Biology:Gomphidia kodaguensis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Gomphidae |
| Genus: | Gomphidia |
| Species: | G. kodaguensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Gomphidia kodaguensis Fraser, 1923
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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
- ↑ 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163781/5650739. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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. https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata2/page/n411.
- ↑ Fraser, F. C. (1923). "Indian Dragonflies". The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 29: 671–672. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/183167#page/157/mode/1up.
- ↑ "Gomphidia kodaguensis Fraser, 1923 | Species". https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/227268.
- ↑ "Gomphidia kodaguensis - Odonata of India". http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/475/Gomphidia-kodaguensis.
- ↑ "ENDEMIC ODONATES OF INDIA" (PDF). http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/occpapers/347/index.pdf.
- ↑ "Archived copy". http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/viewFile/197/306.
- ↑ 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. http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/222/355.
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