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Prodasineura verticalis

{{Short description|Species of damselfly}}

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| image = Prodasineura verticalis male-Kadavoor-2015-08-20-002.jpg

| image_caption = Male

| image2 = Red-striped Black bambootail (Prodasineura verticalis) female (31026882414).jpg

| image2_caption = Female

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Dow, R.A. |date=2010 |title=Prodasineura verticalis |volume=2010 |page=e.T167096A6301209 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T167096A6301209.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| genus = Prodasineura

| species = verticalis

| authority = (Selys, 1860)

| synonyms =

  • Alloneura verticalis {{small|Selys, 1860}}
  • Alloneura humeralis {{small|Selys, 1860}}
  • Disparoneura delia {{small|Karsch, 1891}}
  • Disparoneura arba {{small|Krüger, 1898}}
  • Caconeura annandalei {{small|Fraser, 1921}}
  • Caconeura karnyi {{small|Laidlaw, 1926}}

}}

File:Prodasineura verticalis mating at Kadavoor.jpg, India]]

Prodasineura verticalis{{World Odonata List}} is a damselfly in the family Platycnemididae. It is commonly known as the red-striped black bambootail or black bambootail.

Distribution

Prodasineura verticalis can be found in these Asian countries, which are China, Guangxi, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Peninsular Malaysia Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand.{{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=124–125}}

Subspecies

This damselfly species has six subspecies. The following are the subspecies.

  • Prodasineura verticalis andamanensis (Andaman and Nicobar Islands)
  • Prodasineura verticalis annandalei (South India)
  • Prodasineura verticalis burmanensis
  • Prodasineura verticalis delia
  • Prodasineura verticalis humeralis (often treated as a distinct species)
  • Prodasineura verticalis verticalis

Description and habitat

File:Damselfly emergence-Aralam-2016-10-29-001.jpg]]

It is medium size damselfly with black-capped brown eyes. Its hindwings are about 19–20 mm and the abdomen about 30 mm. The male of this damselfly is mostly black with red and yellow stripes on its thorax and small yellow spots on the abdomen. The pterostigma or the wing spot is diamond-shaped and is dark brown in colour. Abdomen is black with segments 3 to 6 have small base-dorsal yellow spots. Remaining segments are unmarked. The female is similarly marked to the male; but the thoracic stripes are paler and more yellowish.

They are commonly found along the banks of large ponds and rivers, usually sitting among emergent water plants. The oviposition takes place on vegetation or on submerged roots in shallow running water, with the pair in tandem.{{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/n226 213]-218|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 with Special Remarks on the Genera Macromia and Idionyx and Descriptions of Thirty New Species|publisher=Zoological Survey of India. Volumes (Records)|year=1924|pages=503–504|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/228156|title=Prodasineura verticalis Selys, 1860 |publisher=India Biodiversity Portal|access-date=2017-03-12}}{{cite web

|url=http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/332/Prodasineura-verticalis|title=Prodasineura verticalis Selys, 1860 |publisher=Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies|access-date=2017-03-12}}

See also

References

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External links

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  • {{Commonscat-inline|Prodasineura verticalis}}

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Category:Platycnemididae

Category:Insects described in 1860

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