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Journal of Threatened Taxa 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) Note Report of Bradinopyga konkanensis Joshi & Sawant, 2020 (Insecta: Odonata) from Kerala, India Muhammed Haneef, B. Raju Stven Crasta & A. Vivek Chandran 26 July 2021 | Vol. 13 | No. 8 | Pages: 19173–19176 DOI: 10.11609/jot.6484.13.8.19173-19176 For Focus, Scope, Aims, and Policies, visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/aims_scope For Artcle Submission Guidelines, visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/about/submissions For Policies against Scientfc Misconduct, visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/policies_various 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. Threatened Taxa Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 July 2021 | 13(8): 19173–19176 ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) | ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) OPEN ACCESS htps://doi.org/10.11609/jot.6484.13.8.19173-19176 #6484 | Received 29 July 2020 | Final received 21 June 2021 | Finally accepted 28 July 2021 NOTE Report of Bradinopyga konkanensis Joshi & Sawant, 2020 (Insecta: Odonata) from Kerala, India Muhammed Haneef 1 , B. Raju Stven Crasta 2 & A. Vivek Chandran 3 1 Department of Botany, Government Brennen College, Thalassery, Kannur, Kerala 670106, India. 2 Holy Family Aided Senior Basic School, Kumbla post, Kasaragod, Kerala 671321, India. 3 Department of Geology and Environmental Science, Christ College, Irinjalakuda, Thrissur, Kerala 680125, India. 1 [email protected], 2 [email protected], 3 [email protected] (corresponding author) Bradinopyga konkanensis Joshi & Sawant, 2020 is Ischnura rubilio. On 18 July 2020, BRSC photographed a newly described species of dragonfy in the family a dragonfy that resembled Bradinopyga geminata, Libellulidae reported from the western region of but with distnct brown colouraton at the bases of Peninsular India. It is the fourth species described in the hindwings (Image 2). On 20 July 2020, additonal feld genus Bradinopyga Kirby, 1893 (Schorr & Paulson 2020) photographs were taken from Kidoor and a specimen and is believed to be a Western Ghats endemic associated was collected. The specimen was studied under a stereo with lateritc coastal habitats. It was described based on microscope (Olympus SZ61 with MAGCAM DC-5 CMOS specimens from three localites in Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri, 5 MP camera) and deposited in the collectons of the and Thane districts of Maharashtra, India. All additonal Department of Zoology, Government Brennen College, records are from coastal areas of Maharashtra. The Thalassery. All feld photographs were taken using a authors had predicted its occurrence in other coastal Canon 600 D camera with 55–250 lens. Taxonomic areas of the Western Ghats, especially in the Konkan terminology follows Garrison et al. (2006). region of Goa and Karnataka (Joshi & Sawant 2020). Material examined: GBCT.ENT.O23, 1 male, Kidoor We report this species from Kidoor village, Kasaragod (12.633°N, 74.981°E, 32m), 20.v.2020, coll. Muhammed district, Kerala, India. Haneef. Kidoor is a village under Kumbla grama panchayat, Descripton: Abdomen: 27 mm, hindwing: 33 mm. Kasaragod district in northern Kerala, southern India Face mostly black, eyes dark greyish-brown, median (Figure 1). It has lateritc formatons near the coast, ocellus dark brown, vertex elevated, ending in a pair of paddy felds and patches of forest adjoining human pointed tubercles (Image 3). Prothorax and thorax dark habitatons. The lateritc region has many natural blue and pruinosed, covered with fne brown hair. Wings ponds which atract odonates (Image 1). The common hyaline with the bases tnted brown as follows: In the species encountered here are Brachydiplax sobrina, forewings, small porton of costal space, half of frst Crocothemis servilia, Indothemis carnatca, Orthetrum cell of subcostal space, 1/10th of median space, half of sabina, Agriocnemis pygmaea, Ceriagrion rubiae, and cubito-anal space and 1/4th of frst cell of anal anterior Editor: Raymond J. Andrew, Hislop College, Nagpur, India. Date of publicaton: 26 July 2021 (online & print) Citaton: Haneef, M., B.R.S. Crasta & A.V. Chandran (2021). Report of Bradinopyga konkanensis Joshi & Sawant, 2020 (Insecta: Odonata) from Kerala, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(8): 19173–19176. htps://doi.org/10.11609/jot.6484.13.8.19173-19176 Copyright: © Haneef et al. 2021. 