Template:Italic title Template:Taxobox Gomphidia kodaguensis[1] is a species of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae. It is known only from the Western Ghats of India.[2]
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.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
It is commonly found in streams and rivers in hilly and mountainous areas.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Template:World Odonata List
- ↑ Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Zoological Survey of India(2018). ISBN 9788181714954
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. II{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Taylor and Francis(1934)
- ↑ Indian Dragonflies. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society({Template:Date).
- ↑ Gomphidia kodaguensis Fraser 1923 | Species.
- ↑ Gomphidia kodaguensis - Odonata of India.
- ↑ http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/occpapers/347/index.pdf
- ↑ http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/viewFile/197/306
- ↑ Further additions to the Odonata (Insecta) fauna of Goa, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa({Template:Year).