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44. Ischnura rufostigma Selys, 1876
English Name
Reddish Darlet.
Description
Male: Eyes dark olivaceous/pale below, thorax
steel black and marked with narrow bluish stripes,
abdomen reddish-orange with quadrate black spot
on 1st segment, anal appendage ochreous with
black tip, wings hyaline, pterostigma of forewing
very narrow, elongate and diamond shaped and
legs yellowish with a minute black spot.
Abdomen 23.0, hindwing 14.0–15.0 mm
(Fraser 1933 ), abdn. 22.0, fwing. 15.0, hwing.
14.5 mm (Prasad 1996a , b ).
Female: Mostly like male except the isochromatic form.
Abdomen 22.0, hindwing 16.0–17.0 mm
(Fraser 1933 ).
Distribution
Rajasthan
As per Bose and Mitra ( 1976 ).
India
Assam (Tezpur), Bihar (Pusa), Chhattisgarh
(Bastar dist.), Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and
Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh (Mhow), Manipur,
Meghalaya, Nagaland, Uttarakhand (Nainital
dist.) and West Bengal (Kolkata).
Habitat
Inhabits a variety of standing water habitats.
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Remarks
Ischnura annandalei Laidlaw, 1919 is a species
from N Shan States, Myanmar.
45. Ischnura senegalensis (Rambur, 1842)
English Names
African Blue-Tail, Common Blue-Tail, Marsh
Blue-Tail, Senegal Blue-Tail, Senegal Golden
Dartlet, Ubiquitous Blue-Tail.
Description
Small pale green damselfl y with black and yellow thoracic stripes; abdomen yellowish with
basal and terminal blue spots.
Male: Head and thorax bright orange, eyes
green, abdomen with segments 1–2, 7 and 8–10
bright orange, 3–6 pale blue while partly 7 and
8–10 orange. Distinctive segment 2 in that black
top half creeps right down the side of abdomen as
a ‘saddle mark’.
Abdomen 21.0–23.0, hindwing 13.0–15.0 mm
(Fraser 1933 ; Subramanian, 2009 ), abdn. 22.0,
fwing. 12.5, hwing. 13.0 mm (Prasad 1996a , b ),
abdn. 20.0–21.0, fwing. 14.5–15.5, hwing. 14.0–
15.0 mm (Prasad 2004a ), abdn. 22.0–24.0, fwing.
17.0–19.0, hwing. 16.5–18.00 mm (Prasad
2004b ).
Female: Abdomen 20.0–24.0, hindwing 14.0–
16.0 mm (Fraser 1933 ; Subramanian, 2009 ),
abdn. 24.0, fwing. 17.0, hwing. 16.0 mm (Prasad
2004a ), abdn. 21.0–23.0, fwing. 16.5–19.0,
hwing. 16.0–18.0 mm (Prasad 2004b ).
Distribution
Rajasthan
Thar Desert; Girab, Barmer dist., Desert National
Park; Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur;
Phulera, Jaipur dist.; Mount Abu Wildlife
Sanctuary, Sirohi district.
India
Bihar, Chhattisgarh (Bastar dist.), Delhi,
Gujarat (Ahmedabad, Bhuj, Gandhinagar,
Jamnagar, Kachchh, Kheda, Mehsana, Saputara
dists.), Himachal Pradesh (Bilaspur dist. and
Renuka Wetland, Sirmour dist.), Jharkhand
(Dhanbad), Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra
(Sanjay Gandhi National Park), Manipur,
Punjab (Hoshiarpur dist.), South India,
Tamil
Nadu
(Ootacamund
Lake,
2,209.8 m/7,250 ft), Uttarakhand (Dehra Dun
and Tehri dists.), Uttar Pradesh and West
Bengal.
Habitat
It occupies a variety of stagnant and slowly fl owing water bodies. It is salt, pollution and
disturbance- tolerant species.
