Orthetrum taeniolatum

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Orthetrum taeniolatum
Male
Female

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Orthetrum
Species:
O. taeniolatum
Binomial name
Orthetrum taeniolatum
(Schneider, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Libellula taeniolata Schneider, 1845
  • Orthetrum brevistylum Kirby, 1896
  • Orthetrum garhwalicum Singh & Baijal, 1954
  • Orthetrum hyalianum Kirby, 1886

Orthetrum taeniolatum

freshwater dragonfly species. The common name for this species is small skimmer.[3][4] Its range of distribution spreads from eastern Europe to China, and the species itself is locally common throughout the range.[1][5][6][3][4]

Description and habitat

It is a medium-sized dragonfly with brown capped eyes, greenish brown thorax and bluish abdomen. Female lacks the powder blue pruinescence. It prefers medium to slow-flowing streams in the dry zones and hot plains. Adults are common around open rocky and sandy beds of the streams.[7][8]

See also

  • List of odonates of Sri Lanka
  • List of odonates of India
  • List of odonata of Kerala

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T165506A17533964.en
    . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2023). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama. Retrieved 14 Mar 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Orthetrum taeniolatum Schneider, 1845". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
  4. ^ a b "Orthetrum taeniolatum Schneider, 1845". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
  5. ISBN 9788181714954
    .
  6. ^ "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  7. ^ C FC Lt. Fraser (1936). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. III. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 296–298.
  8. ^ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 433.

External links

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