Caconeura gomphoides
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| Caconeura gomphoides | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Platycnemididae |
| Genus: | Caconeura |
| Species: | C. gomphoides |
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| Caconeura gomphoides (Rambur, 1842) | |
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Caconeura gomphoides[2][1] is a damselfly species in the family Platycnemididae. It is endemic to high altitude peat bogs and grassy uplands in Nilgiris.[1][3]
It is a medium-sized damselfly with black-capped blue eyes. Its thorax is black on dorsum and azure blue on the sides. There is a very narrow azure blue antehumeral stripe and a moderately broad black stripe on the postero-lateral suture on each side. Wings are transparent with reddish-brown pterostigma, framed in thick black nervures. Abdomen is black with azure blue stripes on segment 1 and 2. Segment 3 to 6 have narrow basal rings in azure blue. Segments 8 to 10 are entirely azure blue. Female is similar to the male. It can be distinguished from all other species of this genus by the reddish-brown color of the pterostigma and by the mid-dorsal mark on segment 2. It is also comparatively short and thick than other similar species.[4][5]
It breeds in small streams in Nilgiris. Commonly found in grassy upland, clinging to ferns on the banks of small streams covered with grass.[4][6][7][8]
