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{{short description|Species of dragonfly}}
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{{Taxobox
| name = Heliogomphus promelas
| image = Heliogomphus promelas - Shenduruni Wildlife Sanctuary - 2014.jpg
| image_caption = Male
| status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author1=Kakkasery, F.| title = ''Heliogomphus promelas'' | volume= 2011| page =e.T175158A7115019 | year = 2011| doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T175158A7115019.en }}</ref>
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Odonata]]
| familia = [[Gomphidae]]
| genus = ''[[Heliogomphus]]''
| species = '''''H. promelas'''''
| binomial = ''Heliogomphus promelas''
| binomial_authority = (Selys, 1873)
| synonyms = ''Gomphus promelas'' {{small|Selys, 1873}}
}}
'''''Heliogomphus promelas'''''<ref name=wol>{{World Odonata List}}</ref> is a species of [[dragonfly]] in the family [[Gomphidae]]. It is [[endemic]] to the [[Western Ghats]] of [[India]].<ref name=iucn/><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=224–225}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/1596/2933|last1=Adarsh|first1=C. K.|last2=Aneesh|first2=K. S.|last3=Nameer|first3=P. O.|year=2014|title=A preliminary checklist of odonates in Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) campus, Thrissur District, Kerala, southern India|journal=Journal of Threatened Taxa|volume=6|issue=8|pages=6127–6137|doi=10.11609/JoTT.o3491.6127-37|doi-access=free}}</ref>

==Description and habitat==
It is a medium sized dragonfly with bottle-green eyes. Its thorax is black on dorsum, and greenish-yellow on sides. There is a complete yellow meso-thoracic collar and short yellow ante-humeral stripes parallel to the mid-dorsal carina. Abdomen is black, marked with pale greenish-yellow. There is a narrow mid-dorsal stripe extending from segment 1 to 5. There is a large lateral spot on segment 1 and 2 and small baso-lateral spots on 3 to 6. Segment 7 has a ring on its basal third and a dorsal spot on segment 8. Remaining segments are entirely black. Superior anal appendages are black at base, pale green to yellow at the apices. Inferiors are black. Female is similar to the male.<ref name=Fraser/>

It is commonly found as small colonies on small mountain streams, tiny brooks and seepage on hillsides.<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=[https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata2/page/n350 327]–329|url=https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata2}}</ref><ref name="Fraser-JBNHS">{{cite journal |last1=Fraser |first1=F. C. |title=Indian Dragonflies |journal=The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society |date=1925 |volume=30 |pages=848–849 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/185227#page/450/mode/1up}}</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=473|url=http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/026/05/0423-0522.pdf}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of odonates of India]]
* [[List of odonata of Kerala]]
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==References==
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[[Category:Gomphidae]]
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