Anax immaculifrons
Anax immaculifrons,[2] the magnificent emperor,[1] or blue darner,[3] is a species of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae. It is found in many Asian countries and very few European countries.[4][5]
Magnificent emperor | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Aeshnidae |
Genus: | Anax |
Species: | A. immaculifrons |
Binomial name | |
Anax immaculifrons Rambur, 1842 | |
Description and habitat
It is a large, bluish green dragonfly with sapphire-blue eyes, bluish-green thorax, and pale reddish-brown abdomen marked with black. Its thorax is pale bluish-green on dorsum with a blackish-brown mid-dorsal carina and turquoise-blue laterally. There is a narrow black stripe over humeral suture and a very broad one over the postero-lateral suture with a narrow black posterior border on metepimeron. Wings are transparent with amber-yellow tint. Segment 1 of the abdomen is entirely black. Segment 2 is turquoise-blue, with a mid-dorsal transverse mark shaped like a sea-gull in flight. Segment 3 has its basal half turquoise-blue and apical half black, with a small mid-dorsal spot on blue. Segments 4 to 8 are with apical half black and pale reddish-brown at base. Segment 9 and 10 are black on dorsum.[6]
It is found near slow flowing hill streams where it breeds. Eggs are inserted into reeds emerging from water.[6]
See also
- List of Odonata species of Australia
- List of odonata species of India
- List of odonata of Kerala
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References
- Mitra, A. (2010). "Anaciaeschna immaculifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T165463A6022090.
- Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
- "Anax immaculifrons Rambur, 1842". indiabiodiversity.org. India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
- Odonata: Catalogue of the Odonata of the World. Tol J. van , 2008-08-01
- 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. 189–190. ISBN 9788181714954.
- 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. 145–146.