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dists.), Maharashtra (Mahabaleshwar, Mumbai,
Panch Mahal, Pune, Satara; Melghat Tiger Reserve,
Amravati dist., Tadoba Tiger Reserve, Chandrapur
dist., Sanjay Gandhi National Park, nr. Mumbai and
Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary, Pune dist.), Tamil
Nadu (Pykara riverside, Ooty; Mudumalai Wildlife
National Park/Tiger Reserve and Wildlife Sanctuary),
Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Western Ghats.
UAE and Yemen) and
Pseudagrion decorum
(Oman and UAE).
Himalayan Region
51 species (out of 53):
Anisoptera: 37 species -
Anax guttatus
(Himachal Pradesh, north-east and
Uttarakhand),
A. maculifrons
(Himalaya),
A.
parthenope
(Jammu and Kashmir and UK),
Hemianax ephippiger
(HP, NE and UK),
Ictinogomphus rapax
(HP, J and K, NE and
UK),
Paragomphus lineatus
(HP and UK),
Brachydiplax sobrina
(NE and UK),
Orthetrum
glaucum
(HP, NE and UK),
O. luzonicum
(HP,
NE and UK),
O. pruinosum neglectum
(HP,
Sikkim and UK),
O. sabina sabina
(HP, NE,
Sik and UK),
O. taeniolatum
(HP, NE and UK),
O. triangulare triangulare
(HP, J and K, NE
and UK),
Palpopleura sexmaculata sexmacu-
lata
(HP, NE and UK),
Acisoma panorpoides
panorpoides
(HP, NE and UK),
Brachythemis
contaminate
(HP, NE and UK),
Bradinopyga
geminate
(HP, NE and UK),
Crocothemis ser-
vilia servilia
(HP, NE, Sik and UK),
Diplacodes
lefevrii
(UK),
D. nebulosa
(HP, NE, Sik and
UK),
D. trivialis
(HP, NE, Sik and UK),
Neurothemis fulvia
(HP, NE and UK),
N. inter-
media intermedia
(HP, NE, Sik and UK),
N. tullia tullia
(HP, Ne and UK),
Tetrathemis
platyptera
(UK),
Hydrobasileus croceus
(NE),
Pantala fl avescens
(HP, J and K, NE and UK),
Rhyothemis variegata variegata
(HP, NE, Sik
and UK),
Tholymis tillarga
(UK),
Tramea basi-
laris burmeisteri
(UK),
T. virginia
(HP, J and K
and UK),
Zyxomma petiolatum
(NE and UK),
Trithemis aurora
(HP, J and K, NE, Sik and
UK),
T. festiva
(HP, NE and UK),
T. kirbyi kir-
byi
(HP and UK),
T. pallidinervis
(HP, NE, Sik
and UK) and
Selysiothemis nigra
(J and K).
Zygoptera: 14 species -
Libellago lineata lin-
eata
(Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and north-
east),
Agriocnemis pygmaea
(HP, J and K, NE,
Sikkim and UK),
Cercion malayanum
(NE),
Amphiallagma parvum
(NE and UK),
Ischnura
aurora aurora
(HP, NE, Sik and UK),
I. rufos-
tigma
(HP, J and K, NE and UK),
I. senegalensis
(HP and UK),
Rhodischnura nursei
(UK),
Ceriagrion cerinorubellum
(NE and UK),
C. cor-
Habitat
Confi ned to hill streams and rivers of forested
areas, found frequently perching on emergent
aquatic plants and overhanging vegetation and
breeds in hill streams, generally above
457.2 m/1,500 ft.
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Zoogeography
Since the Thar Desert part of the state is the
extension of Sahara Desert through Persian and
Arabian Deserts and is located at a meeting point
of Palaearctic and Oriental regions and due to
this fact Rajasthan and its desert part has an
admixture of Saharan, Palaearctic and Oriental
elements but more of Palaearctic origin as under:
Arabian Deserts
15 species (out of 53):
Anisoptera: 12 species -
Anax parthenope
(Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and UAE),
Hemianax
ephippiger
(UAE and Yemen),
Orthetrum sabina
sabina
(Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar Saudi
Arabia and Yemen),
O. taeniolatum
(Oman,
Saudi Arabia, UAE and Yemen),
Crocothemis
servilia servilia
(Qatar),
Diplacodes lefebvrii
(Qatar, UAE and Yemen),
Pantala fl avescens
(Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Yemen),
Tramea basilaris
(Oman and UAE),
Trithemis
festiva
(Kuwait),
T. kirbyi kirbyi
(Oman, Qatar
and UAE),
T. pallidinervis
(Oman, Saudi Arabia
and Yemen) and
Selysiothemis nigra
(Kuwait,
Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE).
Zygoptera: 3 species -
Agriocnemis pygmaea
(Oman),
Ischnura senegalensis
(Oman, Qatar,
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