Abstract
Odonates were surveyed across 10 localities from Western Ghats of Maharashtra State, India during 2011-2013. We recorded 64 species belonging to 40 genera and 12 families. Seven species are new records for the region, and four out of them are new records for Maharashtra State. In this paper, we discuss these species records and their micro-habitats, and update previous knowledge on distribution of odonates.
Highlights
ĎƐƚƌĂĐƚ KĚŽŶĂƚĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƐƵƌǀĞLJĞĚ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ϭϬ ůŽĐĂůŝƟĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ 'ŚĂƚƐ ŽĨ DĂŚĂƌĂƐŚƚƌĂ ^ƚĂƚĞ /ŶĚŝĂ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ϮϬϭϭϮϬϭϯ tĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚ ςκƐƉĞĐŝĞƐďĞůŽŶŐŝŶŐƚŽκϬŐĞŶĞƌĂĂŶĚϭϮĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ^ĞǀĞŶƐƉĞĐŝĞƐĂƌĞ new records for the region, and four out of them are new records for Maharashtra State
ŽĨ ƚŚĞ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ 'ŚĂƚƐ ĞŶĚĞŵŝĐ ŽĚŽŶĂƚĞƐ ĂƌĞ ŬŶŽǁŶ ƚŽ be associated with closed forested areas with streams
Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR) lies in centralwestern Maharashtra; whereas Amboli, Parpoli and Verle are from southwestern Maharashtra
Summary
ĎƐƚƌĂĐƚ KĚŽŶĂƚĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƐƵƌǀĞLJĞĚ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ϭϬ ůŽĐĂůŝƟĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ 'ŚĂƚƐ ŽĨ DĂŚĂƌĂƐŚƚƌĂ ^ƚĂƚĞ /ŶĚŝĂ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ϮϬϭϭϮϬϭϯ tĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚ ςκƐƉĞĐŝĞƐďĞůŽŶŐŝŶŐƚŽκϬŐĞŶĞƌĂĂŶĚϭϮĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ^ĞǀĞŶƐƉĞĐŝĞƐĂƌĞ new records for the region, and four out of them are new records for Maharashtra State. KĚŽŶĂƚĞƐ;ĚƌĂŐŽŶŇŝĞƐĂŶĚĚĂŵƐĞůŇŝĞƐͿĂƌĞĨƌĞƐŚǁĂƚĞƌ ŝŶƐĞĐƚƐ ŽŌĞŶ ƵƐĞĚ ĂƐ ŝŶĚŝĐĂƚŽƌ ƚĂdžĂ ŝŶ ďŝŽĚŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ studies (^ƵďƌĂŵĂŶŝĂŶ ϮϬϬρ sƌĚŽďĂͲŐƵŝůĂƌ ϮϬϬΘ Subramanian et al 2008). Records of these insects on Ă ƐƉĂƟŽƚĞŵƉŽƌĂů ƐĐĂůĞ ĂƌĞ ƵƐĞĨƵů ƚŽ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚ ŵŝĐƌŽͲ ŚĂďŝƚĂƚ ƋƵĂůŝƚLJ ĂŶĚͬŽƌ ůĂŶĚͲƵƐĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƌĞůĂƟǀĞůLJ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ƚŽ ŝĚĞŶƟĨLJ ŽĚŽŶĂƚĞƐ ŽŶ ĮĞůĚ ĂǀĂŝůĂďŝůŝƚLJŽĨƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚŝĐĮĞůĚͲŐƵŝĚĞƐ;ŵŝůŝLJĂŵŵĂĞƚ Ăů ϮϬϬρ ^ƵďƌĂŵĂŶŝĂŶ ϮϬϬρ ŶĚƌĞǁ Ğƚ Ăů ϮϬϬΘ EĂŝƌ ϮϬϭϭ
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