Dragonflies and Damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of India

Subramanian, K. A.; Babu, R.

doi:10.1201/9780429061400-3

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“…Information on the species diversity and distribution of extant species of odonates is a prerequisite for an effective conservation strategy. Globally 6307 species of odonates have been reported (Schorr and Paulson, 2020), of which 493 species and 27 subspecies represented in 154 genera and 18 families exists in India (Subramanian and Babu, 2019). Studies on odonate fauna have been reported from various parts of northeastern India.…”

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Diversity and distribution of odonates in Rani Reserve Forest, Assam, India

Thakuria

Kalita

2021

J. Threat. Taxa

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Odonata are the bioindicators of freshwater ecosystem health and is recognised as an excellent ‘flagship’ group among insects. Baseline knowledge on the diversity and distribution of odonates over spatiotemporal scale is the key to biodiversity conservation. Rani Reserve Forest of Assam is a mosaic of all the habitat types suitable for odonates. The present work aims at studying the diversity and distribution of Odonates in Rani Reserve Forest. The study was carried out from December 2014 to November 2017 by categorising the study area into three major habitat types: 1. lentic system, 2. lotic system and 3. terrestrial woodland. A total of 67 species belonging to 44 genera, representing 11 families were recorded. First published records of three species, Onychothemis testacea (Libellulidae), Philoganga montana (Philogangidae) and Indocnemis orang (Platycnemididae) from the state are also provided herewith. Species richness was the highest in lentic system whereas recorded the lowest in running waters of larger forested streams. Shannon diversity index also indicated that the lentic system is relatively diverse (2.95) and smaller streams of the lotic system showed the highest species evenness (0.87). Libellulidae (43%) was found to be the most dominant family belonging to suborder Anisoptera followed by Coenagrionidae (22%) of suborder Zygoptera. Philogangidae (1%) recorded the lowest number of species. Taxonomically related species showed distinct ecological segregation within these different habitat types occupying different microhabitats therein.

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Diversity and distribution of odonates in Rani Reserve Forest, Assam, India

Thakuria

Kalita

2021

J. Threat. Taxa

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“…The most recent checklists of the Odonata of India record 14 species of Pseudagrion as occurring in India ( Kalkman et al 2020; Subramanian & Babu 2017). One of these, Pseudagrion bidentatum , is only known from the original description published by Morton (1907) which was based on a single male collected by Lieutenant-Colonel Nurse from Deesa in the Indian province of Gujarat in the more arid western part of India.…”

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On the synonymy of Pseudagrion bidentatum Morton, 1907, with P. hypermelas Selys, 1876

Kalkman

Blagoderov

2022

Notulae odonatologicae

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“…Selection of suitable habitat and oviposition sites is a crucial part of the reproductive cycle of odonates as this affects egg survival ( Corbet 1962: 1–2). While the eggs are typically laid either endophytically or exophytically in lentic or lotic freshwater ecosystems, oviposition sites other than open water bodies include microhabitats such as damp soil ( Subramanian 2009: 4), phytotelmata ( Orr 1994; Nishadh & Das 2012; Das et al 2013), dead stems above water ( Corbet 1999: 18), submerged aquatic vegetation ( Corbet 1999: 17; Mujumdar et al 2018), and wet moss bed besides the waterfall ( Dawn 2019). Many Anisoptera oviposit exophytically by directly releasing eggs into the water, whereas all Zygoptera and most aeshnids perform the characteristic endophytic oviposition by inserting the eggs into submerged or floating aquatic vegetation or inside loose decaying plant material in the waterbody ( Suhling et al 2015: 912).…”

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“…On the Indian subcontinent, the genus comprises eight taxa (seven species and a subspecies), five of which are endemic to India ( cf. Subramanian & Babu 2017; Kalkman et al 2020). Of these, four species are recorded from peninsular India, viz .…”

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