Idionyx galeata

Idionyx galeata[2] is a species of dragonfly in the family Synthemistidae. It is known only from Kodugu, South Canara, Wayanad and Nilgiris in Western Ghats of India.[3][1]

Idionyx galeata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Family:
Synthemistidae
Genus:
Idionyx
Species:
I. galeata
Binomial name
Idionyx galeata
Fraser, 1924

Description and habitat

It is a medium sized dragonfly with emerald-green eyes. Its thorax is metallic green with a golden reflex. There is no humeral stripe; but an oblique citron-yellow stripe bordering the antero-lateral suture, and a similar stripe on the lower posterior border of metepimeron. Beneath the side is blackish, striped with yellow. Abdomen is black. The borders of segment 2 ventrally yellow, and also a narrow incomplete annule on the apical border. Anal appendages are black.[4]

The male is easily distinguished by the shape of its anal appendages, and the female by the unique shape of its vesicle.[4]

Fraser (1936) states that most of the specimens were observed flying quite low over coffee bushes or along the borders of ferny banks.[4][5] The species is usually found flying over torrent streams and open forest patches on mountain tops. They fly in short circles close to ground during early mornings and late evenings.[4]

See also
  • List of odonates of India
  • List of odonata of Kerala

References
  1. Kakkasery, F. (2011). "Idionyx galeata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T175163A7115903.
  2. Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
  3. 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. 262–263. ISBN 9788181714954.
  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. 226-227.
  5. C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). pp. 517–519.
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