Agriocnemis splendidissima

Agriocnemis splendidissima,[2][3][4] the splendid dartlet,[5][6] is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is distributed throughout India and Pakistan and may be present in Bangladesh as well.[1][7]

Agriocnemis splendidissima
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Agriocnemis
Species:
A. splendidissima
Binomial name
Agriocnemis splendidissima
Laidlaw, 1919

Description and habitat

It is a small damselfly with black capped greenish eyes. Its thorax is black on dorsum and blue on lateral sides, turns into pruinose white in adults. Its abdomen is very slender and marked with black and pruinose blue. In sub-adults and juvenile males, these blue parts are in ground-red colors. Its anal appendages are long, narrow, and curved downward when seen from the sides. They are in ground color in young, and turn into blue when gets age. Female is similar in markings; but more robust and greenish yellow or reddish as in young males.[2][8]

The species breeds in marshes and ponds, and is usually found in riparian zones of streams and among emergent vegetation in shallow streams.[8][9][10][5][6]

See also

References
  1. Subramanian, K.A. (2018). "Agriocnemis splendidissima". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T167316A127508550.
  2. F. F. Laidlaw (1919). "A list of the dragonflies recorded from the Indian Empire with special reference to the collection of the Indian Museum. Part 2" (PDF). Records of the Indian Museum. 16 (2): 169–195. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.25920.
  3. "Agriocnemis". University of Michigan. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  4. Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
  5. "Agriocnemis splendidissima Laidlaw, 1919". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  6. "Agriocnemis splendidissima Laidlaw, 1919". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  7. 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. 144–145. ISBN 9788181714954.
  8. 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. 392-394.
  9. C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). pp. 490–491.
  10. Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.

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