Tetrathemis platyptera

Tetrathemis platyptera,[2] the pigmy skimmer,[3][4] is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is widespread in many Asian countries and locally common over much of its range.[1][5]

Tetrathemis platyptera
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Tetrathemis
Species:
T. platyptera
Binomial name
Tetrathemis platyptera
Sélys, 1878
Synonyms
  • Tetrathemis flava Krüger, 1902
  • Tetrathemis pulchra Laidlaw, 1902

Description and habitat

It is a small dragonfly with yellow face and bluish green eyes. Its thorax and abdomen are yellow with broad black marks. Its wings are transparent, with fore-wings faintly and hind-wings broadly tinted with yellow in base. Females are similar to males.[6][7][3][4]

It breeds in vegetated ponds and wells. Female stabs eggs on dry twigs hanging over water. The eggs hatch out in rains and the larvae fall directly into the water below.[7][1][8]

  • Female
    Female
  • Mating
    Mating
  • Laying eggs on a hanging wire over the pool
    Laying eggs on a hanging wire over the pool

See also

References
  1. Dow, R.A. (2020). "Tetrathemis platyptera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T163647A138281957. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T163647A138281957.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. "Tetrathemis platyptera Selys, 1878". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
  4. "Tetrathemis platyptera Selys, 1878". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
  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. 379–380. ISBN 978-81-8171-495-4.
  6. 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. 250–251.
  7. C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 430.
  8. S. Foerster (1998). "Oviposition high above water in Micrathyria dictynna Ris (Anisoptera:Libellulidae)" (PDF). Odonatologica. research.steffenfoerster.com. 27 (3): 365–369. Retrieved 17 February 2017.


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