Tetrathemis platyptera
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Libellulidae |
Genus: | Tetrathemis |
Species: | T. platyptera
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Binomial name | |
Tetrathemis platyptera Sélys, 1878
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Tetrathemis platyptera,[2] the pigmy skimmer,[3][4] is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is widespread in many Asian countries and locally common over much of its range.[1][5]
Description and habitat
It is a small dragonfly with yellow face and bluish green eyes. Its thorax and abdomen are yellow with broad black marks. Its wings are transparent, with fore-wings faintly and hind-wings broadly tinted with yellow at the bases. Females are similar to males.[3][4][6][7]: 429–430
It breeds in vegetated ponds and wells. The female stabs her eggs onto dry twigs hanging over water. The eggs hatch out in rains and the
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Female
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Mating
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Laying eggs on a hanging wire over the pool
See also
- List of odonates of Sri Lanka
- List of odonates of India
- List of odonata of Kerala
References
- ^ . Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c "Tetrathemis platyptera Selys, 1878". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
- ^ a b "Tetrathemis platyptera Selys, 1878". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
- ISBN 978-81-8171-495-4.
- ^ 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. 250–251.
- ^ a b F.C. Fraser (1924). "A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species". Records of the Indian Museum. 26: 423–522. Retrieved 2024-03-05 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ S. Foerster (1998). "Oviposition high above water in Micrathyria dictynna Ris (Anisoptera:Libellulidae)" (PDF). Odonatologica. 27 (3). research.steffenfoerster.com: 365–369. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
External links
- Data related to Tetrathemis platyptera at Wikispecies
- Media related to Tetrathemis platyptera at Wikimedia Commons