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Insecta: Odonata) in Fish Farm, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSKHPKV, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India Rec. zool. Surv. India: Vol. 117(4)/ 367-375, 2017 ISSN (Online) : (Applied for) DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i4/2017/121291 ISSN (Print) : 0375-1511 Diversity of Odonates (Insecta: Odonata) in Fish farm, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSKHPKV, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India R. Babu* Southern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Chennai - 600 028, Tamil Nadu, India Abstract Odonata diversity in fish farm of Department of Fisheries, CSKHPKV, Palampur, Kangra Valley, Himachal Pradesh were comprehensively studied and documented for the first time. A total of 27 species belonging to 19 genera and 7 families of two suborders are recorded. The suborder Zygoptera was represented by 13 species and 14 species represents Anisoptera. Among the families, Libellulidae was richest family with 13 species and followed by Coenagrionidae with 9 species. The wide range of habitats including foraging and nocturnal roosting habitat at Fish Farm, CSKHPKV leads to greatest species diversity.Keywords : Damselflies, Diversity, Dragonflies, Fish Farm, Himachal Pradesh, Palampur Introduction and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, which is located at 32.097699° N and Dragonflies and damselflies are regarded as beneficial 76.556835° E in Palampur, Kangra Valley, Himachal insects because they are carnivorous throughout their Pradesh. Palampur is situated in the laps of Dhauladar life, mostly feeding on smaller insects such as mosquitoes, range of mountains at a height of 1,270 meters above sea termites, ants, mayflies, small moths etc. They are widely level. distributed in freshwater habitats like ponds, lakes, streams, rivers, canals, etc. and although some species Material and Methods roam widely and found far from their breeding sites. The presence of dragonflies and damselflies are good indicators The field surveys were carried out by the author in the of freshwater ecosystem because they dependent on different localities in various districts of Himachal both aquatic and terrestrial habitats to maintain viable Pradesh during 2006-2007. During this period a valuable populations (Briers & Biggs, 2003; Samways, 1993). The collections of odonates was collected from the Fish odonate larvae occupy a great diversity of aquatic habitats Farm, Department of Fisheries, College of Veterinary and form significant constituent of aquatic food webs and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi involving many invertebrates, fishes and other vertebrates Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur, Kangra District of Himachal and serving as the dominant invertebrate predators of Pradesh. All the collected specimens were identified many aquatic insect larvae and as the prey of fish. The and compared with the standard descriptions provided Odonata diversity in fish ponds are not yet studied by Fraser (1933, 1934 and 1936). All the materials well. In view of above context, the present attempt was were deposited in the National Zoological Collection, undertaken to evaluate the Odonata diversity in the Fish Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. Updated distribution Farm of Department of Fisheries, College of Veterinary of all these species in different states within India and * Author for correspondence Article Received on: 03.02.2017 Accepted on: 19.12.2017 Diversity of Odonates (Insecta: Odonata) in fish farm, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSKHPKV, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India countries outside India is also provided in the systematic Democratic Republic, Macao, Malaysia, Myanmar, account. The nomenclature followed here is after, Davies Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, and Tobin (1984 & 1985), Tsuda (2000) and Subramanian Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Babu (2017a). (Province of China), Thailand, Viet Nam. Systematic Account 3. Amphiallagma parvum (Selys, 1876) Suborder ZYGOPTERA 1876. Enallagma parvum Selys, Bull. Acad. Belg., (2) 41: 537. Superfamily COENAGRIONOIDEA 1933. Enallagma parvum, Fraser, Fauna Brit. India, Odon., 1: Family COENAGRIONIDAE 376-378. 1. Aciagrion pallidum Selys, 1891 2017. Amphiallagma parvum, Subramanian and Babu, A Checklist of Odonata (Insecta) of India, Version 3.0. p. 18. 1891. Aciagrion pallidum Selys, Ann. Civ. Genova, (2) 10 (30): www.zsi.gov.in 512. 1933. Aciagrion pallidum, Fraser, Fauna Brit. India, Odon., 1: Material examined: 2♀, 16-iv-2006. 344-345. Distribution: India: Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Material examined: 1♂, 14-iv-2006; 7♂ 12♀, (4 pairs in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, copula), 29-ix-2007. Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Odisha, Punjab, Distribution: India: Himachal Pradesh, Andaman & Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Jharkhand, Madhya Lanka, Thailand. Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, 4. Ceriagrion coromandelianum (Fabricius, 1798) West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, 1798. Agrion coromandelianum Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Suppl., 1: China, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, 287. Nepal, Thailand, Viet Nam. 1876. Ceriagrion coromandelianum, Selys, Bull. Acad. Belg., (2) 42: 528. 2. Agriocnemis pygmaea (Rambur, 1842) 1933. Ceriagrion coromandelianum, Fraser, Fauna Brit. India, Odon., 1: 315-316. 1842. Agrion pygmaeum Rambur, Ins. Nevrop., p. 278. 1933. Agriocnemis pygmaea, Fraser, Fauna Brit. India, Odon., Material examined: 1♂, 14-iv-2006; 4♂ 1♀, 29-ix-2007. 1: 398-401. Distribution: India: Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Material examined: 6♀, 14-iv-2006; 2♂ 9♀, 16-iv-2006; Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, 2♂ 2♀, 29-ix-2007. Goa, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Distribution: India: Himachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nagaland, Odisha, Pondicherry, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Bengal. Elsewhere: Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Lao Hariyana, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Kerala, Laccadive Islands, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Sri Lanka. Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Pondicherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, 5. Ischnura aurora (Brauer, 1865) Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, 1865. Agrion aurora Brauer, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wein., 15: 510. Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, 1933. Ischnura delicata, Fraser, Fauna Brit. India, Odon., 1: 360- Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Japan, Lao People’s 362. 368 Vol 117(4) | 2017 | www.recordsofzsi.com Zoological Survey of India R. Babu 2000. Ischnura aurora aurora, Tsuda, A distributional list of 8. Pseudagrion microcephalum (Rambur, 1842) World Odonata, p. 36. 1842. Agrion microcephalum Rambur, Ins. Névrop., p. 259. Material examined: 12♂ 2♀, 14-iv-2006; 12♂ 9♀, 16-iv- 1876. Pseudagrion microcephalum, Selys, Bull. Acad. Belg., 2 2006; 5♂ 9♀, 29-ix-2007. (42): 504. 1933. Pseudagrion microcephalum, Fraser, Fauna Brit. India, Distribution: India: Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Odon., 1: 278-280. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Material examined: 1♀, 14-iv-2006. Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Distribution: India: Himachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nagaland, Odisha, Pondicherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Jharkhand, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Afghanistan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Cook Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Marshall Islands, Nepal, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Solomon Micronesia (Federated States of), Myanmar, Nepal, Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam. New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Pakistan, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan 9. Pseudagrion rubriceps Selys, 1876 (Province of China), Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu. 1876. Pseudagrion rubriceps Selys, Bull. Acad. Belg., (2) 42: 510. 6. Ischnura forcipata Morton, 1907 1933. Pseudagrion rubriceps, Fraser, Fauna Brit. India, Odon., 1: 296-299. 1907. Ischnura forcipata Morton, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., p. 306. 1933. Ischnura forcipata, Fraser, Fauna Brit. India, Odon., 1: Material examined: 3♂ 4♀, 29-ix-2007. 354-357. Distribution: India: Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Material examined: 1♀, 29-ix-2007. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Distribution: India: Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Jammu Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Nepal, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Pakistan. Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hong 7. Pseudagrion
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