Elattoneura tetrica explained
Elattoneura tetrica, the black and yellow bambootail, is a damselfly species in the family Platycnemididae. It is endemic to Western Ghats in India.[1]
Description and habitat
It is a medium sized damselfly with black-capped pale blue eyes beneath, marked with a black equatorial belt. Its thorax is metallic velvet-black on dorsum. The anterior border of mesepimeron and the lower part of sides are creamy white, separated with a broad stripe in black. The lower part may get pruinosed. Its abdomen is black, pruinosed on the basal segments in adults. Segments 3 to 6 have thin baso-dorsal bluish-white annules. Anal appendages are black.
Female is similar to the male; but paler eyes and dull colored thotax. Teneral males look like the female in colour and markings; adult lose almost all their markings due to pruinescence.
It is closely associated with submontane streams and lakes where it breeds.[2] [3] [4] [5]
See also
Notes and References
- Book: K.A. . Subramanian . K.G. . Emiliyamma . R. . Babu . C. . Radhakrishnan . S.S. . Talmale . Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India . 2018 . Zoological Survey of India . 9788181714954. 110–111.
- Book: C FC Lt. Fraser. Frederic Charles Fraser. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. I. Taylor and Francis. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London. 1933. 235-236.
- Book: C FC Lt. Fraser. Frederic Charles Fraser. 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. Zoological Survey of India. Volumes (Records). 1924. 503.
- Book: Subramanian, K. A.. Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide. 2005.
- Web site: Elattoneura tetrica Laidlaw, 1917 . India Biodiversity Portal. 2017-03-11.
