Macromia ellisoni

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Coorg torrent hawk
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male

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Macromiidae
Genus: Macromia
Species:
M. ellisoni
Binomial name
Macromia ellisoni
Fraser, 1924

The Coorg torrent hawk,[2] Macromia ellisoni,[3] is a species of dragonfly in the family Macromiidae. It is a rare and endemic dragonfly and found only in Western Ghats in South India.[4][1][2]

Description and habitat[]

It is a medium sized dragonfly with emarald-green eyes. Its thorax is black, lower part of dorsum changing to dark reddish-brown, marked with a narrow citron-yellow stripe. Laterally there is a narrow oblique yellow stripe over the mesepimeron. Abdomen is black, marked with citron yellow. Segment 2 has a very narrow, rather broadly interrupted annule. The interruption is at the mid-dorsum instead of sub-dorsum on both sides as in Macromia annaimallaiensis. Segments 3 to 5 have small paired dorsal spots, being mere points on segment 6. Segment 7 has a complete basal annule occupying one-third the length of segment. Segments 8 and 9 have paired ventral spots. Segment 10 is unmarked. Anal appendages are black.[5]

This species is the largest Macromia known from India. They usually found flying over torrent streams and waterfalls flowing through evergreen forests.[6][5][7][2]

See also[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ a b Subramanian, K.A. (2011). "Macromia ellisoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T175160A7115503. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T175160A7115503.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Macromia ellisoni Fraser, 1924". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
  3. ^ Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
  4. ^ 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. 288–289. ISBN 9788181714954.
  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. 169-171.
  6. ^ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.
  7. ^ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). pp. 457–468.

External links[]

Data related to Macromia ellisoni at Wikispecies

Media related to Macromia ellisoni at Wikimedia Commons

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