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{{Short description|Species of damselfly}}
{{Taxobox
| image = Protosticta hearseyi by Manoj P.jpg
| image_caption = Male, [[Wayanad]], [[Kerala]]
| 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 hearseyi'' |volume=2011 |page=e.T175157A7114880 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T175157A7114880.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref>
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Odonata]]
| familia = [[Platystictidae]]
| genus = ''[[Protosticta]]''
| species = '''''P. hearseyi'''''
| binomial = ''Protosticta hearseyi''
| binomial_authority = [[Frederic Charles Fraser|Fraser]], 1922
| synonyms =
}}

'''''Protosticta hearseyi''''',<ref name=wol>{{World Odonata List}}</ref><ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" /> '''little 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=57}}</ref>

==Description and habitat==
It is a small slender damselfly with blue eyes. Its thorax is copper-brown on the dorsum and pale blue laterally. There is a broad black stripe on the postero-lateral suture and anterior part of metepimeron. Abdomen is copper-brown, marked with pale blue. segments 1 and 2 are bluish-white on the sides. Segments 3 to 7 have narrow basal annules extending more broadly along the sides. Segment 8 is turquoise-blue, with a narrow black apical annule. Segments 9 and 10 are black. The small size of the species and its copper-brown colours will help to identify it from all other species in the same genus. It is the only species in which the two sexes are approximately of the same length.<ref name=Fraser/>

It is known to occur in first order streams with good riparian forest cover.<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=113–115|url=https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata1/page/n125}}</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=499|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/228164|title=Protosticta hearseyi Fraser, 1922|publisher=India Biodiversity Portal|access-date=2017-03-14}}</ref>

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

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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

{{Commonscat-inline|Protosticta hearseyi}}

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[[Category:Platystictidae]]
[[Category:Insects of India]]
[[Category:Insects described in 1922]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Frederic Charles Fraser]]

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Protosticta hearseyi - Revision history

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