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Download Download PLATINUM The Journal of Threatened Taxa (JoTT) is dedicated to building evidence for conservaton globally by publishing peer-reviewed artcles OPEN ACCESS online every month at a reasonably rapid rate at www.threatenedtaxa.org. All artcles published in JoTT are registered under Creatve Commons Atributon 4.0 Internatonal License unless otherwise mentoned. JoTT allows unrestricted use, reproducton, and distributon of artcles in any medium by providing adequate credit to the author(s) and the source of publicaton. Journal of Threatened Taxa Building evidence for conservaton globally www.threatenedtaxa.org ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) | ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) Short Communication A first record of Camacinia harterti Karsch, 1890 (Odonata: Libellulidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India Arajush Payra, K.A. Subramanian, Kailash Chandra & Basudev Tripathy 26 May 2020 | Vol. 12 | No. 8 | Pages: 15922–15926 DOI: 10.11609/jot.4653.12.8.15922-15926 For Focus, Scope, Aims, Policies, and Guidelines visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/about/editorialPolicies#custom-0 For Artcle Submission Guidelines, visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions For Policies against Scientfc Misconduct, visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/about/editorialPolicies#custom-2 For reprints, contact <[email protected]> The opinions expressed by the authors do not refect the views of the Journal of Threatened Taxa, Wildlife Informaton Liaison Development Society, Zoo Outreach Organizaton, or any of the partners. The journal, the publisher, the host, and the part- Publisher & Host ners are not responsible for the accuracy of the politcal boundaries shown in the maps by the authors. Member Threatened Taxa Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 May 2020 | 12(8): 15922–15926 ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) | ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) PLATINUM OPEN ACCESS DOI: htps://doi.org/10.11609/jot.4653.12.8.15922-15926 #4653 | Received 25 October 2018 | Final received 18 January 2020 | Finally accepted 01 May 2020 S h o r A frst record of Camacinia hartert Karsch, 1890 t C (Odonata: Libellulidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India o m 1 2 3 4 m Arajush Payra , K.A. Subramanian , Kailash Chandra & Basudev Tripathy u n 1,3,4 Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700053 India i 2 c Zoological Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, 130, Santhome High Road, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600028, India a [email protected] (corresponding author), [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] t i o n Abstract: The large forest dwelling libellulid dragonfy Camacinia 2010) and C. hartert is recorded from southern China, hartert Karsch, 1890 is recorded from Arunachal Pradesh and India for Sumatra, peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, and Thailand the frst tme in 115 years. The present record is based on a single male specimen collected from Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, (Wilson & Dow 2013). Untl recently Camacinia was India. We provide detailed diagnostc characters in photographs and considered to be represented by one species In India, informaton on the global distributon of the species. C. gigantea (Fraser 1936; Subramanian & Babu 2017), Keyword: Eastern Himalaya, Namdapha Tiger Reserve, new record, however, Wilson (2018), synonymized C. harmandi northeastern India, Odonata. Martn, 1900 with C. hartert, as proposed by Ris (1913), thus adding Martn’s (1900) record from Sikkim to the historical distributonal range of C. hartert. The genus Camacinia Kirby, 1889 (Libellulidae) Here, we report for the frst tme the occurrence includes three known species globally, viz.: Camacinia of C. hartert Karsch, 1890 from Arunachal Pradesh in gigantea Brauer, 1867, Camacinia hartert Karsch, northeastern India, based on a single male specimen. 1890, and Camacinia othello Tillyard, 1908 (Schorr & We also provide updated global distributon of the Paulson 2019). Species of Camacinia are found from species and detailed additonal descripton of the southeastern Asia to the Solomon Islands, northern specimen along with photographs. Australia, and New Guinea. Among the three species, C. othello occurs in New Guinea, Aru Islands, Solomon Materials and Methods Islands, and northern Australia (Kalkman 2009). C. A single male specimen was collected from gigantea is widely distributed, ranging from India to Namdapha Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh. Field Vietnam and southwards to New Guinea (Sharma photographs of the individual were taken using a Nikon Editor: Albert G. Orr, Grifth University, Nathan, Australia. Date of publicaton: 26 May 2020 (online & print) Citaton: Payra, A., K.A. Subramanian, K. Chandra & B. Tripathy (2020). A frst record of Camacinia hartert Karsch, 1890 (Odonata: Libellulidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 12(8): 15922–15926. htps://doi.org/10.11609/jot.4653.12.8.15922-15926 Copyright: © Payra et al. 2020. Creatve Commons Atributon 4.0 Internatonal License. JoTT allows