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{{Short description|Species of damselfly}}
{{Taxobox
| image = P.westermanni6.jpg
| image_caption = Male
| status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Subramanian, K.A. |date=2011 |title=''Phylloneura westermanni'' |volume=2011 |page=e.T175201A7121390 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T175201A7121390.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref>
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Odonata]]
| familia = [[Platycnemididae]]
| genus = ''[[Phylloneura]]''
| species = '''''P. westermanni'''''
| binomial = ''Phylloneura westermanni''
| binomial_authority = (Hagen in Selys, 1860)
| synonyms =
*''Alloneura westermanni'' {{small|Hagen in Selys, 1860}}
}}

'''''Phylloneura westermanni''''',<ref name=wol>{{World Odonata List}}</ref><ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" /> '''Myristica bambootail'''<ref name=ibp/> is a [[damselfly]] species in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Platycnemididae]]. It is [[endemic]] to [[Myristica swamp]]s of [[Western Ghats]] in [[India]]. The habitat is restricted to a few localities in [[Karnataka]], [[Kerala]] and [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" /><ref name=atlas>{{cite book |last1=K.A. |first1=Subramanian |last2=K.G. |first2=Emiliyamma |last3=R. |first3=Babu |last4=C. |first4=Radhakrishnan |last5=S.S. |first5=Talmale |title=Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India |date=2018 |publisher=Zoological Survey of India |isbn=9788181714954|pages=122–123}}</ref>

==Description and habitat==
It is a medium sized damselfly with black-capped blue eyes. Its thorax is black, marked with a narrow ante-humeral azure blue stripe. Lateral side is blue with a moderately broad black stripe over the postero-lateral suture. Its abdomen is black, marked with azure blue broadly on the sides of the segments 1 and 2. Segments 3 to 5 have very narrow baso-dorsal annules in blue. Apical end of segment 7 and segments 8 to 9 are blue on dorsum with very narrow annules in black. Segment 10 is blue on dorsum and black on the sides. Female is similar to the male except in the markings on the last abdominal segments.<ref name=Fraser/>

The species is closely associated with [[Myristica swamp|Myristica swamps]] and streams with good riparian forest cover. They usually found in small colonies, perching on overhanging plants.<ref name=Fraser>{{cite book|author=C FC Lt. Fraser|author-link=Frederic Charles Fraser|title=The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. I|publisher=Taylor and Francis|location=Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London|year=1933|pages=[https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata1/page/n282 269]-271|url=https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata1}}</ref><ref name=Fraser-WG>{{cite book|author=C FC Lt. Fraser|author-link=Frederic Charles Fraser|title=A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India with Special Remarks on the Genera Macromia and Idionyx and Descriptions of Thirty New Species|publisher=Zoological Survey of India. Volumes (Records)|year=1924|pages=506–509|url=http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/026/05/0423-0522.pdf}}</ref><ref name=ias>{{cite book|last=Subramanian|first=K. A.|title=Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide|year=2005|url=http://www.ias.ac.in/Publications/Overview/Dragonflies}}</ref><ref name=ibp>{{cite web
|url=http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/228058|title=Phylloneura westermanni Selys, 1860 |publisher=India Biodiversity Portal|access-date=2017-03-12}}</ref><ref name=ifb>{{cite web
|url=http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/329/Phylloneura-westermanni|title=Phylloneura westermanni Selys, 1860|publisher=Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies|access-date=2017-03-12}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of odonates of India]]
* [[List of odonata of Kerala]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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[[Category:Platycnemididae]]
[[Category:Insects of India]]
[[Category:Insects described in 1860]]

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Phylloneura westermanni - Revision history

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