Idionyx saffronatus

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Saffron Shadow Dancer
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Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Family:
Synthemistidae
Genus:
Idionyx
Species:
I. saffronatus
Binomial name
Idionyx saffronatus
Fraser, 1924
Synonyms

Idionyx saffronata Fraser, 1924 (Missp.)

Idionyx saffronatus,[2] or Saffron Shadow Dancer is a species of dragonfly in the family Synthemistidae. It is known only from the Western Ghats of India.[3][1][4]

Description and habitat[]

It is a small dragonfly with emerald-green eyes. Its thorax is brilliant metallic green with a narrow medial oblique stripe on each side. The posterior half of the metepimeron is yellow. Beneath the side is striped black and yellow. Abdomen is black. The first and second segments marked narrowly along the ventral borders with citron-yellow. Segments 7 to 10 are bordered with bright yellow. Segment 10 strongly keeled but without a dorsal spine. Anal appendages are black.[5]

Fraser (1936) states that the species occurs of altitudes of 3,000 ft and more. Nothing else is known about the habitat or ecology of this species.[5][6]

See also[]

  • List of odonates of India
  • List of odonata of Kerala

References[]

  1. ^ a b Dow, R.A. (2009). "Idionyx saffronata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T163732A5643070. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163732A5643070.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Dennis Paulson; Martin Schorr; Cyrille Deliry. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 15 Feb 2022.
  3. ^ 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. 272–273. ISBN 9788181714954.
  4. ^ "Idionyx saffronata Fraser 1924 | Species".
  5. ^ a b 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. 222-223.
  6. ^ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). pp. 458–460.
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