Protosticta ponmudiensis
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Protosticta ponmudiensis,[1][2] Travancore reedtail,[3] is a damselfly species in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to southern Western Ghats in India.[4] It is named after the type locality (Ponmudi), a hill station near Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, where the species was discovered.[2]
The genus Protosticta has eleven species reported from the India, of which nine are known from Western Ghats.[5][6]
This species was found in 2013 from the Ponmudi, Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala which is part of Agasthyamalai region of the southern Western Ghats. It was perched on a dry climber approximately 1.5m above the ground inside the shaded parts of the stream. It was found near slow flowing hill streams and brooks. It shares the habitat with other Protosticta gravelyi and Protosticta davenporti, and with other odonates, Caconeura species, Euphaea fraseri, Idionyx saffronata and Heliogomphus promelas. This species can be distinguished from other Protosticta based on its large size, bright green eyes, the broad dorsal stripe on the base of segment 7, and very distinct anal appendages.[2][3]
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See also
References
- ^ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
- ^ a b c C.G. Kiran; S. Kalesh; Krushnamegh Kunte (2015). "A new species of damselfly, Protosticta ponmudiensis (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from Ponmudi Hills in the Western Ghats of India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 7 (5): 7146–7151. doi:10.11609/jott.o4145.7146-51. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
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- ^ a b "Protosticta ponmudiensis Kiran, Kalesh & Kunte 2015 – Travancore Reedtail". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
- ^ 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. 60–61. ISBN 9788181714954.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.
External links
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