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Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
25. Neurothemis tullia tullia (Drury, 1773)
English Name
Pied Paddy Skimmer.
Description
Both sexes differ signifi cantly in colouration as under:
Male: Face black, eyes blackish/brown, thorax
black with creamy stripe, wing bases opaque
blue-black bordered by milky-white patch with
transparent tips, pterostigma brownish, abdomen
black with creamy stripe above, legs black.
Abdomen 16.0–20.0, hindwing 19.0–23.0 mm
(Fraser 1936 ; Subramanian 2009 ), abdn. 19.5, fwing.
24.0, hwing. 23.0 mm (Prasad 1996a , b ), abdn. 19.0,
fwing. 24.0, hwing. 24.0 mm (Prasad 2004b ).
Female: Face olivaceous-yellow, eyes brownish/olivaceous, thorax greenish-yellow with yellowish stripe (bordered with black) above, wing
bases amber-yellow, pterostigma brownish, legs
yellow/black.
Abdomen 16.0–19.0, hindwing 20.0–23.0 mm
(Fraser 1936 ; Subramanian 2009 ).
Distribution
Rajasthan
Thar Desert; in and around Mount Abu Wildlife
Sanctuary, Sirohi district.
India
Bihar, Chhattisgarh (Bastar dist.), Deccan, Delhi,
Eastern Himalaya, Gujarat (Surat dist.), Himachal
Pradesh (Kangra, Sirmour and Una dists. and
Renuka Wetland), Karnataka, Kerala (Malabar),
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra (Mumbai), Peninsular
India, Punjab (Hoshiarpur dist.), Uttarakhand (Dehra
Dun dist.), Tamil Nadu (Chennai; Kodagu/Coorg),
West Bengal and West Coast.
Habitat
It breeds in marshes, well-vegetated ponds and
lake margins and ricefi elds.
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Threats
There do not appear to be any global threats to
this very widespread and common species at
present.
Genus: Tetrathemis Brauer, 1868
(Subfamily: Tetrathemistinae Tillyard, 1917)
26. Tetrathemis platyptera Selys, 1878
Popular English Name
Pigmy Skimmer.
Description
Small-sized, large-headed black and yellow
dragonfl y with amber-coloured patch on hindwing.
Male: Distinct in yellow and black markings
and vivid turquoise eyes, yellow base on hindwings. Abdomen 15.0–18.0, hindwing 18.0–
21.0 mm (Fraser 1936 ; Subramanian 2009 ),
fwing. 20.5, hwing. 20.0 mm (Prasad 2004b ).
Female: Abdomen 14.0–16.0, hindwing 19.0–
24.0 mm (Fraser 1936 ; Subramanian 2009 ).
Distribution
Rajasthan
Thar Desert.
India
Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat (Pipri dist.), Karnataka
(Chandagal,
Mysore),
Kerala
(Malabar,
Thiruvithamcoor / Travancore,
Thiruvananthapuram), Uttarakhand and Tamil Nadu
(Anaimalai,
Kodagu/Coorg,
Nilgiris),
Uttarakhand (Dehra Dun and Nainital dists.).
Habitat
It breeds in pools in forest, including secondary
forest.
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Threats
Habitat loss through forest clearance for agricultural and timber crops is a potential threat to viable habitat of this species.
Genus: Hydrobasileus Kirby, 1889
(Subfamily: Trameinae Tillyard, 1917)
A. Husain
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
25. Neurothemis tullia tullia (Drury, 1773)
English Name
Pied Paddy Skimmer.
Description
Both sexes differ signifi cantly in colouration as under:
Male: Face black, eyes blackish/brown, thorax
black with creamy stripe, wing bases opaque
blue-black bordered by milky-white patch with
transparent tips, pterostigma brownish, abdomen
black with creamy stripe above, legs black.
Abdomen 16.0–20.0, hindwing 19.0–23.0 mm
(Fraser 1936 ; Subramanian 2009 ), abdn. 19.5, fwing.
24.0, hwing. 23.0 mm (Prasad 1996a , b ), abdn. 19.0,
fwing. 24.0, hwing. 24.0 mm (Prasad 2004b ).
Female: Face olivaceous-yellow, eyes brownish/olivaceous, thorax greenish-yellow with yellowish stripe (bordered with black) above, wing
bases amber-yellow, pterostigma brownish, legs
yellow/black.
Abdomen 16.0–19.0, hindwing 20.0–23.0 mm
(Fraser 1936 ; Subramanian 2009 ).
Distribution
Rajasthan
Thar Desert; in and around Mount Abu Wildlife
Sanctuary, Sirohi district.
India
Bihar, Chhattisgarh (Bastar dist.), Deccan, Delhi,
Eastern Himalaya, Gujarat (Surat dist.), Himachal
Pradesh (Kangra, Sirmour and Una dists. and
Renuka Wetland), Karnataka, Kerala (Malabar),
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra (Mumbai), Peninsular
India, Punjab (Hoshiarpur dist.), Uttarakhand (Dehra
Dun dist.), Tamil Nadu (Chennai; Kodagu/Coorg),
West Bengal and West Coast.
Habitat
It breeds in marshes, well-vegetated ponds and
lake margins and ricefi elds.
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Threats
There do not appear to be any global threats to
this very widespread and common species at
present.
Genus: Tetrathemis Brauer, 1868
(Subfamily: Tetrathemistinae Tillyard, 1917)
26. Tetrathemis platyptera Selys, 1878
Popular English Name
Pigmy Skimmer.
Description
Small-sized, large-headed black and yellow
dragonfl y with amber-coloured patch on hindwing.
Male: Distinct in yellow and black markings
and vivid turquoise eyes, yellow base on hindwings. Abdomen 15.0–18.0, hindwing 18.0–
21.0 mm (Fraser 1936 ; Subramanian 2009 ),
fwing. 20.5, hwing. 20.0 mm (Prasad 2004b ).
Female: Abdomen 14.0–16.0, hindwing 19.0–
24.0 mm (Fraser 1936 ; Subramanian 2009 ).
Distribution
Rajasthan
Thar Desert.
India
Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat (Pipri dist.), Karnataka
(Chandagal,
Mysore),
Kerala
(Malabar,
Thiruvithamcoor / Travancore,
Thiruvananthapuram), Uttarakhand and Tamil Nadu
(Anaimalai,
Kodagu/Coorg,
Nilgiris),
Uttarakhand (Dehra Dun and Nainital dists.).
Habitat
It breeds in pools in forest, including secondary
forest.
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Threats
Habitat loss through forest clearance for agricultural and timber crops is a potential threat to viable habitat of this species.
Genus: Hydrobasileus Kirby, 1889
(Subfamily: Trameinae Tillyard, 1917)
A. Husain