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Diversity of odonates at Sirpur pond, Indore
Devendra Mishra, V.K. Sharma and Asha Pal
Year : 2019 | Volume: 4 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 1-4
Received on: 12/21/2019
Revised on: 01/08/2019
Accepted on: 01/10/2019
Published on: 01/21/2019
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Devendra Mishra, V.K. Sharma and Asha Pal( 2019).
Diversity of odonates at Sirpur pond, Indore
. International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences, 4( 1), 1-4.
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Abstract
ABSTRACT: Dragonflies and damselflies collectively called Odonates are one of the most common insects flying over forest, fields, meadows, ponds and rivers. About 6,000 extant species are distributed all over the world. India is highly diverse with more than 500 known species. Odonates play an important role in our ecosystem and can be used as biological indicators of environmental quality. Though much work has been done on insects but still there is need to study about the diversity of odonates (Dragonfly and Damselfly). Thus a study has been done on the diversity of odonates at Sirpur Pond in Indore district of Madhya Pradesh, India. A total of 16 species of Odonates were recorded from the study area from January 2016 to June 2017. Out of 16 species, 8 species were among the Anisoptera (Dragonflies) and 8 species were among the Zygoptera (Damselflies). Among the 8 species of Anisoptera, 7 were of family Libelluidae while 1 of family Gomphidae. Among the 8 species of Zygoptera, 7 were of family Coenagrionidae and 1 of family Lestidae.
Keywords
Dragonflies, Damselflies, Devendra, Holkar, Sirpur.
