Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 63(2): 131-140, doi: 10.3897/travaux.63.e52922
Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata: Insecta) of the Bor Wildlife Sanctuary, Wardha, Maharashtra, Central India
Ashish Tiple‡‡ Department of Zoology, Vidyabharti College, Seloo, Wardha, India
Corresponding author: Ashish Tiple ( ashishdtiple@gmail.com ) Academic editor: Elena Iulia Iorgu © Ashish Tiple. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Tiple A (2020) Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata: Insecta) of the Bor Wildlife Sanctuary, Wardha, Maharashtra, Central India. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 63(2): 131-140. https://doi.org/10.3897/travaux.63.e52922 |  |
Abstract
Dragonfly and damselfly (Odonata) species diversity was studied in the Bor wildlife sanctuary from 2011 to 2018. A total of 72 species of odonates belonging to 8 families were recorded. The study adds three new species for the Vidarbha region. The highest number of odonates belonged to the family Libellulidae (31 species) followed by Coenagrionidae (15 species), and Aeshnidae (six species). Of the total, 30 species were very common, 18 were common, seven were frequent common, 11 rare and six very rare. Among all, six species were Data Deficient, Indothemis carnatica (Fabricius, 1798) is listed as Near Threatened and 64 were Least Concern, in IUCN red-list of threatened species. The observations support the value of the wildlife sanctuary area in providing valuable resources for Odonata.
Keywords
Odonata, diversity, Bor Wildlife Sanctuary, Wardha, Mahrashtra, India