Acisoma panorpoides
{{short description|Species of dragonfly}}
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| image =Asian pintail (Acisoma panorpoides) male Phuket.jpg
| image_caption=Male
| image2 =Asian pintail (Acisoma panorpoides) female Phuket.jpg
| image2_caption=Female
both in Phuket, Thailand
| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Acisoma panorpoides
| authority = Rambur, 1842
| synonyms =
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Acisoma panorpoides,{{World Odonata List}} the Asian pintail,{{cite journal|last=Mens|first=Lotte P.|first2=Kai |last2=Schütte |first3=Frank R. |last3=Stokvis |first4=Klaas-Douwe B. |last4=Dijkstra |year=2016 |title=Six, not two, species of Acisoma pintail dragonfly (Odonata: Libellulidae) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4109|issue=2 |page=153 |issn=1175-5334 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4109.2.3}} trumpet tail, or grizzled pintail, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.
Distribution
It is widespread in Asia, from the Indian subcontinent to Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia.{{cite book |last1=K.A. |first1=Subramanian |last2=K.G. |first2=Emiliyamma |last3=R. |first3=Babu |last4=C. |first4=Radhakrishnan |last5=S.S. |first5=Talmale |title=Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India |date=2018 |publisher=Zoological Survey of India |isbn=9788181714954|pages=302–303}}
Description
It is a small dragonfly with blue eyes. Its thorax is azure-blue marbled with black to form a beautiful pattern on the dorsum and the sides. Abdomen is azure-blue, marked with black. Segments 1 to 5 have sutures finely and ventral borders more broadly black. There is a dorsal stripe which broadens at the jugal sutures and apical borders of segments. There is a speckled stripe on sub-dorsum of segments 1 to 4. There is a large ventro-lateral spot on each of segments 3 to 5. Segments 6 and 7 are black with a large spot of blue on each side. Segments 8 to 10 are entirely black. Anal appendages are bluish-white. Female is similar to the male; but with greenish-yellow eyes, thorax and abdominal segments up to 5.
The characteristic shape of the abdomen will serve to distinguish this species from other Libellulidae.
File:Acisoma panorpoides-Kadavoor-2016-09-07-001.jpg|Male
File:Asian pintail (Acisoma panorpoides) female Phuket 2.jpg|Female
Habitat
It is found in subtropical or tropical swampy or marshy habitats. It has a very weak and short flight and keeps close to the herbage and reeds in the heavily weeded ponds and lakes where it breeds.{{cite book|author=C FC Lt. Fraser|author-link=Frederic Charles Fraser|title=The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata |volume=III|publisher=Taylor and Francis|location=Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London|year=1936|pages=[https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata3/page/n341 330]-331|url=https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata3}}{{cite book|author=C FC Lt. Fraser|author-link=Frederic Charles Fraser|title=A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species|year=1924|pages=434|url=http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/026/05/0423-0522.pdf}}{{cite book|last=Subramanian|first=K. A.|title=Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide|year=2005|url=http://www.ias.ac.in/Publications/Overview/Dragonflies}}{{cite web
|url=http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/569/Acisoma-panorpoides|title=Acisoma panorpoides Rambur, 1842 – Trumpet-Tail {{!}} Odonata of India|version=1.00|publisher=Indian Foundation for Butterflies|access-date=2017-03-16}}
References
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External links
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Category:Insects described in 1842
Category:Taxa named by Jules Pierre Rambur
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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