Amphithemis vacillans Selys, 1891

Bhowmik, Suman & Bora, Atanu, 2021, Amphithemis vacillans Selys, 1891 (Odonata: Libellulidae): new addition to the Odonata fauna of Meghalaya, Northeastern India, Revista Chilena de Entomología (Rev. Chil. Entomol.) 47 (3), pp. 489-492 : 490

Amphithemis vacillans Selys, 1891 ( Fig. 2 )

Males of the species has black prothorax and thorax; legs black with inner border of anterior femora yellow. The males can be easily identified by the black abdomen, segments 2 and 3 being pruinosed snow-white, but the basal half of the former segment less so ( Fraser 1936).

Amphithemis vacillans is a freshwater species which breeds in marshes and small weedy pools and tanks in forest areas. The dragonfly is assessed as data deficient under the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species because of the lack of reliable records less than 70 years old, and the lack of expert sampling across its range since then ( Sharma and Dow 2010). The authors hope that a sizeable population of this species exists in the forest of the state and more samplings are required across North-east India to assess the current status about the ecology, population, habitat and distribution of this species.

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Figure 2. Current sighting of male Amphithemis vacillansin Byrnihat, Ri-bhoi distict, Meghalaya, India. /Avistamiento del macho de Amphithemis vacillans en Byrnihat, distrito de Ri-bhoi, Meghalaya, India.