Scarlet skimmer

The scarlet skimmer[1][2] or ruddy marsh skimmer,[3] Crocothemis servilia,[4] is a species of dragonfly of the family Libellulidae, native to east and southeast Asia and introduced to Jamaica, Florida, and Hawaii.[1][5]

Scarlet skimmer
C. s. servilia, male
C. s. mariannae, male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Crocothemis
Species:
C. servilia
Binomial name
Crocothemis servilia
(Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
  • Libellula ferruginea Fabricius, 1793
  • Libellula servilia Drury, 1773
  • Libellula soror Rambur, 1842

Subspecies

There are two known subspecies; Crocothemis servilia servilia (Drury, 1773)[6] and Crocothemis servilia mariannae Kiauta, 1983.[7] C. s. mariannae lacks the mid-dorsal black stripe.[8]

Description and habitat

It is a medium sized blood-red dragonfly with a thin black line along the mid-dorsal abdomen. Its eyes are blood-red above, purple laterally. Thorax is bright ferruginous, often blood-red on dorsum. Abdomen is blood-red, with a narrow black mid-dorsal carina. Anal appendages are blood-red. Female is similar to the male; but with olivaceous-brown thorax and abdomen. The black mid-dorsal carina is rather broad.[9]

It breeds in ponds, ditches, marshes, open swamps and rice fields.[9][10][11][3][2]

  • male
    male
  • female
    female
  • subadult male in flight
    subadult male in flight
  • Scarlet Skimmer Image
    A Scarlet Skimmer in Uttarakhand, India

See also

References
  1. Dow, R.A. (2017). "Crocothemis servilia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T163607A80679957. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T163607A80679957.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. "Crocothemis servilia Drury, 1773". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  3. "Crocothemis servilia Drury, 1773". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  4. 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.
  5. 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. 316–317. ISBN 9788181714954.
  6. "Crocothemis servilia Drury, 1773". gbif.org. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  7. "Crocothemis servilia mariannae Kiauta". gbif.org. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  8. Kiauta, B. (1983). "The status of the Japanese Crocothemis servilia. (Drury) as revealed by karyotypic morphology (Anisoptera: Libellulidae)". Odonatologica. 12 (4): 381–288. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  9. 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. 345–347.
  10. C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 437.
  11. Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.

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