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Threadtails - Protoneuridae
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These damsels also known as "threadtails". These small sized damselfies
(30-35mm or 3-5" abdomen in length) with a very slender abdomen. Males head
and eyes black, red or orange. Thorax with brightly colored stripes or
patches in shades of yellow, orange, red or metallic green, alternating with
black lines; the legs may also be brightly colored; wings very narrow and in
many species somewhat short in relation to the abdomen. The abdomen
extremely thin and long in most, gradually thicker towards the end, usually
black; the dorsum of initial segments may be the same bright color as the
thorax or it may have a pale spot on penulimate segment. Cerci very short
and complex, with spines, wrinkles or pads.
Females are generally brownish or of a dull coloration. Abdomen slightly
shorter but noticeable thicker than in the males. Cerci not very developed.
Protoneuridea can be observed around pools with floating debris in rivers
and streams within primary and secondary forests, at low and middle
elevations. Other species in swamps and at the edges of marshy ponds within
forests. They can usually be found perched in the shade , on twigs or leaf
tips near the water with their body horizontal and their abdomen slightly
inclined downwards and the wings pressed against the abdomen.
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