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| image = Agriocnemis keralensis at Kadavoor.jpg<br />
| image_caption = male<br />
| image2 = Agriocnemis keralensis Female (20113195221).jpg<br />
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| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Kakkasery, F. |date=2011 |title=''Agriocnemis keralensis'' |volume=2011 |page=e.T175154A7114441 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T175154A7114441.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref><br />
| taxon = Agriocnemis keralensis<br />
| authority = Peters, 1981<ref name="Peters">{{cite journal |last1=Peters |first1=Günther |title=Trockenzeit‐Libellen aus dem indischen Tiefland (Odonata) |journal=Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift |date=1981 |volume=28 |issue=1–3 |pages=103–105 |doi=10.1002/mmnd.19810280110 }}</ref> <br />
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'''''Agriocnemis keralensis''''',<ref name=wol>{{World Odonata List}}</ref> '''Kerala dartlet''',<ref name=ibp/><ref name=ifb/> is a species of [[damselfly]] in the family [[Coenagrionidae]]. It is [[endemic]] to [[Western Ghats]] in [[India]].<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" /><ref name=atlas>{{cite book |last1=K.A. |first1=Subramanian |last2=K.G. |first2=Emiliyamma |last3=R. |first3=Babu |last4=C. |first4=Radhakrishnan |last5=S.S. |first5=Talmale |title=Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India |date=2018 |publisher=Zoological Survey of India |isbn=9788181714954|pages=138–139}}</ref><br />
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==Description and habitat==<br />
It is a small damselfly, known to occur only in [[Kerala]] and [[Goa]]. Due to the small size of this species and its close morphological similarities with ''[[Agriocnemis pygmaea]]'', it can be easily overlooked in the field. It is a small damselfly with brown capped green eyes, black thorax with apple green stripes on lateral sides and reddish abdomen with black marks. The segment 2 of the abdomen has a distinct "cobra's hood" mark on dorsum. The abdomen of the female is apple green with black marks. Commonly found on the grass on the bank of weedy ponds close to paddy fields, lakes and small streams.<ref name="Peters"/><ref name=ias>{{cite book|last=Subramanian|first=K. A.|title=Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide|year=2005|url=http://www.ias.ac.in/Publications/Overview/Dragonflies}}</ref><ref name=ibp>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/226519|title=Agriocnemis keralensis Peters, 1981|publisher=India Biodiversity Portal|accessdate=2017-02-26}}</ref><ref name=ifb>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/350/Agriocnemis-keralensis|title=Agriocnemis keralensis Peters, 1981|publisher=Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies|accessdate=2017-02-26}}</ref><ref name="Nair">{{cite journal |last1=Nair |first1=M.V. |last2=Subramanian |first2=K.A. |title=A new species of Agriocnemis Selys, 1869 (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae) from eastern India with redescription of Agriocnemis keralensis Peters, 1981 |journal=Records of the Zoological Survey of India |date=2014 |volume=114 |issue=4 |pages=669–679 |url=http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/114/04/0669-0679.pdf |accessdate=14 October 2020}}</ref><br />
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File:Agriocnemis Keralensis mating.jpg|mating pair<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of odonates of India]]<br />
* [[List of odonata of Kerala]]<br />
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