Bradinopyga konkanensis

Bradinopyga konkanensis is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae known commonly as the Konkan rockdweller.[2] It is endemic to the Western Coastal Plains of India.[1][3]

Bradinopyga konkanensis
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Family:
Libellulidae
Genus:
Bradinopyga
Species:
B. konkanensis
Binomial name
Bradinopyga konkanensis
Joshi & Sawant, 2020[1]

Description and habitat

It is a medium-sized dragonfly with brown-capped grey eyes. Its thorax is dark blue, pruinosed in adults. Wings are transparent with dual color pterostigma, black at centre and dark brown at distal and proximal ends. Base of wings are brown. Abdomen is black, pruinosed with blue, making the brown marks faintly visible. Anal appendages are brown, darker at the apices. Female is similar to the male.[1]

This species is similar to Bradinopyga geminata; but can be distinguished by the pruinosed body colours, dark wing base and the difference in bi-coloured pterostigma.[1]

Taking advantage of its cryptic coloration, it always rests flat on laterite, rock or cement-plastered walls, where it almost invisible.[1]

See also

References
  1. Joshi, S.; Sawant, D. (2020). "Description of Bradinopyga konkanensis sp. nov. (Odonata: Anisoptera: Libellulidae) from the coastal region of Maharashtra, India". Zootaxa. 4779 (1): 065–078. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4779.1.4. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  2. "Bradinopyga konkanensis Joshi & Sawant, 2020 – Konkan Rockdweller". Odonata of India, v. 1.48. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  3. Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.


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