Tholymis tillarga
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Libellulidae |
Genus: | Tholymis |
Species: | T. tillarga
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Tholymis tillarga,[3] the coral-tailed cloudwing,[4][5] is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.[6] It is found from tropical West Africa to Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands.[1][7][8][9][10] Common names include old world twister, evening skimmer, crepuscular darter, foggy-winged twister and twister.[1][11]
Description and habitat[]
It is a medium sized dragonfly with reddish eyes, yellowish red thorax and coral red abdomen. Its wings are transparent; but hind wings have a golden-brown patch in the base, bordered by a cloudy-white patch. Female is brown and lacks the cloudy-white patch in the hind-wings.[12][13]
It is a migrant with a permanent presence in humid parts of the tropics. It breeds in standing water-bodies; and prefers weedy ponds, swamps and lakes. They are active at dusk and dawn, as well as during cloudy days.[12][4][5]
Gallery[]
Male showing white patches in wings
Male
Male flying
Young male with little colouring in his wings
Young male viewed from under
Young male
Young female
Young female
Adult female
Old female
Females without white patches in wings
Female wings
Male wings
See also[]
- List of odonates of Sri Lanka
- List of odonates of India
- List of odonata of Kerala
- List of Odonata species of Australia
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Clausnitzer, V. (2016). "Tholymis tillarga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T60048A83382535.
- ^ Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae (in Latin). Hafniae : Proft et Storch. pp. 573 [285]. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.65803 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Tholymis tillarga Fabricius, 1798". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Tholymis tillarga Fabricius, 1798". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
- ^ "Species Tholymis tillarga (Fabricius, 1798)". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ Wolfgang Schneider (1992). "Anax tristis Hagen, 1867 (Aeshnidae) and Tholymis tillarga (Fabricius, 1798) (Libellulidae) recorded from off Angola" (PDF). Fragmenta Entomologica. 23 (2): 243–246.
- ^ Theischinger, Gunther; Endersby, Ian (2009). Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata (PDF). Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. p. 239. ISBN 978 1 74232 475 3.
- ^ Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. p. 278. ISBN 0643051368.
- ^ 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. 381–382. ISBN 9788181714954.
- ^ Theischinger, G; Hawking, J (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood Vic.: CSIRO Publishing. p. 288. ISBN 978 0 64309 073 6.
- ^ Jump up to: 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. 411–413.
- ^ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). pp. 443-442-443.
External links[]
Data related to Tholymis tillarga at Wikispecies
Media related to Tholymis tillarga at Wikimedia Commons
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Libellulidae
- Odonata of Africa
- Odonata of Asia
- Odonata of Australia
- Insects of India
- Insects of New Guinea
- Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
- Insects described in 1798