Odonata diversity of jalgaon city and around (Maharashtra) Saha Priyanka Dutta1, Marathe Jitendra Manohar2 1Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Vidya Nagar Sector. No. 29, P.C.N.T. Post, Rawet Road, Akurdi, Pune, 411044 2Department of Zoology, M. J. College, Jalgaon-416004 *Email: pritipriyaeco@gmail.com (corresponding author)
Online published on 12 June, 2017. Abstract A total of 46 species of Odonata belonging to 26 genera under 7 families in two suborders were collected from Jalgaon city and its surrounding area during a study conducted in monsoon and post monsoon seasons, 2012–2014. The post-monsoon abundance was comparatively high. It was observed that the suborder Anisoptera was dominant with 28 species under 3 families. Suborder Zygoptera revealed 18 species under 4 families. Libellulidae was the species rich family (24 species), followed by the Coenagrionidae (12 species), Platycnemididae (3), Lestidae (2), Aeshnidae (2), Gomphidae (2), and Chlorocyphidae (1). Of the 46 species, 13 were very common, 22 were common, 10 rare and one very rare. Top Keywords Diversity, abundance, Odonata, suborder, family, species, checklist, species richness, IUCN status, commonness, rarity, migration, urbanisation. Top |