Protosticta antelopoides

Protosticta antelopoides,[2][1] the spiny reedtail,[3] is a damselfly species in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Western Ghats in India.[1][4]

Protosticta antelopoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Platystictidae
Genus: Protosticta
Species:
P. antelopoides
Binomial name
Protosticta antelopoides
Fraser, 1931

Description and habitat

It is a large slender damselfly with bottle-green eyes. Its thorax is bluish-black on dorsum and sides are pale blue with a black stripe on the hinder border of the mesepimeron. Abdomen is black with pale yellow on the lower parts of sides. Segments 3 to 6 to have narrow yellow basal rings. Remaining segments are unmarked. It is bigger than any other known species of this genus. Female is similar to the male.[5][6][7][8]

It is known to occur in Munnar, Idukki district and Kozhikode district of the Kerala. It is restricted to hill streams with good riparian forest cover.[5]

See also

References
  1. Subramanian, K.A. (2011). "Protosticta antelopoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T175202A7121539. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T175202A7121539.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. 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.
  3. David V. Raju, Kiran C. G. (2013). കേരളത്തിലെ തുമ്പികൾ [Dragonflies and Damselflies of Kerala] (in Malayalam). Kottayam, Kerala, India: Tropical Institute of Ecological Sciences.
  4. 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. p. 52. ISBN 9788181714954.
  5. C FC Lt. Fraser (1933). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. I. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 107-109.
  6. C FC Lt. Fraser (1931). Additions to the Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India, with Descriptions of Nine New Species (PDF). pp. 467–468.
  7. Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.
  8. "Protosticta antelopoides Fraser, 1931". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-14.

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