Calicnemia imitans

Scientific name: Calicnemia imitans Lieftinck, 1948

Family: Platycnemididae

Thai name: แมลงปอเข็มหญ้าแถบเขียว

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male

There are 3 members of genus Calicnemis recorded in Thailand. Two species are red and another one is blue. The blue one is ... Calicnemis imitans.

immature male

Immature male is yellow with black stripes like the female and changes to blue puinosed as it ages. I once understanded it as a female of Coeliccia. But when I looked closer, I realised that it is not...because its small size and there is no any marking on S8-10.

female

This species is found in northern, western and southern part of Thailand.