Onychogomphus nilgiriensis

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

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

This species prefers streams with good forest cover.[4][5][6][7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Subramanian, K.A. (2011). "Onychogomphus nilgiriensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T175178A7117866. Retrieved 12 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. 247–248. ISBN 9788181714954.
  4. ↑ "Onychogomphus nilgiriensis Fraser, 1922". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  5. ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1934). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. II. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 276–279.
  6. ↑ Koparde, P.; Mhaske, P.; Patwardhan, A. (2014). "New records of dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) from the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India". 6 (5): 5744–5754.
  7. ↑ "Onychogomphus nilgiriensis Fraser, 1922". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-02-12.


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