Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens)

Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens)

Inhabits wide range of still waters, including ephemeral ponds and swamps

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• Libellulidae: Key couplet 1 of 67

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• ● Distal antenodal of forewing incomplete, only the costal section present

• Libellulidae: Key couplet 35 of 67

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• ● Hindwing triangle free

• Libellulidae: Key couplet 39 of 67

• ○ Not as above

• Libellulidae: Key couplet 40 of 67

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• ● Base of hindwing triangle at or slightly proximal to arculus

• Libellulidae: Key couplet 41 of 67

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• ● Tip of anal loop closed, the bounding veins meeting midvein one row of cells away from wing margin

• Libellulidae: Key couplet 45 of 67

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• ● Basal side of forewing subtriangle poorly defined
  ● If recognisable, containing more than three cells

• Libellulidae: Key couplet 56 of 67

• ○ Wing membrane hyaline or yellow, with, at most, dark markings at extreme wing tip, beyond pterostigma

• Libellulidae: Key couplet 57 of 67

• ○ Abdomen brownish yellow to orange red, with black markings on some segments

• Libellulidae: Key couplet 58 of 67

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• ● Arculus situated between first two antenodal crossveins
  ○ Male abdomen brownish-yellow to orange-red, with black dorsal markings, broadest on segments 8-9
  
  ⇒ species: Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens)