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{{short description|Species of dragonfly}}
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{{Taxobox
| name = Tetrathemis platyptera
| image = Tetrathemis platyptera male by kadavoor.jpg
| image_caption = Male
| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Dow, R.A. |date=2020 |title=''Tetrathemis platyptera'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T163647A138281957 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T163647A138281957.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref>
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Odonata]]
| familia = [[Libellulidae]]
| genus = ''[[Tetrathemis ]]''
| species = '''''T. platyptera'''''
| binomial = ''Tetrathemis platyptera''
| binomial_authority = Sélys, 1878
| synonyms =
*''Tetrathemis flava'' {{small|Krüger, 1902}}
*''Tetrathemis pulchra'' {{small|Laidlaw, 1902}}
}}

[[File:Tetrathemis platyptera,pigmy skimmer.jpg|thumb|Tetrathemis platyptera,pigmy skimmer]]

'''''Tetrathemis platyptera''''',<ref name=wol>{{World Odonata List}}</ref> '''pigmy skimmer''',<ref name=ibp/><ref name=ifb/> is a species of [[dragonfly]] in the family [[Libellulidae]]. It is widespread in many [[Asia]]n countries and locally common over much of its range.<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=379–380}}</ref>

==Description and habitat==
It is a small dragonfly with yellow face and bluish green eyes. Its thorax and abdomen are yellow with broad black marks. Its wings are transparent, with fore-wings faintly and hind-wings broadly tinted with yellow in base. Females are similar to males.<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. III|publisher=Taylor and Francis|location=Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London|year=1936|pages=[https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata3/page/n261 250]–251|url=https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata3}}</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 and Descriptions of Thirty New Species|year=1924|pages=430|url=http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/026/05/0423-0522.pdf}}</ref><ref name=ibp>{{cite web
|url=http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/228426|title=Tetrathemis platyptera Selys, 1878|publisher=India Biodiversity Portal|access-date=2017-02-17}}</ref><ref name=ifb>{{cite web
|url=http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/638/Tetrathemis-platyptera|title=Tetrathemis platyptera Selys, 1878|publisher=Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies|access-date=2017-02-17}}</ref>

It breeds in vegetated ponds and wells. Female stabs eggs on dry twigs hanging over water. The eggs hatch out in rains and the [[larva]]e fall directly into the water below.<ref name=Fraser-WG/><ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" /><ref name=Foerster>{{cite journal | authors =S. Foerster | title = Oviposition high above water in Micrathyria dictynna Ris (Anisoptera:Libellulidae)| journal = Odonatologica | volume= 27 | issue= 3| pages = 365–369 | publisher = research.steffenfoerster.com | year = 1998| url=http://research.steffenfoerster.com/pubs/Foerster_1998.pdf | access-date = 17 February 2017 }}</ref>

<gallery>
File:Tetrathemis platyptera female at Kadavoor.jpg|Female
File:Tetrathemis platyptera mating at Kadavoor.jpg|Mating
File:Tetrathemis platyptera female in Kadavoor.jpg|Laying eggs on a hanging wire over the pool
</gallery>

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

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Libellulidae]]
[[Category:Insects described in 1878]]

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Tetrathemis platyptera - Revision history

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