Agriocnemis pygmaea
Pygmy wisp | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Coenagrionidae |
Genus: | Agriocnemis |
Species: | A. pygmaea
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Binomial name | |
Agriocnemis pygmaea | |
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Agriocnemis pygmaea[3] (pygmy wisp) is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae.[4] It is also known as wandering midget, pygmy dartlet or wandering wisp. It is well distributed across Asia and parts of Australia.[1][5]
Description and habitat
It is a small damselfly with black capped green eyes, black thorax with apple green stripes on lateral sides. Segments 1 to 7 of its abdomen is black on dorsum and pale green on ventral half. The remaining segments are orange-red. Very old males may get pruinosed on the dorsum of the head and the thorax with snowy white, making all the markings beneath being quite obscured. Female is more robust and exhibits several color morphs. The green color of the male is replaced by red in the females in the red forms. In androchrome forms, the female has same green colors as in the male.[6]
It breeds in marshes and ponds.[6][7][8][9][10]
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Mating pair (female is gynochrome)
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Female wings
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Male wings
See also
References
- ^ a b Subramanian, K.A. (2013). "Agriocnemis pygmaea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. IUCN: e.T167280A17524041. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T167280A17524041.en. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ Rambur, Jules (1842). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Névroptères (in French). Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. 534 [278] – via Gallica.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Species Agriocnemis pygmaea (Rambur, 1842)". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ 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. 142–143. ISBN 9788181714954.
- ^ a b 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. 398–401.
- ^ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 490.
- ^ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.
- ^ "Agriocnemis pygmaea Rambur, 1842". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
- ^ "Agriocnemis pygmaea Rambur, 1842". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
External links
Data related to Agriocnemis pygmaea at Wikispecies
Media related to Agriocnemis pygmaea at Wikimedia Commons