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: None. Competng interests: The authors declare no competng interests. Acknowledgements: We thank the Society for Odonate Studies (SOS), Kerala for encouraging us to undertake feld studies on odonates. The frst author would like to thank Dr. V.S. Anilkumar, head of the Department, Botany, Government College, Kasaragod for permitng to use laboratory equipment for the study. 19173 J TT Report of Bradinopyga konkanensis from Kerala Haneef et al. Figure 1. Observatons of Bradinopyga konkanensis. space. In the hindwings, small porton of costal space, 3/4th of subcostal space, frst cell of cubito-anal space extending just slightly into the second cell, and triangular marking encompassing 7–8 cells of anal anterior space, extending into neighbouring cells. Medially, two rows of cells present between: i) IRP2 & Rspl, ii) RP3+4 & MA, and iii) MP & CuA. Pterostgma bicoloured, central region black with dark brown on both sides (Image 4). Abdomen black, pruinosed bluish (Image 5). Secondary genitalia: Anterior hamuli with a base, a posteriorly facing lobe ending with sharply curved, hook-like, pointed end. Posterior hamuli with margins straight, rounded at apices, covered with thick brown hair (Image 6). Cerci pale brown with darker brown apices, conical, broader Image 1. A natural pond in the lateritc region of Kidoor Village. © B. Raju Stven Crasta. at base and pointed apically, covered with whitsh hair. Epiproct dark brown, black at base and apices, curved slightly upwards (Images 7, 8, 9). There are three other species of odonates— Bradinopyga geminata (Rambur, 1842), Indothemis carnatca (Fabricius, 1798) and Indothemis limbata (Selys, 1891)—which co-occur in the region and look similar to B. konkanensis, but they can be separated by clear distnguishing features (Fraser 1936; Joshi & Sawant 2020). We have tabulated the diferences to aid precise identfcaton of these species during feld surveys (Table 1). We report Bradinopyga konkanensis from Kidoor village in Kerala, 450 km away from its nearest record (Devgad, Maharashtra). Kidoor is at a Image 2. Bradinopyga konkanensis in its lateritc habitat. © B. Raju distance of 6 km from the sea and falls within the range Stven Crasta. 19174 Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 July 2021 | 13(8): 19173–19176 Report of Bradinopyga konkanensis from Kerala Haneef et al. J TT Table 1. Diferences between Bradinopyga konkanensis and closely similar species (males). Species Bradinopyga konkanensis Bradinopyga geminata Indothemis carnatca Indothemis limbata Feature No. of cell rows (medially) between: IRP2 & Rspl Two Two One One RP3+4 & MA MP & CuA Brown tnt up to anal Dark mahogany brown, anterior space in forewings reaching the frst antenodal Small point of amber yellow Basal wing colouraton and extending to Hyaline (no colour) nervure in forewings and in hindwings neighbouring cells of anal second antenodal & arc in anterior space in hindwings hindwings Ochreous, paler along posterior border, bordered Bicolorous, black at the Bicolorous, black at the Bright ochreous between Pterostgma with a thick black nervure centre & brown at the sides centre & white at the sides thick black nervures anteriorly & a thin one posteriorly Dirty pale yellow, marbled Thorax Dark blue and peppered with black Blackish-brown Black irregularly (like granite) Blackish-brown with yellow Black with yellow markings Abdomen Black, pruinosed bluish Black marbled with yellow markings obscurely showing forming a broken lateral through stripe Image 3. Head of Bradinopyga konkanensis. © Muhammed Haneef. Image 4. Wings of Bradinopyga konkanensis. © Muhammed Haneef. Image 6. Bradinopyga konkanensis: lateral view of secondary Image 5. Bradinopyga konkanensis habitus showing black abdomen genitalia. © Muhammed Haneef. with blue pruinescence. © Muhammed Haneef. Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 July 2021 | 13(8): 19173–19176 19175 J TT Report of Bradinopyga konkanensis from Kerala Haneef et al. Image 7. Bradinopyga konkanensis: lateral view of caudal appendages.
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