Brachydiplax sobrina
Young adult male
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Brachydiplax
Species:
B. sobrina
Binomial name
Brachydiplax sobrina
(Rambur, 1842)
Synonyms
  • Brachydiplax gestroi Selys, 1891
  • Brachydiplax indica Kirby, 1889

Brachydiplax sobrina[2] is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is native to Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.[1][3]

Description and habitat

It is a small dragonfly with dark-brown eyes. Its thorax is yellowish-brown, with black metallic markings. All marks are obscured by bluish-white pruinescence in adults. Abdomen is black on dorsum, marked with broad yellow spots on the sides in sub-adults and tenerals. All the marks are obscured by blue pruinescence in adults. Female is similar to the teneral male.[4]

It breeds in marshes, ditches, and ponds.[5][4][6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 Dow, R.A. (2009). "Brachydiplax sobrina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T163643A5628807. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163643A5628807.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2023). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama. Retrieved 14 Mar 2023.
  3. ↑ K.A., Subramanian; K.G., Emiliyamma; R., Babu; C., Radhakrishnan; S.S., Talmale (2018). Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India. Zoological Survey of India. pp. 308–309. ISBN 9788181714954.
  4. 1 2 C FC Lt. Fraser (1936). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. III. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 325–327.
  5. ↑ "Brachydiplax sobrina Rambur, 1842". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  6. ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 434.
  7. ↑ "Brachydiplax sobrina Rambur, 1842". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-02-12.

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