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{{short description|Species of dragonfly}}
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{{Taxobox
| name = Burmagomphus laidlawi
| image = Burmagomphus laidlawi by Bala Chandran.jpg
| image_caption = Male
| status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Kakkasery, F. |date=2011 |title=''Burmagomphus laidlawi'' |volume=2011 |page=e.T175185A7118964 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T175185A7118964.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Odonata]]
| familia = [[Gomphidae]]
| genus = ''[[Burmagomphus]]''
| species = '''''B. laidlawi'''''
| binomial = ''Burmagomphus laidlawi''
| binomial_authority = Fraser, 1924
| synonyms =
}}
'''''Burmagomphus laidlawi'''''<ref name=wol>{{World Odonata List}}</ref> is a species of [[dragonfly]] in the family [[Gomphidae]]. It is known only from the high altitude regions of [[Western Ghats]] of [[India]].<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=206–207}}</ref><ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" />

==Description and habitat==
It is a medium-sized dragonfly with bottle-green eyes. Its thorax is black, marked with greenish-yellow ante-humeral stripes. Sides are greenish-yellow, marked with two narrow black stripes. Wings are transparent, slightly tinted with yellow at bases. Abdomen is black, marked with yellow. Segment 1 and 2 have broad dorsal stripes, and its sides. Segment 3 has a mid-dorsal carina of yellow, and a large baso-lateral spot. Segment 4 to 6 have basal dorsal triangular spots and baso-lateral lunules. Segment 7 has a broad basal ring. Segment 8 is unmarked. Segment 9 has its apical half yellow. Segment 10 is unmarked. Anal
appendages are black. Female is similar to the male.<ref name=Fraser/>

It breeds in montane forest streams and rivers.<ref name=Fraser>{{cite book|author=C FC Lt. Fraser|author-link=Frederic Charles Fraser|title=The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. II|publisher=Taylor and Francis|location=Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London|year=1934|pages=220–222|url=https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata2/page/n243}}</ref><ref name=Fraser-WG>{{cite book|author=C FC Lt. Fraser|author-link=Frederic Charles Fraser|title=A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species|year=1924|pages=475–476|url=http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/026/05/0423-0522.pdf}}</ref><ref name="IBP">{{Cite web|url=https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/226746|title=Burmagomphus laidlawi Fraser 1924 | Species|website=Indiabiodiversity.org|access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2609/3802|title=Odonata (Insecta) diversity of southern Gujarat, India|website=Threatenedtaxa.org|access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/occpapers/347/index.pdf|format=PDF|title=Endemic Odonates of India|author1=R. Babu|author2=K.A Subramanian|author3=Spriya Nandy|website=Faunaofindia.nic.ing|access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of odonates of India]]
* [[List of odonata of Kerala]]

==References==
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[[Category:Gomphidae]]
[[Category:Insects described in 1924]]

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