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Species of dragonfly

Gomphidia kodaguensis
Male
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Gomphidae
Genus: Gomphidia
Species: G. kodaguensis
Binomial name
Gomphidia kodaguensis
Fraser, 1923

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

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.

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

See also

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. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
  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. ^ 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.
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  7. "Gomphidia kodaguensis - Odonata of India". Indianodonata.org. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  8. R. Babu; K.A. Subramanian; Supriya Nandy. "ENDEMIC ODONATES OF INDIA" (PDF). Faunaofindia.nic.in. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2017-02-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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.
Taxon identifiers
Gomphidia kodaguensis


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