Idionyx corona

Idionyx corona[2] is a species of dragonfly in the family Synthemistidae. It is known only from the Western Ghats of India.[3][1]

Idionyx corona
Male from Agastya Mala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Family:
Synthemistidae
Genus:
Idionyx
Species:
I. corona
Binomial name
Idionyx corona
Fraser, 1921
Synonyms
  • Idionyx burliyarensis Fraser, 1922
  • Idionyx nilgiriensis Fraser, 1922

Description

It is a small dragonfly with emerald-green eyes. Its thorax is metallic green with a golden reflex. There is a vestigial humeral yellow stripe, laterally a narrow oblique yellow stripe traversing the spiracle and another stripe on the lower border of metepimeron. Wings are transparent, tinted with pale golden-yellow at base. Abdoemen is black. Segments 2 and 3 are narrowly yellow along the ventral border. Segment 10 prominently keeled. Anal appendages are black.[4]

The species is a small one and varies from others by the male, as well as by the female, having the wings tinted with golden-yellow along the costa nearly to the pterostigma. The inferior appendage without lateral spines will serve to distinguish it from others of the same group, whilst the female is easily distinguished by the shape of its unique vesicle.[4]

See also

References
  1. Kakkasery, F. (2011). "Idionyx corona". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T175171A7116981. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T175171A7116981.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2023). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama. Retrieved 14 Mar 2023.
  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. 260–261. 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. 229-230.
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