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The Coorg torrent hawk,[1] Macromia ellisoni,[2] is a species of dragonfly in the family Macromiidae. It is a rare and endemic dragonfly and found only in Western Ghats in South India.[3][4][1]
Description and habitat
It is a medium sized dragonfly with emarald-green eyes. Its thorax is black, lower part of dorsum changing to dark reddish-brown, marked with a narrow citron-yellow stripe. Laterally there is a narrow oblique yellow stripe over the mesepimeron. Abdomen is black, marked with citron yellow. Segment 2 has a very narrow, rather broadly interrupted annule. The interruption is at the mid-dorsum instead of sub-dorsum on both sides as in Macromia annaimallaiensis. Segments 3 to 5 have small paired dorsal spots, being mere points on segment 6. Segment 7 has a complete basal annule occupying one-third the length of segment. Segments 8 and 9 have paired ventral spots. Segment 10 is unmarked. Anal appendages are black.[5]
This species is the largest Macromia known from India. They usually found flying over torrent streams and waterfalls flowing through evergreen forests.[6][5][7][1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Macromia ellisoni Fraser, 1924. India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
- ↑ Template:World Odonata List
- ↑ Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Zoological Survey of India(2018). ISBN 9788181714954
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- ↑ Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide{{#if:Subramanian|, Subramanian}(2005)
- ↑ A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}(1924)