Pseudagrion malabaricum

Pseudagrion malabaricum,[2][1] Malabar sprite, jungle grass dart,[3] is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar.[1][4]

Pseudagrion malabaricum
male
female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Suborder:
Zygoptera
Family:
Coenagrionidae
Genus:
Pseudagrion
Species:
P. malabaricum
Binomial name
Pseudagrion malabaricum
Fraser, 1924

Description and habitat

It is a medium sized damselfly with blue eyes, dark on top. Back of the head is black in adults. Its thorax is azure blue with broad black dorsal, medial and humeral stripes. Abdominal segments 1 and 2 are blue with black marks on the dorsum. Mark on segment 2 looks like a chalice or thistle-head. Segments 3 to 7 are black on dorsum and blue on the sides. Segments 8 and 9 are blue with narrow black apical annules. Segment 10 is black on dorsum and blue on the sides. Superior anal appendages are black, diverging outward, and curving inward on the apices. They are smaller than segment 10; but not as small as those of Pseudagrion australasiae. Inferiors are very small.[5]

  • Head and thorax
  • Anal appendages
  • Tandem pair
  • Mating

Eyes and thorax of the female is bluish green, marked as in the male. Color of the abdomen is similar to the male; but paler. Segments 8 and 9 are also black with fine apical blue rings. Segment 10 is pale blue.[5]

It breeds in ponds, lakes, paddy fields and marshes in the hills.[5][6][7][3][8]

See also

References
  1. Pal, M. (2011). "Pseudagrion malabaricum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T167297A6325176.
  2. Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
  3. "Pseudagrion malabaricum Fraser, 1924". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
  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. pp. 175–176. 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. 284-286.
  6. C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). pp. 494–495.
  7. Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.
  8. "Pseudagrion malabaricum Fraser, 1924". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-03-06.

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