Palpopleura sexmaculata explained

Palpopleura sexmaculata, commonly known as the Asian widow or blue-tailed yellow skimmer, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is widespread in several countries in South, East and Southeast Asia, but is no longer believed to occur in Sri Lanka.^{[1] [2]}

Description and habitat

It is a small dragonfly with brown capped greenish eyes. Its thorax is greenish yellow and hind-wings usually tinted with yellow from the base. Pterostigma is black in adults bi-colored in juveniles and sub-adults as in females. Its abdomen is pruinosed with light blue, leaving segments 1-3 as yellow. Sub-adult males and females are yellow. The pterostigma of the female are bi-colored with half black and half yellow. It breeds in marshy areas and small pools in the hills.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

See also

• List of odonates of Sri Lanka
• List of odonates of India
• List of odonata of Kerala

References

• sexmaculata.html World Dragonflies
• Animal diversity web
• Query Results
• Sri Lanka Biodiversity

Notes and References

1. Van der Poorten, N. (2011). Agrion Newsletter of the worldwide dragonfly association, Vol. 15, No. 2
2. 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. 363-364.
3. Book: C FC Lt. Fraser. Frederic Charles Fraser. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. III. Taylor and Francis. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London. 1936. 318-320.
4. Book: C FC Lt. Fraser. Frederic Charles Fraser. A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species. 1924. 433-434.
5. Web site: Palpopleura sexmaculata Fabricius, 1787. India Biodiversity Portal. 2017-02-16.
6. Web site: Palpopleura sexmaculata Fabricius, 1787 . Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies . 2017-02-16.