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Issue: Vol. 4779 No. 1: 18 May 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-05-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4779.1.4
Page range: 65–78
Abstract views: 125
PDF downloaded: 2

Description of Bradinopyga konkanensis sp. nov. (Odonata: Anisoptera: Libellulidae) from the coastal region of Maharashtra, India

Research Collections, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India
M.D. Community Medicine, Seth G S Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India
Odonata dragonfly new species description taxonomy Western Ghats Bradinopyga geminata Indothemis

Abstract


Bradinopyga konkanensis sp. nov. is described based on three males and one female collected from the coastal region of Maharashtra, India. Important characters are illustrated and compared with morphologically similar species Bradinopyga geminata (Rambur, 1842), Indothemis carnatica (Fabricius, 1798), and Indothemis limbata sita Campion, 1923. Bradinopyga konkanensis sp. nov. is so far the only Western Ghats endemic Odonata species associated with lateritic coastal habitats.

 

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