Kerala’s odonate fauna documented for the first time; State is home to 181 species
The Hindu
A landscape-based approach has been adopted to list the odonata distribution along Agasthyamala, Periyar, Munnar, Nilgiri, Wayanad and Coorg.
A group of entomologists have documented the odonate fauna in Kerala for the first time. Home to 181 species of dragonflies and damselflies, the State also nurtures 68 species that are endemic to the Western Ghats.
The comprehensive study undertaken by Vinayan P. Nair, K. Abraham Samuel and Kalesh Sadasivan of Travancore Nature History Society and Muhamed Jafer Palot of Zoological Survey of India that reviews the current status and distribution of odonates have been published in the latest edition of Entomon, a peer-reviewed journal issued by the Association for Advancement of Entomology.
According to the study, the current checklist of odonates of the Western Ghats stood at 207, of which 80 species are endemics. A total of 181 species belonging to 87 genera under two suborders and 14 families were recorded within the geographical boundaries of Kerala. The suborder Zygoptera comprises 74 species of damselflies (30 genera in seven families) and the suborder Anisoptera has 107 species (57 genera in seven families).
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