Hydrobasileus croceus

The amber-winged marsh glider,[2][3] Hydrobasileus croceus,[4] is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is a widely distributed species in many Asian countries.[5][6]

Amber-winged marsh glider
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Family:
Libellulidae
Genus:
Hydrobasileus
Species:
H. croceus
Binomial name
Hydrobasileus croceus
(Brauer, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Tramea croceus Brauer, 1867
  • Tramea extranea Hagen, 1867

Description and habitat

It is a large reddish-brown dragonfly with golden-amber tinted wings. Eyes are reddish-brown above, yellowish below. Its thorax is ohvaceous suffused with golden reddish-brown, Its base of hind-wings have a moderately broad dark reddish-brown mark. Abdomen is olivaceous, changing to ochreous towards anal end, marked with black. Segments 4 to 9 have apical and basal dorsal black wedge-shaped spots. [7]

  • Female
  • Egg laying

It breeds in weedy ponds and lakes. The male is often seen patrolling over water, and rarely perches. When perched, they prefer to hang vertically on twigs inside dense shrubbery.[2][3][8][7][9]

See also

References
  1. Mitra, A. (2010). "Hydrobasileus croceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T167093A6300617. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T167093A6300617.en.
  2. "Hydrobasileus croceus Brauer, 1867". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  3. "Hydrobasileus croceus Brauer, 1867". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  4. Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
  5. Odonata: Catalogue of the Odonata of the World. Tol J. van , 2008-08-01
  6. 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. 326–327. ISBN 9788181714954.
  7. C FC Lt. Fraser (1936). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. III. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 429–430.
  8. "Hydrobasileus croceus (Brauer, 1867)". Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  9. C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). pp. 444–445.


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