9 Odonate Fauna of Rajasthan
44. Ischnura rufostigma Selys, 1876
English Name
Reddish Darlet.
Description
Male: Eyes dark olivaceous/pale below, thorax
steel black and marked with narrow bluish stripes,
abdomen reddish-orange with quadrate black spot
on 1st segment, anal appendage ochreous with
black tip, wings hyaline, pterostigma of forewing
very narrow, elongate and diamond shaped and
legs yellowish with a minute black spot.
Abdomen 23.0, hindwing 14.0–15.0 mm
(Fraser 1933 ), abdn. 22.0, fwing. 15.0, hwing.
14.5 mm (Prasad 1996a , b ).
Female: Mostly like male except the isochromatic form.
Abdomen 22.0, hindwing 16.0–17.0 mm
(Fraser 1933 ).
Distribution
Rajasthan
As per Bose and Mitra ( 1976 ).
India
Assam (Tezpur), Bihar (Pusa), Chhattisgarh
(Bastar dist.), Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and
Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh (Mhow), Manipur,
Meghalaya, Nagaland, Uttarakhand (Nainital
dist.) and West Bengal (Kolkata).
Habitat
Inhabits a variety of standing water habitats.
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Remarks
Ischnura annandalei Laidlaw, 1919 is a species
from N Shan States, Myanmar.
45. Ischnura senegalensis (Rambur, 1842)
English Names
African Blue-Tail, Common Blue-Tail, Marsh
Blue-Tail, Senegal Blue-Tail, Senegal Golden
Dartlet, Ubiquitous Blue-Tail.
Description
Small pale green damselfl y with black and yellow thoracic stripes; abdomen yellowish with
basal and terminal blue spots.
Male: Head and thorax bright orange, eyes
green, abdomen with segments 1–2, 7 and 8–10
bright orange, 3–6 pale blue while partly 7 and
8–10 orange. Distinctive segment 2 in that black
top half creeps right down the side of abdomen as
a ‘saddle mark’.
Abdomen 21.0–23.0, hindwing 13.0–15.0 mm
(Fraser 1933 ; Subramanian, 2009 ), abdn. 22.0,
fwing. 12.5, hwing. 13.0 mm (Prasad 1996a , b ),
abdn. 20.0–21.0, fwing. 14.5–15.5, hwing. 14.0–
15.0 mm (Prasad 2004a ), abdn. 22.0–24.0, fwing.
17.0–19.0, hwing. 16.5–18.00 mm (Prasad
2004b ).
Female: Abdomen 20.0–24.0, hindwing 14.0–
16.0 mm (Fraser 1933 ; Subramanian, 2009 ),
abdn. 24.0, fwing. 17.0, hwing. 16.0 mm (Prasad
2004a ), abdn. 21.0–23.0, fwing. 16.5–19.0,
hwing. 16.0–18.0 mm (Prasad 2004b ).
Distribution
Rajasthan
Thar Desert; Girab, Barmer dist., Desert National
Park; Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur;
Phulera, Jaipur dist.; Mount Abu Wildlife
Sanctuary, Sirohi district.
India
Bihar, Chhattisgarh (Bastar dist.), Delhi,
Gujarat (Ahmedabad, Bhuj, Gandhinagar,
Jamnagar, Kachchh, Kheda, Mehsana, Saputara
dists.), Himachal Pradesh (Bilaspur dist. and
Renuka Wetland, Sirmour dist.), Jharkhand
(Dhanbad), Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra
(Sanjay Gandhi National Park), Manipur,
Punjab (Hoshiarpur dist.), South India,
Tamil
Nadu
(Ootacamund
Lake,
2,209.8 m/7,250 ft), Uttarakhand (Dehra Dun
and Tehri dists.), Uttar Pradesh and West
Bengal.
Habitat
It occupies a variety of stagnant and slowly fl owing water bodies. It is salt, pollution and
disturbance- tolerant species.
9 Odonate Fauna of Rajasthan