Caconeura gomphoides[1][2] is a damselfly species in the family Platycnemididae. It is endemic to high altitude peat bogs and grassy uplands in Nilgiris.[2][3]
Description and habitat
It is a medium sized damselfly with black-capped blue eyes. Its thorax is black on dorsum and azure blue on the sides. There is a very narrow azure blue antehumeral stripe and a moderately broad black stripe on the postero-lateral suture on each side. Wings are transparent with reddish-brown pterostigma, framed in thick black nervures. Abdomen is black with azure blue stripes on segment 1 and 2. Segment 3 to 6 have narrow basal rings in azure blue. Segments 8 to 10 are entirely azure blue. Female is similar to the male. It can be distinguished from all other species of this genus by the reddish-brown color of the pterostigma and by the mid-dorsal mark on segment 2. It is also comparatively short and thick than other similar species.[4][5]
It breeds in small streams in Nilgiris. Commonly found in grassy upland, clinging to ferns on the banks of small streams covered with grass.[4][6][7][8]
See also
References
- ↑ Template:World Odonata List
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. I{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Taylor and Francis(1933)
- ↑ A list of the Dragonflies Recorded from the Indian Empire with Special Reference to the Collection of the Indian Museum. Rec. Indian Mus({Template:Date).
- ↑ 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{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Zoological Survey of India. Volumes (Records)(1924)
- ↑ Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide{{#if:Subramanian|, Subramanian}(2005)
- ↑ Caconeura gomphoides Rambur, 1842. India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-10.