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Orthetrum glaucum

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Species of dragonfly

Orthetrum glaucum
male
female
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Orthetrum
Species: O. glaucum
Binomial name
Orthetrum glaucum
(Brauer, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Orthetrum gangi Sahni, 1965
  • Orthetrum nicevillei Kirby, 1894

Orthetrum glaucum is an Asian dragonfly species, common across much of tropical and subtropical Asia. The common name for this species is blue marsh hawk.

Description and habitat

It is a medium sized dragonfly with dark face and greenish blue eyes. The thorax of old males are dark blue due to pruinescence. Its wings are transparent with dark amber-yellow tint in the extreme base. Its abdomen is pruinosed with blue color up to segment 8; last two segments are black. The abdomens of females and juvenile males are golden in color, with brown stripes along the sides of the thorax. Despite their visual similarities, females and juvenile males can be distinguished by the shape of their final abdomen segment.

It breeds in marshes associated with forest streams, plantations and canals.

References

  1. ^ Dow, R.A. (2009). "Orthetrum glaucum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T163780A5650496. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163780A5650496.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
  3. Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India (PDF).
  4. "Orthetrum glaucum Brauer, 1865". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
  5. "Orthetrum glaucum Brauer, 1865". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
  6. 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. 351–352. ISBN 9788181714954.
  7. Brauer. "金黃蜻蜓 Orthetrum glaucum". gaga.biodiv.tw. 嘎嘎昆蟲網. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  8. 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. 307-309.
  9. C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 433.
Taxon identifiers
Orthetrum glaucum


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