Common name: Blue Sprite / Blue River Damsel
Malayalam name: നാട്ടുപൂത്താലി
Scientific name: Pseudagrion microcephalum Rambur, 1842
Family: Coenagrionidae
Place of observation: Thumboor, Thommana - Kerala
Date of observation: Various
Male
Abdomen: 27mm
Hind wing: 17mm
Female
Abdomen: 29mm
Hind wing: 20 mm
Malayalam name: നാട്ടുപൂത്താലി
Scientific name: Pseudagrion microcephalum Rambur, 1842
Family: Coenagrionidae
Place of observation: Thumboor, Thommana - Kerala
Date of observation: Various
Male
Abdomen: 27mm
Hind wing: 17mm
Female
Abdomen: 29mm
Hind wing: 20 mm
Keys male
Dorsal marking on segment 2 goblet-shaped;
Superior anal appendages with 6, 2, or 3 small spines on the inner border.
Keys female
Head and the upper surface of eyes with a large amount of bright orange;
Segment 9 with a bifid black marking.
(Fraser vol.1 page 278, 279)
Dorsal marking on segment 2 goblet-shaped;
Superior anal appendages with 6, 2, or 3 small spines on the inner border.
Keys female
Head and the upper surface of eyes with a large amount of bright orange;
Segment 9 with a bifid black marking.
(Fraser vol.1 page 278, 279)
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| Female |
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| Male |
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| Tandem |
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| Male transferring sperms to the secondary genitalia |
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| Mating |
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| Mating |
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| Ovipositing |
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| Ovipositing |
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| Male |
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| Female |
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| Pseudagrion microcephalum and Ceriagrion cerinorubellum ovipositing pairs |
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| Male |
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| Male |
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| Comparison of the female's Head & Thorax |
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| Comparison of the male's Head & Thorax |
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| Comparison of the male's Anal appendages |
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| Comparison of the males |
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| Comparison of the females |
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