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Scarlet skimmer

Scarlet skimmer
C. s. servilia, male
C. s. mariannae, male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Crocothemis
Species:
C. servilia
Binomial name
Crocothemis servilia
(Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
  • Libellula ferruginea Fabricius, 1793
  • Libellula servilia Drury, 1773
  • Libellula soror Rambur, 1842

The scarlet skimmer[1][2] or ruddy marsh skimmer,[3] Crocothemis servilia,[4] is a species of dragonfly of the family Libellulidae, native to east and southeast Asia and introduced to Jamaica, Florida, and Hawaii.[1][5]

Subspecies

There are two known subspecies; Crocothemis servilia servilia (Drury, 1773)[6] and Crocothemis servilia mariannae Kiauta, 1983.[7] C. s. mariannae lacks the mid-dorsal black stripe.[8]

Description and habitat

It is a medium sized blood-red dragonfly with a thin black line along the mid-dorsal abdomen. Its eyes are blood-red above, purple laterally. Thorax is bright ferruginous, often blood-red on dorsum. Abdomen is blood-red, with a narrow black mid-dorsal carina. Anal appendages are blood-red. Female is similar to the male; but with olivaceous-brown thorax and abdomen. The black mid-dorsal carina is rather broad.[9]

It breeds in ponds, ditches, marshes, open swamps and rice fields.[9][10][11][3][2]

  • male
    male
  • female
    female
  • subadult male in flight
    subadult male in flight
  • Scarlet Skimmer Image
    A Scarlet Skimmer in Uttarakhand, India

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Dow, R.A. (2017). "Crocothemis servilia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T163607A80679957. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T163607A80679957.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Crocothemis servilia Drury, 1773". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  3. ^ a b "Crocothemis servilia Drury, 1773". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  4. ^ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
  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. 316–317. ISBN 9788181714954.
  6. ^ "Crocothemis servilia Drury, 1773". gbif.org. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Crocothemis servilia mariannae Kiauta". gbif.org. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  8. ^ Kiauta, B. (1983). "The status of the Japanese Crocothemis servilia. (Drury) as revealed by karyotypic morphology (Anisoptera: Libellulidae)". Odonatologica. 12 (4): 381–288. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  9. ^ 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. 345–347.
  10. ^ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 437.
  11. ^ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.

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