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{{Short description|Species of damselfly}}
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| status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Subramanian, K.A. |date=2011 |title=''Protosticta antelopoides'' |volume=2011 |page=e.T175202A7121539 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T175202A7121539.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref>
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Odonata]]
| familia = [[Platystictidae]]
| genus = ''[[Protosticta]]''
| species = '''''P. antelopoides'''''
| binomial = ''Protosticta antelopoides''
| binomial_authority = [[Frederic Charles Fraser|Fraser]], 1931
| synonyms =
}}

'''''Protosticta antelopoides''''',<ref name=wol>{{World Odonata List}}</ref><ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" /> '''spiny reedtail''',<ref name="David and Kiran">{{cite book|author=David V. Raju, Kiran C. G.|title=കേരളത്തിലെ തുമ്പികൾ|trans-title=Dragonflies and Damselflies of Kerala |language=ml | publisher=Tropical Institute of Ecological Sciences |location=Kottayam, Kerala, India |year=2013}}</ref> is a [[damselfly]] species in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Platystictidae]]. It is [[endemic]] to [[Western Ghats]] in [[India]].<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=52}}</ref>

==Description and habitat==
It is a large slender damselfly with bottle-green eyes. Its thorax is bluish-black on dorsum and sides are pale blue with a black stripe on the hinder border of the mesepimeron. Abdomen is black with pale yellow on the lower parts of sides. Segments 3 to 6 to have narrow yellow basal rings. Remaining segments are unmarked. It is bigger than any other known species of this genus. Female is similar to the male.<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/n120 107]-109|url=https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata1}}</ref><ref name=Fraser-WG2>{{cite book|author=C FC Lt. Fraser|author-link=Frederic Charles Fraser|title=Additions to the Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India, with Descriptions of Nine New Species|year=1931|pages=467–468|url=http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/033/04/0443-0474.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/228160|title=Protosticta antelopoides Fraser, 1931|publisher=India Biodiversity Portal|access-date=2017-03-14}}</ref>

It is known to occur in [[Munnar]], [[Idukki district]] and [[Kozhikode district]] of the [[Kerala]]. It is restricted to hill streams with good riparian forest cover.<ref name=Fraser/>

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

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikispecies-inline|Protosticta antelopoides}}

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[[Category:Platystictidae]]
[[Category:Insects of India]]
[[Category:Insects described in 1931]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Frederic Charles Fraser]]

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Protosticta antelopoides - Revision history

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