unrestricted use, reproducton, and distributon of this artcle in any medium by providing adequate credit to the author(s) and the source of publicaton. Funding: Natonal Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS) Large Grant Project “Biodiversity assessment through long term monitoring plots in the Indian Himalayan landscape” (Grant No-NMHS/LG-2016/0011/8509-8 dated 31.iii.2016) funded by Government of India. Competng interests: The authors declare no competng interests. Acknowledgements: The authors are thankful to the director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata for providing necessary facilites and encouragements. This study is a part of NMHS Large Grant Project “Biodiversity assessment through long term monitoring plots in the Indian Himalayan landscape” (Grant No- NMHS/LG-2016/0011/8509-8 dated 31.iii.2016) funded by Government of India. The authors express their sincere grattude to The PCCF (WL & BD) & CWLW, Government of Arunachal Pradesh for the permission (CWL/Gen/13(95)2011-2012/Pt.V/1610-1613) and necessary facilites. The authors are thankful to Mr. Tajum Yumcha, research ofcer, Mr. Atum Rumdo, and all the staf of Namdapha Tiger Reserve for their contnuous support and guidance during the feldwork. The authors are also thankful to all the research associates and research fellows of the projects “Biodiversity assessment through long term monitoring plots in the Indian Himalayan landscape” and “Lepidoptera (Insecta) as potental indicator-taxa for tracking climate change in the Indian Himalayan landscape” for their support. 15922 J TT Camacinia hatert from Arunachal Pradesh Payra et al. Figure 1. Distributon of Camacinia hartert Karsch, 1890. P900 camera. The geo-coordinates of the collecton to brown, with a narrow horizontal yellow line above. locality was recorded using a Garmin (E-trex 30) GPS. Labrum orange; labium mat yellow. The length of the diferent parts of the specimen was Thorax: area of humeral suture broadly brownish; measured by using a digital vernier calliper. Photos mesepisternum to metepimeron orange to mat yellow. of anal appendages and secondary genitalia of the Legs: coxae and trochanter brownish-orange in collected specimen were taken using a Leica S8APO with all legs. Posterior of femora in frst pair coppery and MH120 HD camera. The specimen is deposited in the remaining segments are black. Natonal Zoological Collecton of the Zoological Survey Wing: hyaline; pterostgma black, covering 2.5 cells. of India, Kolkata. Nodal index in forewing: 14–17/16–13; hindwing: 17– 13/ 12–16. One cubital nerve in forewing and two in Results hind wing. The discoidal cell of fore wing three-celled Camacinia hartert Karsch, 1890 (Image 1 A–F) and in hind wing two-celled. Single row of cell between IR3 and Rspl. The base of forewing was tnted with dark Material examined brown to golden yellow. Subcostal space and cubital ZSI 7806/H13, 1 male, Loc. Near Deban, Namdapha space with blackish-brown streaks. The base of hindwing Tiger Reserve, Changlang District, Arunachal Pradesh, was dark brown to golden yellow. Area of subcostal India (27.493°N & 96.376°E, 410m), 23.vi.2017, coll. space, cubital space, up to discoidal cell tnted with dark Arajush Payra & Atum Rumdo. brown to black. Posterior to cubital space, discoidal cell, area of tornus and anal loop tnted with golden yellow. Detailed descripton of male and measurements Abdomen: S1 to S3 light yellow; S4 light orange above Length (in mm): abdomen + anal appendages – 41; and yellowish bellow; S5 to S9 bright red; S10 brownish forewing – 49.8; hindwing – 48.5. to black with an orange patch on dorsum. Epiprocts dark Head: dorsal side of eyes encircled with maroon and brown, as long as S9; paraprocts orange as seen in dorsal rest of the eyes brownish to pale blue with small black view, more than half the length of epiprocts. Anterior blotches. Oceili white; vertex coppery; frons and post lamina of secondary genitalia black to brown; orange clypeus orange fading to yellow. Anteclypeus yellowish rounded hamule lobe with blackish apex. Genital lobe Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 May 2020 | 12(8): 15922–15926 15923 J TT Camacinia hatert from Arunachal Pradesh Payra et al. Image 1. Camacinia hartert Karsch, 1890: A—Lateral view of male | B—Wing venaton | C—Anal appendages in dorsal view | D—Secondary genitalia | E & F—Habitus of male. © Arajush Payra. orange with hairy apical part black. and away. Afer 20–30 seconds of fight, it returned to the same perch. The place where the individual Observaton and Habitat was observed was a tropical wet evergreen forest with On 23 June 2017, during our visit to Deban signifcant canopy cover (Champion & Seth 1968) (Image (Namdapha Tiger Reserve), a single male individual was 2 A–B). sighted along the road (Figure 1) about 70m distant from a nearby stream (Noa-Dihing River). It was perched on Discussion the tp of a tree branch about 1.5m above the ground. C. hartert was described from Sumatra based on a During our frst atempt at capture, it few upwards female collected from Batu Sankahan in Deli Serdang 15924 Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 May 2020 | 12(8): 15922–15926 J TT Camacinia hatert from Arunachal Pradesh Payra et al.
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