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Scarlet skimmer

{{Short description|Species of dragonfly}}

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| image = Crocothemis servilia male by kadavoor.jpg

| image_caption = C. s. servilia, male

| image2 = Scarlet skimmer, Keitakuen, Osaka II.jpg

| image2_caption = C. s. mariannae, male

|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Dow, R.A. |date=2017 |title=Crocothemis servilia |volume=2017 |page=e.T163607A80679957 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T163607A80679957.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| taxon = Crocothemis servilia

| authority = (Drury, 1773)

| synonyms =

  • Libellula ferruginea {{small|Fabricius, 1793}}
  • Libellula servilia {{small|Drury, 1773}}
  • Libellula soror {{small|Rambur, 1842}}

}}

The scarlet skimmer or ruddy marsh skimmer, Crocothemis servilia,{{World Odonata List}} is a species of dragonfly of the family Libellulidae, native to east and southeast Asia and introduced to Jamaica, Florida, and Hawaii.{{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=316–317}} found in India ([https://youtube.com/shorts/gWGSfl9nsUg?si=c8kByu5zsrfx0c1D Chanho])

Subspecies

There are two known subspecies; Crocothemis servilia servilia (Drury, 1773){{cite web|url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1427734|access-date=17 August 2015|title=Crocothemis servilia Drury, 1773|work=gbif.org}} and Crocothemis servilia mariannae Kiauta, 1983.{{cite web|url=https://www.gbif.org/species/6242681|access-date=17 August 2015|title=Crocothemis servilia mariannae Kiauta|work=gbif.org}} C. s. mariannae lacks the mid-dorsal black stripe.{{cite journal |last1=Kiauta |first1=B. |title=The status of the Japanese Crocothemis servilia. (Drury) as revealed by karyotypic morphology (Anisoptera: Libellulidae) |journal=Odonatologica |date=1983 |volume=12 |issue=4 |pages=381–288 |url=http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/download?type=document;docid=591630 |access-date=31 October 2018}}

Description and habitat

It is a medium sized blood-red dragonfly with a thin black line along the mid-dorsal abdomen. Its eyes are blood-red above, purple laterally. Thorax is bright ferruginous, often blood-red on dorsum. Abdomen is blood-red, with a narrow black mid-dorsal carina. Anal appendages are blood-red. Female is similar to the male; but with olivaceous-brown thorax and abdomen. The black mid-dorsal carina is rather broad.

It breeds in ponds, ditches, marshes, open swamps and rice fields.{{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/n356 345]–347|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=437|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/234361|title=Crocothemis servilia Drury, 1773|publisher=India Biodiversity Portal|access-date=2017-03-18}}{{cite web

|url=http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/583/Crocothemis-servilia|title=Crocothemis servilia Drury, 1773|publisher=Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies|access-date=2017-03-18}}

File:Scarlet skimmer 09269.jpg|male

File:Crocothemis servilia female by kadavoor.jpg|female

File:Ruddy marsh skimmer (Crocothemis servilia) subadult male in flight.jpg|subadult male in flight

File:Scarlet Skimmer Image.jpg|alt=Scarlet Skimmer Image|A Scarlet Skimmer in Uttarakhand, India

See also

References

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External links

  • {{ITIS |id=102024 |taxon=Crocothemis servilia |accessdate=9 February 2006}}
  • Chen et al (2009) Common edible insects and their utilization in China. Entomological Research 39:299-303
  • Ying et al (2001) Three edible odonata species and their nutritive value. Forest Research 14:421-424
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060927052430/http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/insects/dfly/fl/346.htm Scarlet skimmer] at USGS
  • [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1748-5967.2009.00237.x/full Insects as food in China] Chen et al (2009)
  • [http://europepmc.org/abstract/CBA/352318 Nutritive value] Ying et al (2001)

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Category:Libellulidae

Category:Insects described in 1773

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