Protosticta hearseyi

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

Protosticta hearseyi
Male, Wayanad, Kerala
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Platystictidae
Genus: Protosticta
Species:
P. hearseyi
Binomial name
Protosticta hearseyi
Fraser, 1922

Description and habitat

It is a small slender damselfly with blue eyes. Its thorax is copper-brown on the dorsum and pale blue laterally. There is a broad black stripe on the postero-lateral suture and anterior part of metepimeron. Abdomen is copper-brown, marked with pale blue. segments 1 and 2 are bluish-white on the sides. Segments 3 to 7 have narrow basal annules extending more broadly along the sides. Segment 8 is turquoise-blue, with a narrow black apical annule. Segments 9 and 10 are black. The small size of the species and its copper-brown colours will help to identify it from all other species in the same genus. It is the only species in which the two sexes are approximately of the same length.[5]

It is known to occur in first order streams with good riparian forest cover.[5][6][7][8]

See also

References
  1. Subramanian, K.A. (2011). "Protosticta hearseyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T175157A7114880. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T175157A7114880.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. 57. 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. 113–115.
  6. C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India with Special Remarks on the Genera Macromia and Idionyx and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). Zoological Survey of India. Volumes (Records). p. 499.
  7. Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.
  8. "Protosticta hearseyi Fraser, 1922". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-14.


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