Lathrecista asiatica

Lathrecista asiatica
male, Fiji
female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Superfamily: Libelluloidea
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Lathrecista
Species:
L. asiatica
Binomial name
Lathrecista asiatica
(Fabricius, 1798)[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Libellula asiatica Fabricius, 1798
  • Libellula pectoralis Brauer, 1867
  • Agrionoptera festa Selys, 1879
  • Agrionoptera simulans Selys, 1879
  • Lathrecista terminalis Kirby, 1889

Lathrecista asiatica,[3] the asiatic blood tail,[4] is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.[5] It is the only species in its genus.[3] It is widespread, occurring from India to Australia.[1][6][7][8]

Subspecies

Description and habitat

It is a medium-sized dragonfly with brown-capped grey eyes and blood red tail. Its thorax is copper brown with a pair of narrow parallel yellow stripes on dorsal side and yellow with stripes on the sides. Segments 1 and 2 of the abdomen have broad lateral stripes and a fine mid-dorsal stripe. Segments 3 to 8 are bright crimson-red with apical sutures narrowly black. Segments 9 and 10 are black. Anal appendages are black. The abdomen of the female is brown.[9]

It breeds in marshes associated with ponds and streams.[9][10]

Etymology

The genus name Lathrecista is derived from the Greek λαθραῖος (lathraios, "clandestine" or "hidden") and κίστη (kistē, "basket"), referring to the inconspicuous male appendages.[11]

The species name asiatica is derived from the Latin asiaticus ("Asian" or "of Asia"). The original specimens of the species were collected in India.[2][11]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Dow, R.A.; Kakkasery, F. (2017). "Lathrecista asiatica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T167353A83373550. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T167353A83373550.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae (in Latin). Hafniae : Proft et Storch. pp. 573 [283]. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.65803. hdl:2027/nyp.33433010996753 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  3. 1 2 3 Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
  4. ↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India (PDF).
  5. ↑ "Species Lathrecista asiatica (Fabricius, 1798)". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Lathrecista asiatica Fabricius, 1798". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "Lathrecista asiatica Fabricius, 1798". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  8. ↑ 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. 332–333. ISBN 978-81-8171-495-4.
  9. 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. 282–284.
  10. ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 431.
  11. 1 2 Endersby, Ian; Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625.

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