{"id":107853,"date":"2026-06-12T12:52:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T07:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=107853"},"modified":"2026-06-12T13:49:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T08:19:29","slug":"mortonagrion-santha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mortonagrion-santha\/","title":{"rendered":"Mortonagrion santha"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Mortonagrion santha Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientists from the Zoological Survey of India and the University of Madras recently discovered a new species of damselfly, named Mortonagrion santha, among the tropical vegetation of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Mortonagrion santha<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a new species of <\/span><b>damselfly<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>discovered <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">around a small farm pond surrounded by a coconut plantation in Dasarathpur, Rangat tehsil, in the<\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/andaman-and-nicobar-islands\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Andaman and Nicobar Islands<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It belongs to a genus of <\/span><b>insects known for their incredible secrecy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, often <\/span><b>blending perfectly into the shaded coastal vegetation.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mortonagrion santha\u2019s physical <\/span><b>distinct features separate it<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from its <\/span><b>closest known relative, Mortonagrion arthuri<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a species<\/span><b> found further east in Southeast Asia.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new damselfly has <\/span><b>unique pale-blue, crescent-shaped postocular spots<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located just <\/span><b>behind its eyes.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also has a<\/span><b> distinctive bright-blue splash of colour on its ninth abdominal segment.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under a microscope, M. santha also shows a uniquely shaped, three-lobed collar area (the prothorax) and different proportions in its tail-like mating appendages, where the upper parts are only about half the length of the lower parts. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><strong>: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/researchmatters.in\/news\/new-blue-spotted-damselfly-discovered-andaman-islands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>RM<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mortonagrion santha is a new species of damselfly. 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