Coorg torrent hawk | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Macromiidae |
Genus: | Macromia |
Species: | M. ellisoni
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Binomial name | |
Macromia ellisoni
Fraser, 1924
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The Coorg torrent hawk, [2] Macromia ellisoni, [3] is a species of dragonfly in the family Macromiidae. It is a rare and endemic dragonfly and found only in Western Ghats in South India. [4] [1] [2]
It is a medium sized dragonfly with emarald-green eyes. Its thorax is black, lower part of dorsum changing to dark reddish-brown, marked with a narrow citron-yellow stripe. Laterally there is a narrow oblique yellow stripe over the mesepimeron. Abdomen is black, marked with citron yellow. Segment 2 has a very narrow, rather broadly interrupted annule. The interruption is at the mid-dorsum instead of sub-dorsum on both sides as in Macromia annaimallaiensis. Segments 3 to 5 have small paired dorsal spots, being mere points on segment 6. Segment 7 has a complete basal annule occupying one-third the length of segment. Segments 8 and 9 have paired ventral spots. Segment 10 is unmarked. Anal appendages are black. [5]
This species is the largest Macromia known from India. They usually found flying over torrent streams and waterfalls flowing through evergreen forests. [6] [5] [7] [2]
Data related to
Macromia ellisoni at Wikispecies
Media related to
Macromia ellisoni at Wikimedia Commons
Coorg torrent hawk | |
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male | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Macromiidae |
Genus: | Macromia |
Species: | M. ellisoni
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Binomial name | |
Macromia ellisoni
Fraser, 1924
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The Coorg torrent hawk, [2] Macromia ellisoni, [3] is a species of dragonfly in the family Macromiidae. It is a rare and endemic dragonfly and found only in Western Ghats in South India. [4] [1] [2]
It is a medium sized dragonfly with emarald-green eyes. Its thorax is black, lower part of dorsum changing to dark reddish-brown, marked with a narrow citron-yellow stripe. Laterally there is a narrow oblique yellow stripe over the mesepimeron. Abdomen is black, marked with citron yellow. Segment 2 has a very narrow, rather broadly interrupted annule. The interruption is at the mid-dorsum instead of sub-dorsum on both sides as in Macromia annaimallaiensis. Segments 3 to 5 have small paired dorsal spots, being mere points on segment 6. Segment 7 has a complete basal annule occupying one-third the length of segment. Segments 8 and 9 have paired ventral spots. Segment 10 is unmarked. Anal appendages are black. [5]
This species is the largest Macromia known from India. They usually found flying over torrent streams and waterfalls flowing through evergreen forests. [6] [5] [7] [2]
Data related to
Macromia ellisoni at Wikispecies
Media related to
Macromia ellisoni at Wikimedia Commons