Odonata of Bangladesh
List of Species
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Tramea basilaris (Kirby, 1889) — Red Marsh Trotter
Male
Male
Others
- Suborder:
- Anisoptera
- Family:
- Libellulidae
- Genus:
- Tramea
- Species:
- Tramea basilaris (Kirby, 1889)
- Common name:
- Red Marsh Trotter
- Global IUCN status:
- Least Concern
- Eco-system:
- Terrestrial, Freshwater
- Abundance:
- Uncommon
- Flight Seasons:
- February - March, May - November
- Local Distribution:
- Dhaka, Sylhet, Chittagong, Khulna
- Global Distribution:
- Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Identification Key:
- Hamule but slightly overlapping lobe; two large black spots at base of hind- wing surrounded by a golden-yellow areola, one in cubital space, the other lying obliquely in anal area of wing, the two narrowly confluent near base of discoidal cell in the male.
- Distinguishing Feature:
- This subspecies is easily determined by the irregular duplicate shape of the basal marking to hind-wing.
- Abdomen Size:
- Male: 32.5 mm
Female: 34 mm - Wing Size:
- Male: 42 mm
Female: 41.5 mm - Wing Spot:
- Male: Bright ochreous
Female: Dull yellow - Eye Color:
- Male: Dark reddish brown
Female: Reddish brown
- COI Gene:
>gi|391352881|dbj|AB709199.1| Tramea basilaris mitochondrial COI gene for cytochrome oxidase subunit 1, partial cds, isolate: RF1190
GTTAGTACCTTTAATACTAGGGGCTCCCGATATAGCCTTTCCACGATTAAATAATATAAGTTTTTGATTACTACCTCCTTCTTTTACATTACTTTTAGCTAGAAGAATAGTGGAAAGTGGAGCGGGAACAGGATGAACAGTTTACCCTCCATTAGCAGGAGCAATTGCTCATGCCGGGGCATCTGTTGATTTAACTATTTTCTCGTTACATTTAGCAGGGGTGTCATCAATTTTAGGAGCAATTAATTTTATTACAACAGTAATCAATATAAAGTCCCCCGGGATAAGTATTGATCAACTACCATTATTTGTATGAGCAGTAGTAATTACTGCAGTATTACTTTTATTATCGTTACCAGTACTAGCTGGTGCTATTACAATACTTTTAACTGATCGAAATATTAATACTTCATTCTTTGATCCAGCAGGAGGTGGAGACCCAATTTTATAT
- CO1 Protein:
>tr|L7SSX5|L7SSX5_9ODON Cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (Fragment) OS=Tramea basilaris PE=3 SV=1
IFGAWAGMVGTALSVLIRIELGQPGSLIGDDQIYNVIVTAHAFVMIFFMVMPIMIGGFGNWLVPLMLGAPDMAFPRLNNMSFWLLPPSFTLLLASSMVESGAGTGWTVYPPLAGAIAHAGASVDLTIFSLHLAGVSSILGAINFITTVINMKSPGMKLDQLPLFVWAVVITAVLLLLSLPVLAGAITMLLTDRNINTSFFDPAGGGDPILYQHLF