Gomphidia kodaguensis

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Gomphidia kodaguensis
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Male

Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Family:
Gomphidae
Genus:
Gomphidia
Species:
G. kodaguensis
Binomial name
Gomphidia kodaguensis
Fraser, 1923

Gomphidia kodaguensis[2] is a species of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae. It is known only from the Western Ghats of India.[3]

Description and habitat[]

It is a large dragonfly with bottle-green eyes. Its thorax black, marked with yellow. There are two broad and oval greenish-yellow dorsal stripes, pointed below and not nearly meeting the meso-thoracic collar. There are two broad yellow stripes separated by a broad black stripe on each side. Abdomen is black, marked with yellow. Segment 1 has a fine apical dorsal ring. Segment 2 has a small oval dorsal spot on the basal two-thirds. Segment 3 to 6 have dorsal basal spots. Segment 7 has the basal half yellow. Segment 8 has a long transverse basal spot. Segment 9 is unmarked. Segment 10 has a dorsal spot covering the entire dorsum. Anal appendages are black. Female is similar to the male.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

It is commonly found in streams and rivers in hilly and mountainous areas.[4]

See also[]

  • List of odonates of India
  • List of odonata of Kerala

References[]

  1. ^ Dow, R.A. (2009). "Gomphidia kodaguensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T163781A5650739. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163781A5650739.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Dennis Paulson; Martin Schorr; Cyrille Deliry. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 15 Feb 2022.
  3. ^ K.A., Subramanian; K.G., Emiliyamma; R., Babu; C., Radhakrishnan; S.S., Talmale (2018). Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India. Zoological Survey of India. pp. 218–219. ISBN 9788181714954.
  4. ^ a b C FC Lt. Fraser (1934). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. II. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 389–391.
  5. ^ Fraser, F. C. (1923). "Indian Dragonflies". The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 29: 671–672.
  6. ^ "Gomphidia kodaguensis Fraser 1923 | Species".
  7. ^ "Gomphidia kodaguensis - Odonata of India".
  8. ^ http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/occpapers/347/index.pdf
  9. ^ http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/viewFile/197/306
  10. ^ Rangnekar, Parag; Naik, Rohan (2014). "Further additions to the Odonata (Insecta) fauna of Goa, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 6 (3): 5585–5589. doi:10.11609/JoTT.o3641.5585-9.

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