Lathrecista asiatica
Lathrecista asiatica,[3] the asiatic blood tail,[4] is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.[5] It is the only species in its genus.[3] It is widespread, occurring from India to Australia.[1][6][7][8]
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Libellulidae |
Genus: | Lathrecista |
Species: | L. asiatica |
Binomial name | |
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Synonyms | |
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Subspecies
- Lathrecista asiatica asiatica
- Lathrecista asiatica festa (Selys, 1879)
- Lathrecista asiatica pectoralis (Kaup in Brauer, 1867)
Description and habitat
It is a medium-sized dragonfly with brown-capped grey eyes and blood red tail. Its thorax is copper brown with a pair of narrow parallel yellow stripes on dorsal side and yellow with stripes on the sides. Segments 1 and 2 of the abdomen have broad lateral stripes and a fine mid-dorsal stripe. Segments 3 to 8 are bright crimson-red with apical sutures narrowly black. Segments 9 and 10 are black. Anal appendages are black. The abdomen of the female is brown.[9]
It breeds in marshes associated with ponds and streams.[9][10]
See also
- List of odonates of India
- List of odonata of Kerala
- List of Odonata species of Australia
References
- Dow, R.A. & Kakkasery, F. (2017). "Lathrecista asiatica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T167353A83373550. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T167353A83373550.en.
- Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae (in Latin). Hafniae : Proft et Storch. pp. 573 [283]. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.65803 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India (PDF).
- "Species Lathrecista asiatica (Fabricius, 1798)". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- "Lathrecista asiatica Fabricius, 1798". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- "Lathrecista asiatica Fabricius, 1798". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- 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. 332–333. 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. 282–284.
- C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 431.