Onychogomphus acinaces

Onychogomphus acinaces
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Gomphidae
Genus: Onychogomphus
Species: O. acinaces
Binomial name
Onychogomphus acinaces
Laidlaw, 1922

Onychogomphus acinaces[2] is a species of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae. It is endemic to the streams of Western Ghats of India.[1][3]

It can be distinguished from all other species of this genus by its yellow, very short and conical shaped anal appendages.[4][5][6][7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Dow, R.A. (2009). "Onychogomphus acinaces". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T163645A5629088. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  2. ↑ Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
  3. ↑ K.A., Subramanian; K.G., Emiliyamma; R., Babu; C., Radhakrishnan; S.S., Talmale (2018). Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India. Zoological Survey of India. pp. 244–245. ISBN 9788181714954.
  4. ↑ "Onychogomphus acinaces Laidlaw, 1922". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
  5. ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1934). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. II. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 280–282.
  6. ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 477.
  7. ↑ M. Rathod, Darshana; Parasharya, B.M.; Talmale, S.S. (2016). "Odonata (Insecta) diversity of southern Gujarat, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 8 (11): 9339–9349.


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