Abstract
The present work is aimed to study diversity and abundance of dragonflies and damselflies of Pohara range in Pohara – Malkhed Reserve Forest, Maharashtra. This study has been carried out for one year from June 2012 to May 2013. We observed six families of Dragonflies and Damselflies (Order – Odonata). The most abundant family was Lebellulidae comprising 20 species followed by Coenagrionidae comprising 10 species. The list abundant families were Gomphidae, Ashnidae, Platycenemididae and Lestidae comprise one, two, one and one species respectively. Species richness (S), Relative abundance (P), Species diversity, and Evenness (E) were studied.
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