Mortonagrion varralli

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Mortonagrion varralli
Mortonagrion varralli by Parag Rangnekar 4.jpg
male
Mortonagrion varralli by Sunny Joseph 412.jpg
female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Suborder:
Zygoptera
Family:
Coenagrionidae
Genus:
Mortonagrion
Species:
M. varralli
Binomial name
Mortonagrion varralli
Fraser, 1920

Mortonagrion varralli,[2][1] the brown dartlet,[3][4] is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae, endemic to India.[1][5] The insect is named after Frederic Charles Fraser's wife, Ethel Grace Fraser (née Varrall) (1881-1960), a constant companion of his collecting trips in India.[6]

Description and habitat

It is a small damselfly with ground-colour head and brown capped grey eyes. Its thorax is pale brown with a narrow antehumeral pale blue stripe, followed by pale blue at base. Abdomen is reddish-brown; 8th segment has a broader pale sky-blue basal annule which extends apically on each side. Female is similar to the male.[7][8][9][10][3][4]

The species is commonly found at sea-level or on the foothills of the Western Ghats. Similarly to species in the genus Copera, it prefers the dense undergrowth.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Dow, R.A. (2009). "Mortonagrion varralli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T163778A5650197. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163778A5650197.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Dennis Paulson; Martin Schorr; Cyrille Deliry. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 15 Feb 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Mortonagrion varralli Fraser, 1920". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  4. ^ a b "Mortonagrion varralli Fraser, 1920". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  5. ^ 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. 165–166. ISBN 9788181714954.
  6. ^ Hämäläinen, Matti (2015). "Catalogue of individuals commemorated in the scientific names of extant dragonflies, including lists of all available eponymous species-group and genus-group names" (PDF). International Dragonfly Fund (IDF) - Report. 80: 1–168. ISSN 1435-3393. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  7. ^ Fraser, F. C. (1920). "Some new Indian Dragonflies". The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 27: 148. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  8. ^ a b C FC Lt. Fraser (1933). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. I. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 409–411.
  9. ^ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 490.
  10. ^ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.

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