Journal of Threatened Taxa (Jul 2014)

A preliminary checklist of odonates in Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) campus, Thrissur District, Kerala, southern India

  • C.K. Adarsh,
  • K.S. Aneesh,
  • P.O. Nameer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o3491.6127-37
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 8
pp. 6127 – 6137

Abstract

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A study was conducted to document the species diversity of Odonata (Insecta) of the Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) campus, Thrissur, Kerala, southern India. A total of 52 species including 36 species of Anisoptera (dragonflies) and 16 species of Zygoptera (damselflies) were recorded during the one year long study. The study reported two Near Threatened species such as Heliogomphus promelas and Indothemis carnatica.