Odonata from Courtallam, Tamil Nadu, Southern India M
NOTE ZOOS' PRINT JOURNAL 15(7): 301-303 Pradesh, Kerala, Meghalaya, Punjab, Tripura, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. ODONATA FROM COURTALLAM, Sub Family: Ischnurinae. TAMIL NADU, SOUTHERN INDIA 2. Ischnura delicata (Hagen) Material Examined: 1 male and 1 female, 7.ii.2000, Courtallam Falls; 2 male and 4 females, 5.ii.2000, Gunder Dam. Muhammed Jafer Palot and V.P. Soniya Remarks: Very Common in the grasslands along with Agriocnemis pygmae. Zoological Survey of India, Freshwater Biological Station, 1-1-300/B, Distribution: Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh Ashok Nagar, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh 500020, India. Sub Family: Agriocnemidinae. 3. Agriocnemis pygmae (Ramb.) Material Examined: 2 males, 5.ii.2000, Gundar Dam. Remarks: Abundant along the grasslands adjacent to the small stream flowing in to the Gundar Dam. During our field trip on mosquito fauna survey to southern Tamil Distribution: This most extensively distributed Odonata occurs Nadu, we made a collection of odonates from Courtallam and its in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, adjoining areas from 4-8 February 2000. Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tripura, Tamil Courtallam (Kuttralam) is a small town situated in the foothills of Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, and Andaman and Nicobar Western Ghats (8050' and 900' N. and 77010' and 77020' E.), at an Islands. elevation of about 120 m., in Tenkasi Taluk of Thirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu State. It is a spur on the eastern side of the Family: Platycnemididae Western Ghats facing the Aryankavu Pass (Senkottai Pass) and Sub Family: Platycnemidinae is bounded by Kulathupuzha Reserve Forests of Kerala State 4.
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