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Macromia flavocolorata

{{Short description|Species of dragonfly}}

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| image = Macromia flavocolorata ( Male).jpg

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| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Sharma, G. |author2=Dow, R.A. |date=2010 |title=Macromia flavocolorata |volume=2010 |page=e.T167090A6299758 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T167090A6299758.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| taxon = Macromia flavocolorata

| authority = Fraser, 1922

| synonyms = *Macromia fraenata {{small|Laidlaw, 1922}}

  • Macromia miniata {{small|Fraser, 1924}}
  • Macromia thalia {{small|Lieftinck, 1929}}

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Macromia flavocolorata{{World Odonata List}} is a species of dragonfly in the family Macromiidae. This species is widely distributed in India, Nepal, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and China.{{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=292}}

Description and habitat

It is a medium-sized dragonfly with emerald-green eyes. Its thorax is dark metallic blue, marked with citron-yellow. There is a well-defined humeral stripe, an oblique narrow stripe on the mesepimeron, and a narrow stripe on the posterior border of the metepimeron. Abdomen is black, marked with citron-yellow. The basal half of segment 2 is yellow. Segment 3 has paired dorsal spots apposed to the basal side of jugum, and a baso-lateral triangular spot on each side. Segments 4 to 6 have the paired dorsal spots. Segment 7 has a basal annule occupying about one-third the length of segment. Segment 8 has a large triangular basal dorsal spot and a quadrate spot at the base on each side. Segments 9 and 10 are unmarked. Anal appendages are black.

This species usually found hawking over shallow streams 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 Vol. III|publisher=Taylor and Francis|location=Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London|year=1936|pages=[https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata3/page/n197 186]-189|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=450–451|url=http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/026/05/0423-0522.pdf}}

See also

References

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Category:Macromiidae

Category:Taxa named by Frederic Charles Fraser

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