Friday 25 April 2008

Blue Riverdamsel (Pseudagrion microcephalum)

OTHER NAMES: Blue Sprite, Blue Grass Dart
Latin Etymology: Pseudagrion (?) microcephalum ("small head")
Adult male Blue Riverdamsel (Pseudagrion microcephalumat Lower Pierce Reservoir, Singapore - February 2019

Featured Subspecies: Unknown
Weight: ?  /  Length: 3.8cm  /  Wingspan: ?
NO UK STATUS IUCN Red List: Least Concern 

By European standards, a fairly typical damselfly, but in this instance it's a widely distributed species found in a huge roughly triangular range between Australia, China and India.  It is a member of Pseudagrion, one of the largest genuses of damselfly in the world, although one I had not specifically encountered before.

Related Species:
Order: Odonata
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Pseudagrion
SUBSPECIES: P. m. stainbergerorum, P. m. microcephalum, others?

 - Sighting Locations -
SINGAPORE - A fairly common resident
 - CAMBODIA/SINGAPORE 2019 TRIP: One seen around Lower Pierce Reservoir

Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto

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