Gomphidia kodaguensis

Gomphidia kodaguensis
Male
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
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 ^[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. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "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   978-81-8171-495-4.
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.
6. "Gomphidia kodaguensis Fraser, 1923 | Species". Indiabiodiversity.org. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
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.
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 .