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{{Short description|Species of damselfly}}
{{Taxobox
| image = Protosticta in Kallar.JPG
| image_caption = male
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Odonata]]
| familia = [[Platystictidae]]
| genus = ''[[Protosticta]]''
| species = '''''P. ponmudiensis'''''
| binomial = ''Protosticta ponmudiensis''
| binomial_authority = Kiran, Kalesh & Kunte, 2015
| synonyms =
}}

'''''Protosticta ponmudiensis''''',<ref name=wol>{{World Odonata List}}</ref><ref name=Kiran>{{cite journal | authors = C.G. Kiran, S. Kalesh & Krushnamegh Kunte | title = A new species of damselfly, Protosticta ponmudiensis (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from Ponmudi Hills in the Western Ghats of India. | journal = Journal of Threatened Taxa | volume= 7 | issue= 5| pages = 7146–7151 | year = 2015| url=http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/1970| accessdate =2017-03-14 | doi=10.11609/jott.o4145.7146-51| doi-access = free }} [[File:CC-BY icon.svg|50px]] This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)] license.</ref> '''Travancore reedtail''',<ref name=ifb/> is a [[damselfly]] species in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Platystictidae]]. It is [[endemic]] to southern [[Western Ghats]] in [[India]].<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=60–61}}</ref> It is named after the type locality ([[Ponmudi]]), a hill station near [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]], where the species was discovered.<ref name=Kiran/>

The genus ''[[Protosticta]]'' has eleven species reported from the [[India]], of which nine are known from [[Western Ghats]].<ref name=Fraser>{{cite book|author=C FC Lt. 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}}</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>

This species was found in 2013 from the [[Ponmudi]], [[Thiruvananthapuram district]], [[Kerala]] which is part of [[Agasthyamalai]] region of the southern [[Western Ghats]]. It was perched on a dry climber approximately 1.5m above the ground inside the shaded parts of the stream. It was found near slow flowing hill streams and brooks. It shares the habitat with other ''[[Protosticta gravelyi]]'' and ''[[Protosticta davenporti]]'', and with other odonates, ''[[Caconeura]]'' species, ''[[Euphaea fraseri]]'', ''[[Idionyx saffronata]]'' and ''[[Heliogomphus promelas]]''. This species can be distinguished from other ''[[Protosticta]]'' based on its large size, bright green eyes, the broad dorsal stripe on the base of segment 7, and very distinct anal appendages.<ref name=Kiran/><ref name=ifb>{{cite web
|url=http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/784/Protosticta-ponmudiensis|title=Protosticta ponmudiensis Kiran, Kalesh & Kunte 2015 – Travancore Reedtail|publisher=Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies|accessdate=2017-03-14}}</ref>
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File:Protosticta ponmudiensis - head (lateral view).jpg|Head (male)
File:Protosticta ponmudiensis - head (front view).jpg|Eyes (male)
File:Protosticta ponmudiensis - terminal abdominal segments.jpg|Terminal abdominal segments
File:Protosticta ponmudiensis male - anal appendages.jpg|Anal appendages (male)
File:Protosticta ponmudiensis - wings.jpg|Wings (male)
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== See also ==
* [[List of odonates of India]]
* [[List of odonata of Kerala]]

== References ==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Platystictidae]]
[[Category:Insects of India]]
[[Category:Insects described in 2015]]

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