Lestes patricia[1] is a species of damselfly in the family Lestidae. It is native to Western Ghats in India.[2]
| Lestes patricia | |
|---|---|
| |
| Male from Satara district, Maharashtra | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Lestidae |
| Genus: | Lestes |
| Species: | L. patricia
|
| Binomial name | |
| Lestes patricia Fraser, 1924
| |
Fraser described this species from a single male specimen collected from Kodagu district of Karnataka.[3] In 2020, A colony was rediscovered in the Satara district of Maharashtra and specimens are deposited at Bombay Natural History Society for further studies.[4]
Description and habitat
editIt is a medium sized damselfly with blue eyes. Thorax is bluish green on dorsum, changing to greenish white on the sides. The dorsum of thorax is marked with a pair of broad ante-humeral black stripes with straight borders. There are two pairs of tiny black spots on the lateral sides. Its abdomen is pale bluish green, marked with black. Anal appendages are black. This species can be easily distinguished from other Indian Lestes species by the single mid-dorsal black band with straight borders.[3][5][6]
-
Male (lateral view) -
Female (dorsal view) -
Female (lateral view) -
Male (marks on thorax) -
Female (marks on thorax) -
Ovipositing pair
See also
editReferences
edit
- ^ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
- ^ 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. p. 42. ISBN 9788181714954.
- ^ a b 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. 47-48.
- ^ Bhakare, Shriram Dinkar; Bhoite, Sunil; Ashok, Pawar Pratima (2020). "Lestes patricia taamrpatti ssp. nova (Insecta: Odonata: Lestidae) from Maharashtra, India". Bionotes. 22 (2): 85–91. doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.18751.53925. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ 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). p. 486.
- ^ Kosterin, O. (2019). "Amendments and updates to F.C. Fraser's key to Indian Lestes spp. (Odonata: Lestidae) to resolve confusion of L. patricia Fraser, 1924 and L. nigriceps Fraser, 1924, with notes on L. nodalis Selys 1891 and L. garoensis Lahiri, 1987". Zootaxa. 4671 (2): 297–300. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4671.2.12. PMID 31716063. Retrieved 1 July 2020.