Protosticta sanguinostigma
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Protosticta sanguinostigma,[2][3] red spot reedtail,[4][3] is a damselfly species in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Western Ghats in India. It is known to occur only in a few localities.[1]
It is found in first and second order streams with good forest cover. Its thorax is glossy steely or bronzed black, pale blue on the sides, where a narrow oblique stripe of black bordered with brown traverses the anterior border of the metepimeron. Wings are hyaline with blood-red pterostigma. Abdomen is blackish-brown on dorsum, paler on the sides, marked with white and pale turquoise-blue. Segment 8 turquoiseblue, segments 9 and 10 entirely black. Earlier this species was known only from Kodagu, Wayanad and Nilgiris. However, recent studies show that populations do exist in other places in South India.[1][5][6][4][3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Protosticta sanguinostigma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. IUCN: e.T175192A7119987. 2011. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - ^ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
- ^ a b c "Protosticta sanguinostigma Fraser, 1922". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
- ^ a b "Protosticta sanguinostigma Fraser, 1922". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
- ^ 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.
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