Onychogomphus malabarensis

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

Onychogomphus malabarensis

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O. malabarensis
Binomial name
Onychogomphus malabarensis
(Fraser,1924)
Synonyms

Lamelligomphus malabarensis Fraser,1924

The species is known from a single specimen collected by T.N. Hearsey in 1921 from Palakkad. The species may be collected from forests around Palakkad.[4][1]

See also

  • List of odonates of India
  • List of odonata of Kerala

References

  1. Subramanian, K.A. (2011). "Onychogomphus malabarensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T175319A7137216.
  2. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  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. p. 246. ISBN 9788181714954.
  4. 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. 279-302.


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