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Habitat
It breeds in ponds and lakes.
Genus:
Trithemis
Brauer, 1868
(Subfamily: Trithemistinae Tillyard, 1917)
34.
Trithemis aurora
(Burmeister, 1839)
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
English Name
Crimson Marsh Glider.
Threats
There appear to be no signifi cant threats to this
species at present.
Genus:
Zyxomma
Rambur, 1842
(Subfamily: Trameinae Tillyard, 1917, Gliders)
Description
Male: Head reddish-brown/reddish, eyes crim-
son/brown, thorax red with purple, abdomen
crimson with a tinge of violet, wing base with a
broad patch of amber, pterostigma reddish-brown
and legs black.
Abdomen 21.0-29.0, hindwing 24.0-
34.0 mm (Fraser 1036; Subramanian
2009
),
abdn. 23.0-24.0, fwing. 24.0-25.5, hwing.
24.0 mm (Prasad
1996a
,
b
), abdn. 23.0-28.0,
fwing. 25.0-26.5, hwing. 25.0-26.0 mm (Prasad
2004b
), abdn. 23.0, fwing. 28.0, hwing. 27.0 mm
(Prasad
2007
).
Female: Head olivaceous/reddish-brown, eyes
purplish-brown/grey, thorax olivaceous with
brown and black stripes, abdomen reddish-brown
with black markings, pterostigma brown and legs
grey with yellow stripes.
Abdomen 19.0-27.0, hindwing 24.0-
31.0 mm (Fraser
1936
), abdn. 23.0-27.0, fwing.
25.0-27.0, hwing. 25.0-27.0 mm (Prasad
2007
),
abdn. 19.0-27.0, hwing. 24.0 mm (Subramanian
2009
).
33.
Zyxomma petiolatum
Rambur, 1842
English Name
Brown Dusk Hawk, Long-Tailed Dusk Darter.
Description
Large-sized brown dragonfl y with long and thin
abdomen and brown-tipped wings.
Male: Abdomen 37.0-42.0, hindwing 32.0-
35.0 mm (Fraser
1936
), abdn. 37.0-42.0, hwing.
32.0-35.0 mm (Subramanian
2009
).
Female: Abdomen 37.0-42.0, hindwing 32.0-
38.0 mm (Fraser
1936
; Subramanian
2009
).
Distribution
Found above 914.4 m/3,000 ft.
Rajasthan
Thar Desert.
India
Throughout. Andaman and Nicobar Islands,
Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh
(Bastar dist.), Delhi, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala,
Laccadive Islands, Maharashtra (Pune, Mumbai),
Puducherry (Mahe), Tamil Nadu (Chennai,
Kodagu/Coorg, Kallar-Nilgiris), Uttarakhand
(Dehra Dun dist.) and West Bengal.
Distribution
Up to about 1,219.2 m/4,000 ft altitude.
Rajasthan
Pichola Lake, Udaipur; Thar Desert at Osian and
Lake Kailana, Jodhpur; Jodhpur, and Mandore
Jodhpur district; in and around Mount Abu
Wildlife Sanctuary, Sirohi district.
Habitat
It breeds in small stagnant pools, ponds, swamp
forest and slow-fl owing rivers.
India
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh,
Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh,
Chhattisgarh (Bastar dist.), Dadra and Nagar
Haveli, Daman and Diu, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat
(Jamnagar and Junagadh, Pipri, Surat and Vasad
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
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