Abstract
A new distribution record of an Odonata species from lower West Bengal. Mortonagrion aborense laidlaw, 1914 is recorded for the first time from Purba Medinipur district, lower West Bengal. Previously the species was recorded only from north-east India (Mizoram, West Bengal, Assam and Nagaland). Diagnostic characters with photographic details of male anal appendages are also given for easy identification of this rare damselfly species.
Highlights
The order Odonata comprising three suborders Anisoptera, ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) Anisozygoptera and Zygoptera is ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) one of the fascinating groups of insects
The genus Mortonagrion Fraser, 1920 consists of 13 species, most of which are mainly found in Asia
Hämäläinen (1989) transferred Argiocnemis aborense to the genus Mortonagrion. He described that Agriocnemis binocellata Fraser, 1922, Indagrion gautama Fraser, 1922 and Mortonagrion simile Ris, 1930, Agriocnemis aborensis Fraser, 1933, are all conspecific with Mortonagrion aborense, this publication appears to have been widely overlooked and the name Mortonagrion aborense has had priority
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