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Ceriagrion olivaceum

{{Short description|Species of damselfly}}

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| name = Ceriagrion olivaceum

| image = Ceriagrion olivaceum male.jpg

| image_caption= male

| image2 = Ceriagrion olivaceum female.jpg

| image2_caption= female

| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Mitra, A. |date=2010 |title=Ceriagrion olivaceum |volume=2010 |page=e.T167147A6308337 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T167147A6308337.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| taxon = Ceriagrion olivaceum

| authority = Laidlaw, 1914

|synonyms = Ceriagrion aurantiacum {{small|Fraser, 1924}}

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Ceriagrion olivaceum{{World Odonata List}} is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. it is commonly known as rusty marsh dart. This species can be found in south and southeast Asia.{{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=151–152}}

Subspecies

  • Ceriagrion olivaceum olivaceum Laidlaw, 1914
  • Ceriagrion olivaceum aurantiacum Fraser, 1924

Fraser described C. aurantiacum from southern India but later concluded that it was a subspecies or race of C. olivaceum. Asahina in his revision of Asian Ceriagrion compared both the specimens and decided to retain the race, stating the subapical tooth of superior caudal appendages differently shaped. Asahina, S. (1967) A revision of the Asiatic species of the damselflies of the genus Ceriagrion (Odonata, Agrionidae) Japanese Journal Zoology 15 (3): 255-334, figs. 1-237. C. o. olivaceum is widespread in India and Southeast Asia. C. o. aurantiacum is only known from southwest India.{{Cite journal|title=Checklist of the dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka|journal=Zootaxa|url=https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4849.1.1|last1=Kalkman|first1=V. J.|date=2020-09-08|volume=4849|pages=001–084|last2=Babu|first2=R.|last3=Bedjanič|first3=M.|last4=Conniff|first4=K.|last5=Gyeltshenf|first5=T.|last6=Khan|first6=M. K.|last7=Subramanian|first7=K. A.|last8=Zia|first8=A.|last9=Orr|first9=A. G.|issue=1|publisher=Magnolia Press, Auckland, New Zealand|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4849.1.1|pmid=33056748|isbn=978-1-77688-047-8|issn=1175-5334|hdl=10072/398768|hdl-access=free}}

Description and habitat

It is a medium-sized damselfly with olivaceous brown capped greenish eyes. Its thorax is olive green, paler on the sides. Its abdomen is throughout olivaceous brown on dorsal half and paler on the ventral half. Its superior anal appendages are brown and triangular when seen from the dorsum. The apex broadly rounded. The inferiors are sloping strongly up to meet the superiors, broad at base and tapering to a point. Female is similar to the male.

It breeds in slow running marshy streams, ponds, and swamps.{{cite book|author=C FC Lt. Fraser|author-link=Frederic Charles Fraser|title=The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. I|publisher=Taylor and Francis|location=Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London|year=1933|pages=[https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata1/page/n337 324]–326|url=https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata1}}{{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=492|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://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/226825|title=Ceriagrion olivaceum Laidlaw, 1914|publisher=India Biodiversity Portal|access-date=2017-03-02}}{{cite web

|url=http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/364/Ceriagrion-olivaceum|title=Ceriagrion olivaceum Laidlaw, 1914|publisher=Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies|access-date=2017-03-02}}

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Category:Coenagrionidae

Category:Insects described in 1914

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