Odonate Fauna of Rajasthan, India with Links to Arabia and Himalaya - Aquatic Ecosystem: Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation - page 117

(Club-Tails)
Genus: Ictinogomphus Cowley, 1934
(Subfamily: Lindeniinae Selys, 1854)

Habitat
Breeds in perennial ponds, reservoirs and rivers.

Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.

5. Ictinogomphus rapax (Rambur, 1842)

English Name
Common Club-Tail.

Threats
Presently it does not have any threats across its
whole range, but deforestation in hill areas may
affect.
Genus: Onychogomphus Selys, 1854
(Subfamily: Onycogomphinae Chao, 1984)

Description
Male: Eyes bluish-grey, thorax black with yellow
markings, abdomen black with yellow and
stripes/spots, wings transparent, pterostigma
black and legs black.
Abdomen (including appendage) 52.0, hind-
wing 40.0 mm (Fraser 1934 ), abdomen 52.0,
hwing. 40.0 (Subramanian 2009 ).
Female: Yellow markings more extensive,
abdomen stout and compressed.
Abdomen 50.0, hindwing 42.0-44.0 mm
(Fraser 1934 ; Subramanian 2009 ).

6. Onychogomphus grammicus (Rambur, 1842)

English Name
Claw-Tail

Description
Male: Face sandy-yellow, eyes bottle-green, tho-
rax yellow with black markings, abdomen yellow
and black, anal appendage yellow, wings hyaline
with saffron and yellow, pterostigma yellow and
legs yellow with black and brownish-black
markings.
Abdomen 33.0-39.0, hindwing 29.0-30.0 mm
(Fraser 1934 ).
Female: Abdomen with reddish-yellow.
Abdomen 37.0, hindwing 30.0 mm (Fraser 1934 ).

Distribution

Rajasthan
Thar Desert at Osian and Lake Kailana, Jodhpur;
Mandor Gardens, Jodhpur; Pichola Lake,
Udaipur; in and around Mount Abu Wildlife
Sanctuary, Sirohi district.

India
Throughout - Andaman and Nicobar Islands,
Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam,
Bihar, Chhattisgarh (Bastar dist.), Delhi,
Haryana, Himachal Pradesh (Renuka Wetland,
Sirmour dist.), Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand
(Dhanbad), Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra (Pune; Sanjay Gandhi National Park
and Ujani Wetland, Solapur dist.) Manipur,
Meghalaya, Mizoram, Odisha, Puducherry,
Punjab, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand (Dehra
Dun dist.), Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
(Darjeeling).

Distribution

Rajasthan
Chittorgarh.

India
Northern and central parts of India. Bihar, Delhi
and Uttar Pradesh.

Habitat
No information appears to have been recorded on
its habitat requirements, but it is reasonable to
assume that it is a stream species and very likely
a forest stream species.

Elsewhere
Bangladesh, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri
Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam.

Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Data Defi cient.