Caconeura ramburi[1][2] is a damselfly species in the family Platycnemididae. It is commonly known as the Coorg Bambootail[3] or Indian blue bambootail.[4] It is endemic to Western Ghats.[2][5]
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 narrow black stripe on the postero-lateral suture on each side. Wings are transparent with black, diamond shaped pterostigma. Abdomen is black with azure blue stripes on segment 1 and 2. Segment 3 to 7 have broad basal rings in azure blue. Segments 8 to 10 are azure blue on dorsum, with black basal annules. The lateral side of segment 10 is black. Female is similar to the male; but the markings more greenish-blue or even yellow, except in very old specimens.[6]
It is larger and more slender insect than Caconeura gomphoides and breeding at a lower altitude. The broad blue basal annules will help to distinguish it. The larger size, differently shaped pterostigma, the absence of a ventral spine on the base of the superior appendages, and the underside of the head entirely black, will help to distinguish it from Caconeura risi.[6]
It breeds in forest streams. Commonly found perched on riparian vegetation along shaded streams.[6][7][8][3][4]
See also
References
- ↑ Template:World Odonata List
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namediucn - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Caconeura ramburi Fraser, 1922. India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Caconeura ramburi Fraser, 1922. Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
- ↑ Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Zoological Survey of India(2018). ISBN 9788181714954
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. I{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Taylor and Francis(1933)
- ↑ 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)