Agasthyamalai Bambootail:
A group of researchers recently discovered a new species of damselfly, Agasthyamalai Bambootail, from Manjadininnavila in Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala.
- Agasthyamalai Bambootail is a new species of damselfly.
- It is a rare species belonging to the group of bambootails, so named because of their long cylindrical abdomen resembling a bamboo stalk.
- It was discovered from the Agasthyamalai landscape of Western Ghats.
- The only other species in this genus is the Malabar Bambootail (Melanoneura bilineata) which is found in the Coorg-Wayanad landscape of the Western Ghats.
- The members of this genus can be separated from other bambootails by the absence of the anal bridge vein in their wings.
- This genus of damselflies has long black bodies with brilliant blue markings.
- The new species differs from the Malabar Bambootail in the structure of prothorax, anal appendages, and secondary genitalia.
