Prodasineura verticalis

Prodasineura verticalis[2][1] is a damselfly in the family Platycnemididae. It is commonly known as the red-striped black bambootail[3] or black bambootail.[4]

Prodasineura verticalis
male
female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Family:
Protoneuridae
Genus:
Prodasineura
Species:
P. verticalis
Binomial name
Prodasineura verticalis
(Selys, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Alloneura verticalis Selys, 1860
  • Alloneura humeralis Selys, 1860
  • Disparoneura delia Karsch, 1891
  • Disparoneura arba Krüger, 1898
  • Caconeura annandalei Fraser, 1921
  • Caconeura karnyi Laidlaw, 1926
Prodasineura verticalis, mating at Kerala, India

Distribution

Prodasineura verticalis can be found in these Asian countries, which are China, Guangxi, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Peninsular Malaysia Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand.[1][5]

Subspecies

This damselfly species has six subspecies. The following are the subspecies.[1]

  • Prodasineura verticalis andamanensis (Andaman and Nicobar Islands)
  • Prodasineura verticalis annandalei (South India)
  • Prodasineura verticalis burmanensis
  • Prodasineura verticalis delia
  • Prodasineura verticalis humeralis (often treated as a distinct species)
  • Prodasineura verticalis verticalis

Description and habitat
Female emerging from the split skin of the nymph

It is medium size damselfly with black-capped brown eyes. Its hindwings are about 19–20 mm and the abdomen about 30 mm. The male of this damselfly is mostly black with red and yellow stripes on its thorax and small yellow spots on the abdomen. The pterostigma or the wing spot is diamond-shaped and is dark brown in colour. Abdomen is black with segments 3 to 6 have small base-dorsal yellow spots. Remaining segments are unmarked. The female is similarly marked to the male; but the thoracic stripes are paler and more yellowish.[6]

They are commonly found along the banks of large ponds and rivers, usually sitting among emergent water plants. The oviposition takes place on vegetation or on submerged roots in shallow running water, with the pair in tandem.[6][7][8][4][3]

See also

References
  1. Dow, R.A. (2010). "Prodasineura verticalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T167096A6301209.
  2. Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
  3. "Prodasineura verticalis Selys, 1860". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  4. "Prodasineura verticalis Selys, 1860". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  5. 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. 124–125. ISBN 9788181714954.
  6. 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. 213-218.
  7. C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India with Special Remarks on the Genera Macromia and Idionyx and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). Zoological Survey of India. Volumes (Records). pp. 503–504.
  8. Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.

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