Scarlet skimmer

The scarlet skimmer[1][2] or ruddy marsh skimmer,[3] Crocothemis servilia,[4] is a species of dragonfly of the family Libellulidae, native to east and southeast Asia and introduced to Jamaica, Florida, and Hawaii.[1][5]

Scarlet skimmer
C. s. servilia, male
C. s. mariannae, male
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Family:	Libellulidae
Genus:	Crocothemis
Species:	C. servilia
Binomial name
Crocothemis servilia (Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
Libellula ferruginea Fabricius, 1793 Libellula servilia Drury, 1773 Libellula soror Rambur, 1842

Subspecies

There are two known subspecies; Crocothemis servilia servilia (Drury, 1773)[6] and Crocothemis servilia mariannae Kiauta, 1983.[7] C. s. mariannae lacks the mid-dorsal black stripe.[8]

Description and habitat

It is a medium sized blood-red dragonfly with a thin black line along the mid-dorsal abdomen. Its eyes are blood-red above, purple laterally. Thorax is bright ferruginous, often blood-red on dorsum. Abdomen is blood-red, with a narrow black mid-dorsal carina. Anal appendages are blood-red. Female is similar to the male; but with olivaceous-brown thorax and abdomen. The black mid-dorsal carina is rather broad.[9]

It breeds in ponds, ditches, marshes, open swamps and rice fields.[9][10][11][3][2]

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  male
• 
  female
• 
  subadult male in flight

See also

• List of odonates of Sri Lanka
• List of odonates of India
• List of odonata of Kerala

References

1. Dow, R.A. (2013). "Crocothemis servilia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T163607A14897503.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
2. "Crocothemis servilia Drury, 1773". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
3. "Crocothemis servilia Drury, 1773". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
4. Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
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. 316–317. ISBN 9788181714954.
6. "Crocothemis servilia Drury, 1773". gbif.org. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
7. "Crocothemis servilia mariannae Kiauta". gbif.org. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
8. Kiauta, B. (1983). "The status of the Japanese Crocothemis servilia. (Drury) as revealed by karyotypic morphology (Anisoptera: Libellulidae)". Odonatologica. 12 (4): 381–288. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
9. 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. 345–347.
10. C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 437.
11. Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.

External links

• "Crocothemis servilia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 9 February 2006.
• Chen et al (2009) Common edible insects and their utilization in China. Entomological Research 39:299-303
• Ying et al (2001) Three edible odonata species and their nutritive value. Forest Research 14:421-424
• Scarlet skimmer at USGS
• Insects as food in China Chen et al (2009)
• Nutritive value Ying et al (2001)

Data related to Crocothemis servilia at Wikispecies

Media related to Crocothemis servilia at Wikimedia Commons