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Brachydiplax sobrina

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Species of dragonfly

Brachydiplax sobrina
Young adult 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: Brachydiplax
Species: B. sobrina
Binomial name
Brachydiplax sobrina
(Rambur, 1842)
Synonyms
  • Brachydiplax gestroi Selys, 1891
  • Brachydiplax indica Kirby, 1889

Brachydiplax sobrina is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is native to Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.

Description and habitat

It is a small dragonfly with dark-brown eyes. Its thorax is yellowish-brown, with black metallic markings. All marks are obscured by bluish-white pruinescence in adults. Abdomen is black on dorsum, marked with broad yellow spots on the sides in sub-adults and tenerals. All the marks are obscured by blue pruinescence in adults. Female is similar to the teneral male.

It breeds in marshes, ditches, and ponds.

References

  1. ^ Dow, R.A. (2009). "Brachydiplax sobrina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T163643A5628807. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163643A5628807.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. 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. 308–309. ISBN 9788181714954.
  4. ^ 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. 325–327.
  5. "Brachydiplax sobrina Rambur, 1842". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  6. C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 434.
  7. "Brachydiplax sobrina Rambur, 1842". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-02-12.

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Taxon identifiers
Brachydiplax sobrina


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