Vestalis submontana

Vestalis submontana
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Calopterygidae
Genus: Vestalis
Species: V. submontana
Binomial name
Vestalis submontana
Fraser 1934
Synonyms
  • Vestalis gracilis montana Fraser, 1934
  • Vestalis apicalis submontana Fraser, 1934

Vestalis submontana[1][2] is a species of damselfly belonging to the family Calopterygidae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats of India.[3]

Frederic Charles Fraser described two new subspecies Vestalis gracilis amaena and Vestalis apicalis amaena in 1929 and later gave replacement names Vestalis gracilis montana and Vestalis apicalis submontana in 1934. The type specimens were from Nilgiri mountains in Western Ghats of South India.[4][3]

Matti Hämäläinen[5] studied the type specimens of these taxa and other material preserved in collections of BMNH (London), IRSN (Brussels) and RMNH (Leiden) in 2011. He concluded that there is striking structural and colour differences which indicate that submontana is a distinct species. And its sympatric occurrence with V. apicalis and V. gracilis alone rules out its former subspecies status. So V. a. submontana is now considered as a separate species Vestalis submontana Fraser 1934 and Vestalis gracilis montana Fraser, 1934 a synonym of it.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
  2. ↑ M. Hamalainen. "Calopterygoidea of the World" (PDF). caloptera.com. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
  3. 1 2 3 M. Hamalainen. "NOTES ON THE TAXONOMIC STATUS OF VESTALIS SUBMONTANA FRASER, 1934 FROM SOUTH INDIA (ZYGOPTERA: CALOPTERYGIDAE)" (PDF). caloptera.com. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
  4. ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1934). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. II. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis.
  5. ↑ "Matti Hämäläinen". Naturalis. Retrieved 2017-02-20.

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