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Tetrathemis platyptera

{{Short description|Species of dragonfly}}

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| image = Tetrathemis platyptera male by kadavoor.jpg

| image_caption = Male

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Dow, R.A. |date=2020 |title=Tetrathemis platyptera |volume=2020 |page=e.T163647A138281957 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T163647A138281957.en |access-date=5 March 2024}}

| genus = Tetrathemis

| species = platyptera

| authority = Sélys, 1878

| synonyms =

  • Tetrathemis flava {{small|Krüger, 1902}}
  • Tetrathemis pulchra {{small|Laidlaw, 1902}}

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Tetrathemis platyptera,{{World Odonata List}} the pigmy skimmer, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is widespread in many Asian countries and locally common over much of its range.{{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=978-81-8171-495-4|pages=379–380}}

Description and habitat

It is a small dragonfly with yellow face and bluish green eyes. Its thorax and abdomen are yellow with broad black marks. Its wings are transparent, with fore-wings faintly and hind-wings broadly tinted with yellow at the bases. Females are similar to males.{{cite web

|url=http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/228426|title=Tetrathemis platyptera Selys, 1878|publisher=India Biodiversity Portal|access-date=2024-03-05}}{{cite web

|url=http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/638/Tetrathemis-platyptera|title=Tetrathemis platyptera Selys, 1878|publisher=Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies|access-date=2017-02-17}}{{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/n261 250]–251|url=https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata3}}{{cite journal|journal=Records of the Indian Museum|volume=26|author=F.C. 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=423-522|url=https://archive.org/details/records-indian-museum-26-423-522/mode/2up|via=Internet Archive|access-date=2024-03-05}}{{rp|429-430}}

It breeds in vegetated ponds and wells. The female stabs her eggs onto dry twigs hanging over water. The eggs hatch out in rains and the naiads fall directly into the water below.{{rp|429-430}}{{cite journal |author=S. Foerster | title = Oviposition high above water in Micrathyria dictynna Ris (Anisoptera:Libellulidae)| journal = Odonatologica | volume= 27 | issue= 3| pages = 365–369 | publisher = research.steffenfoerster.com | year = 1998| url=http://research.steffenfoerster.com/pubs/Foerster_1998.pdf | access-date = 17 February 2017 }}

File:Tetrathemis platyptera female at Kadavoor.jpg|Female

File:Tetrathemis platyptera mating at Kadavoor.jpg|Mating

File:Tetrathemis platyptera female in Kadavoor.jpg|Laying eggs on a hanging wire over the pool

See also

References

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Category:Libellulidae

Category:Insects described in 1878

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