Odonate Fauna of Rajasthan, India with Links to Arabia and Himalaya - Aquatic Ecosystem: Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation - page 136

Distribution Abdomen 16.0-17.0 mm, hindwing 9.5-

10.0 mm (Fraser 1933 ; Subramanian 2009 ),
abdn. 16.5-17.5, fwing. 9.5-11.0, hwing. 9.0-
10.0 mm (Prasad 1996a , b ), abdn. 16.0, fwing.
10.5, hwing. 10.0 mm (Prasad 2004a ), abdn.
16.5-17.5, fwing. 9.5-10.0, hwing. 9.5-10.0 mm
(Prasad 2004b ).
Female: Little larger and more robust in three
forms viz. red, sub-dull and isochrome.
Abdomen 18.0 mm, hindwing 11.0-12.0 mm
(Fraser 1933 ; Subramanian 2009 ), abdn. 17.0-
18.5, fwing. 11.0-12.5, hwing. 11.0-12.0, mm
(Prasad 1996a , b ), abdn. 16.0, fwing. 10.0, hwing.
10.0 mm (Prasad 2004a ), abdn. 16.5-17.5, fwing.
9.5-10.0, hwing. 9.5-11.0 mm (Prasad 2004b ).

Rajasthan
Dandi River, Dungarpur; vide 'the IUCN Red
List of Threatened Species 2012.2'.

India
Arunachal Pradesh, Assam (Cachar), Chhattisgarh
(Bastar dist.), Himachal Pradesh, Madhya
Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya,
Tripura, Uttarakhand (Dehra Dun, Nainital and
Pauri dists. and Rajaji National Park), Uttar
Pradesh and West Bengal (Darjeeling and
Jalpaiguri).

Habitat
It is found in lowland streams and rivers, com-
paratively open habitats in vicinity of clear
streams or rivers. In Thailand at least it occurs on
streams in agricultural land.

Distribution
West, central, south and south-east Asia (Oriental
region), N. Australia and Pacifi c Islands.

Rajasthan
Pichola Lake, Udaipur; Girab, Barmer dist.,
Desert National Park; Keoladeo National Park,
Bharatpur; Lake Kailana, Jodhpur.

Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.

Remarks
In peninsular and southern India, L. lineata
indica replaces the typical form.
Family: Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890
Genus: Agriocnemis Selys, 1877
(Subfamily: Agriocnemidinae Fraser, 1957)

India
Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Nicobar), Andhra
Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar,
Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh (Bastar dist.), Dadra
and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Delhi, Goa,
Gujarat (Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar, Gandhinagar,
Jamnagar, Kheda, Surendranagar and Valsad),
Haryana, Himachal Pradesh (Renuka Wetland,
Sirmour dist.), Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand
(Dhanbad), Karnataka, Kerala, Laccadive Islands,
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra (Sanjay Gandhi
National Park), Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram,
Nagaland, Orissa, Puducherry (Karaikal, Mahe,
Yanam), Punjab (Hoshiarpur dist.), Sikkim, Tamil
Nadu (Chennai), Tripura, Uttarakhand (Dehra
Dun, Pauri and Tehri dists. and Rajaji National
Park), Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal (Kolkata).

40. Agriocnemis pygmaea (Rambur, 1842)

English Names
Pygmy Dartlet, Pygmy Wisp, Wandering Midget,
Wandering Wisp.

Description
Small-sized apple-green damselfl y with black
thoracic stripes and orange-coloured terminal
abdominal segments.
Male: Eyes black and apple green, thorax
black with apple-green stripes, abdomen black
and apple green with terminal segments brick
red, wings transparent, pterostigma yellowish in
forewings and black in hindwings, legs yellow
and black.

Habitat
Found in diverse natural and man-made habitats.
Larvae commonly occur among the aquatic
weeds and algae.