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Range Extension And High Altitudinal Record Of Sympetrum Meridionale (selys) (odonata: Libellulidae)


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1 Warblers and Waders, SNRA-20, Souhruda Nagar, Indira Nagar, Peroorkada, Trivandrum 695004, Kerala, India
2 School of Biosciences, Mar Athanasios College of Advanced Studies, Thiruvalla 689101, Kerala,, India
3 Division of Entomology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India
 

The dragonfly Sympetrum meridionale (Selys, 1841) (Odonata-Libellulidae) occurs throughout Asia Minor to Persia and Kashmir. The earlier Indian records of S. meridionale are from Yusimarg, 2286 m, and from below Gulmarg, 2438 m, Kashmir valley. Herein, the range extension and high altitudinal record of this species is reported from the Indus riverine, Leh, Ladakh Union territory of India at an elevation of 3500 m. A note on the habitat, which is entirely different from that of Kashmir valley, its originally known habitat, is provided. Study of museum specimens reveals the eastern most record of the species, from Sikkim and an additional new record from Srinagar. The species diagnosis including comparison of male genitalia, along with the need to validate the previous records from Rajasthan and further surveys along Himalaya and lower latitudes are discussed.

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Sympetrum meridionale, new record, distribution, Leh, Ladakh, Himalaya, Sikkim, Srinagar, survey, habitat, diagnosis, male genitalia
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Authors

C Susanth Kumar
Warblers and Waders, SNRA-20, Souhruda Nagar, Indira Nagar, Peroorkada, Trivandrum 695004, Kerala, India
Blessan Santhosh George
School of Biosciences, Mar Athanasios College of Advanced Studies, Thiruvalla 689101, Kerala,, India
S S Anooj
Division of Entomology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India

Abstract


The dragonfly Sympetrum meridionale (Selys, 1841) (Odonata-Libellulidae) occurs throughout Asia Minor to Persia and Kashmir. The earlier Indian records of S. meridionale are from Yusimarg, 2286 m, and from below Gulmarg, 2438 m, Kashmir valley. Herein, the range extension and high altitudinal record of this species is reported from the Indus riverine, Leh, Ladakh Union territory of India at an elevation of 3500 m. A note on the habitat, which is entirely different from that of Kashmir valley, its originally known habitat, is provided. Study of museum specimens reveals the eastern most record of the species, from Sikkim and an additional new record from Srinagar. The species diagnosis including comparison of male genitalia, along with the need to validate the previous records from Rajasthan and further surveys along Himalaya and lower latitudes are discussed.

Keywords


Sympetrum meridionale, new record, distribution, Leh, Ladakh, Himalaya, Sikkim, Srinagar, survey, habitat, diagnosis, male genitalia

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.55446/IJE.2021.301