanguinostigma
Fraser, 1922
Synonyms
  • Protosticta cerinostigma Fraser, 1924

Protosticta sanguinostigma,[2][3] red spot reedtail,[4][3] is a damselfly species in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Western Ghats in India. It is known to occur only in a few localities.[1]

It is found in first and second order streams with good forest cover. Its thorax is glossy steely or bronzed black, pale blue on the sides, where a narrow oblique stripe of black bordered with brown traverses the anterior border of the metepimeron. Wings are hyaline with blood-red pterostigma. Abdomen is blackish-brown on dorsum, paler on the sides, marked with white and pale turquoise-blue. Segment 8 turquoiseblue, segments 9 and 10 entirely black. Earlier this species was known only from Kodagu, Wayanad and Nilgiris. However, recent studies show that populations do exist in other places in South India.[1][5][6][4][3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Subramanian, K.A. (2011). "Protosticta sanguinostigma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T175192A7119987. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
  2. ↑ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
  3. 1 2 3 "Protosticta sanguinostigma Fraser, 1922". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
  4. 1 2 "Protosticta sanguinostigma Fraser, 1922". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
  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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