Occas·onal Pape No. 315 p · sot am··es e a dee agr-0 -dae a _ Odo ata: Zygo te a) y a d oogeograpby AN MIT D R. BABU OCCASIONAL PAPER NO. 315 RECORDS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA REVISION OF INDIAN SPECIES OF THE FAMILIES PLATYCNEMIDIDAE AND COENAGRIONIDAE (INSECTA : ODONATA : ZVGOPTERA) (Taxonomy and Zoogeography) *TRIDIB RANJAN MITRA and R. BABU Zoological Su~vey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolka.ta - 700 053 *Present Address : 208/K/8, Raja Ram Mohan Roy Road, Netaji Sarak, Kolkata - 700 008 Edited by the Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata Zoological Survey of India Kolkata CITATION Mitra, T.R. and Babu, R. 2010. Revision of Indian Species of the Families Platycnemididae and Coenagrionidae (Insecta: Odonata : Zygoptera) : Taxonomy and Zoogeography. Rec. zool. Surv. India, Occ. Paper No., 315 : 1-104. (Published by the Director, Zool. Surv. 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RECORDS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA OCCASIONAL PAPER No. 315 2010 1-104 CONTENTS INTRODUCl'ION ................................................................................................................... 1 MATERIALS AND METHOD ............................................................................................... 1 CONSPECTUS OF HISTORICAL RECORDS ......................................................................... 2 ABBREVIATIONS AND GLOSSARY OF SCIENTIFIC TERMS USED ............................... 2 SYSTEMATIC LIST OF SPECIES ......................................................................................... 6 Superfamily COENAGRlONOIDEA ..................................................................................... 9 Key to Families of COENAGRIONOIDEA ..................................................................... 9 Family PLATYCNEMIDIDAE Tillyard ......................................................................... 9 Key to Genera of the Family PLATYCNEMIDIDAE ................................................. 10 Genus Coeliccia Kirby ............................................................................................... 10 Key to species of genus Coeliccia Kirby ................................................................... 11 Coeliccia bimaculata Laidlaw ............................................................................... 12 Coeliccia prakritiae Lahiri ..................................................................................... 12 Coeliccia renifera (Selys) ....................................................................................... 12 Coeliccia sarbottama Lahiri ................................................................................ 13 Coeliccia kumaonensis Singh and Baijal .............................................................. 13 Coeliccia didyma didyma (Selys) ......................................................................... 13 Coeliccia vacca Laidlaw ....................................................................................... 13 Coeliccia schmidti Asahina ................................................................................... 14 Coeliccia rotundata Asahina ................................................................................. 14 Coeliccia rossi Asahina .......................................................................................... 14 Coeliccia svihleri Asahina ..................................................................................... 14 Coeliccia fraseri Laidlaw .............................................. 0 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 14 Coeliccia loogali Laidlaw ....................................................................................... 14 iv Coeliccia dorothea Fraser ..................................................................................... 16 Genus Calicnemia Strand ........................................................................................ 16 Key to species of genus Calicnemia Strand .......................................................... 16 Calicnemia eximia (Selys) ..................................................................................... 1 7 Calicnemia imitans Lieftinck ................................................................................ 18 Calicnemia mortoni (Laidlaw) .............................................................................. 18 Calicnemia mukherJ'eei Lahiri ............................................................................... 18 Calicnemia miles (Laidlaw) ................................................................................... 19 Calicnemia miniata (Selys) ................................................................................... 19 Calicnemia sudhaae Mitra .................................................................................... 20 Calicnemia pulverulans (Selys) ........................................................................... 20 Calicnemia carminea pyrrhosoma Lieftinck ...................................................... 21 Calicnemia mahesi Sahini ...................................................................................... 2 1 Genus Platycnemis Charpentier ............................................................................ 22 Platycnemis dealbata Selys .................................................................................. 23 Genus Indocnemis Laidlaw ..................................................................................... 23 Indocnemis orang Foerster .................................................................................. 24 Genus Cop era Kirby ................................................................................................... 24 Key to species of genus Copera Kirby ............................................................... 25 Copera vittata - complex ..................................................................................... 25 Copera vittata assamensis Laidlaw ..................................................................... 26 Copera vittata serapica (Selys) ............................................................................ 26 Copera vittata decanensis (Laidlaw) .................................................................. 2 7 Copera vittata ........................................................................................................ 2 7 Copera marginipes (Rambur) .............................................................................. 2 7 Copera superpla types Fraser ................................................................................ 29 Copera cilia ta (Selys)............................................................................................ 30 Family COENAGRIONIDAE Tillyard .......................................................................... 31 Key to genera of the Family COENAGRIONIDAE .................................................... 31 Gen us Pseudagrion Selys ........................................................................................ 32 v Key to species of genus Pseudagrion Selys .......................................................... 33 Pseudagrion australasiae Selys ........................................................................... 34 Pseudagrion microcephalum (Rambur) ............................................................. 35 Pseudagrion malabaricum Fraser ....................................................................... 35 Pseudagrion decorum (Rambur) .......................................................................... 36 Pseudagrion laidlawi Fraser ................................................................................. 36 Pseudagrion williamsoni Fraser .......................................................................... 3 7 Pseudagrion hypermelas Selys ............................................................................ 3 7 Pseudagrion pruinosum (ssp.) .............................................................................. 39 Pseudagrion rubriceps rubriceps Selys ............................................................... 39 Pseudagrion spencei Fraser ................................................................................. 40 Pseudagrion? andamanicum Fraser ................................................................... 40 Pseudagrion indicum Fraser ................................................................................. 41 Pseudagrion pilidorsum (Brauer) ........................................................................