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| name = Macromidia donaldi <br />
| image = Davidraju Goa (3).jpg<br />
| image_caption = Male<br />
| status = LC <br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name="IUCN">{{cite iucn | author = Subramanian, K.A. |title = ''Macromidia donaldi'' | volume = 2011 | page = e.T175184A7118824| date = 2011 }}</ref><br />
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia<br />
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a<br />
| classis = [[Insect]]a<br />
| ordo = [[Odonata]]<br />
| familia = [[Synthemistidae]]<br />
| genus = ''[[Macromidia]]''<br />
| species = '''''M. donaldi'''''<br />
| binomial = ''Macromidia donaldi''<br />
| binomial_authority = (Fraser, 1924) <br />
| synonyms = ''Indomacromia donaldi'' {{small|Fraser, 1924}}<br />
}}<br />
[[File:Macromidia donaldi-Kadavoor-2016-07-25-001.jpg|thumb|left|Female]]<br />
'''''Macromidia donaldi'''''<ref name=wol>{{World Odonata List}}</ref> is a species of [[dragonfly]] in the family [[Synthemistidae]]. It is known only from the [[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=276–278}}</ref> and from [[Sri Lanka]].<ref name="IUCN"/><ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1080/13887890.2012.692112 | volume=15 | title=Macromidia donaldi pethiyagodai subsp. nov. from Sri Lanka (Odonata: Corduliidae) | journal=International Journal of Odonatology | year=2012 | pages=99–106| last1=Van Der Poorten | first1=Nancy | issue=2 }}</ref><ref>http://www.wht.lk/highlights/2012/9/1/macromidia-donaldi-pethiyagodai-lankas-newest-dragonfly.html</ref><br />
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==Description and habitat==<br />
It is a small metallic-green dragonfly with emerald-green eyes. Its lateral sides of the thorax and dorsal side of the abdomen have yellow stripes up to segment 6. Segment 7 has a broad "ace of clubs" like mark on dorsal side. Remaining segments are unmarked. Female is similar to the male. They are crepuscular in nature and rest in vegetation near forest streams during day.<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. III|publisher=Taylor and Francis|location=Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London|year=1936|pages=[https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata3/page/n217 206]-208|url=https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata3}}</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=515–516|url=http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/026/05/0423-0522.pdf}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of odonates of India]]<br />
* [[List of odonates of Sri Lanka]]<br />
* [[List of odonata of Kerala]]<br />
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