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A Comparative Description between New Record of Dragonfly Burmagomphus pyramidalis Laidlaw from Central India and Earlier Available Record

2017; National Cave Research and Protection Organization; Volume: 04; Issue: Sp1, & 02 Linguagem: Inglês

10.21276/ambi.2017.04.2.ra01

2348-8980

Ashish D. Tiple, S. S. Talmale, Sonali V. Padwad,

Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies

Laidlaw, 1922 was reported so far from south to southwest India.Present report of the species from Tropical Forest Research Institute (TFRI) Jabalpur and Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve (Hoshangabad Dist.), Madhya Pradesh is for the f irst time from the central parts of India.The study provides here variations in collected specimens in antehumeral marking on the thorax and the 9 abdominal segment.In specimen two upper antehumeral portion narrow, broaden at middle, again somewhat narrow and broaden at extreme humeral portion touches to the base of 2 pair of legs, also interrupted at the middle at humeral region as against upper antehumeral portion broad, narrow at middle, and broaden at extreme humeral portion, however, a conspicuous transverse citron yellow band dorsally seen on hind margin.In specimen one 9 abdominal segment with two big yellow triangular marks dorsally present on hind margin.Variations between collected two specimens of and available description by Fraser (1926Fraser ( & 1934) ) are discussed.