Platylestes platystylus,[2][1] the green-eyed spreadwing, is a damselfly species in the family Lestidae. Although this species appears to be widespread, there are very few recent records. This species is known from old records from West Bengal in India, Myanmar (Fraser 1933),[3] Thailand (Hämäläinen and Pinratana 1999) and Laos (Yokoi 2001).[1] There are recent records from Thailand,[4] Vietnam,[5] Laos[6] and Kerala, South India.[7][8]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Lestidae |
| Genus: | Platylestes |
| Species: | P. platystylus
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| Platylestes platystylus (Rambur, 1842)
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Lestes platystyla Rambur, 1842 | |
Description and habitat
editIt is a small dull colored damselfly of the size of Lestes. Its prothorax and thorax are in palest khaki brown color, paler at the sides and pruinosed white beneath. There are a large number of black spots on the thorax. Its wings are palely smoked with short and broad pterostigma having white or pale inner and outer ends. Its abdomen is in olivaceous to warm reddish brown in color with black apical rings on each segments. Anal appendages are whitish with the superiors black at base, curling in at apices to meet each other. Inferior appendages are about half the length and thick at base.[3][9]
Female closely resembles the male in most respects, differing mainly in sexual characters. Anal appendages are yellow, blackish brown at the base, and as long as segment 10.[3]
The small black spots on each side of thorax and quadrate pterostigma with white at both ends are the most distinguishing features of this damselfly compared to other spreadwings.[3]
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Dorsal view of male, showing black spots on thorax -
Lateral view of male -
Female -
Terminal abdominal appendages of male -
Ventral view of terminal abdominal appendages of male -
Wing details. Note the quadrate pterostigma with white at both ends
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Sharma, G. (2010). "Platylestes platystylus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T167261A6319472. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T167261A6319472.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
- ^ a b c d 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. 59–61.
- ^ Farrell, Dennis (2015-07-13). "Platylestes platystylus (Rambur, 1842)". Dragonflies & damselflies of Thailand. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
- ^ Kompier, Tom (2016-07-22). "Platylestes platystylus - also in Vietnam". Dragonflies and damselflies of Vietnam. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
- ^ N., Yokoi; V., Souphanthong (2014). A List of Lao Dragonfliles. Koriyama: Kyoei Printing Co Ltd. p. 110.
- ^ See photographs in c:Category:Platylestes platystylus
- ^ K.J. Rison; A. Vivek Chandran (2020). "Observations of the damselfly Platylestes cf. platystylus Rambur, 1842 (Insecta: Odonata: Zygoptera: Lestidae) from peninsular India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 12 (10): 16392–16395. doi:10.11609/jott.5834.12.10.16392-16395. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
- ^ Jules Pierre Rambur (1842) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Névroptères. Paris. Roret. page: 254 (through HathiTrust)
External links
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Data related to Platylestes platystylus at Wikispecies
Media related to Platylestes platystylus at Wikimedia Commons
