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A checklist of dragonflies &
damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of Kerala, India
Sujith V. Gopalan 1,
Muhamed Sherif 2 & A. Vivek Chandran 3
1,2,3 Society for Odonate Studies,
Vellooparampil, Kuzhimattom PO, Kottayam, Kerala 686533, India.
3 Department of Geology and
Environmental Science, Christ College, Irinjalakuda, Thrissur, Kerala 680125,
India.
1 sujith.vg@gmail.com, 2 mksherifc@gmail.com,
3 avivekchandran2@gmail.com (corresponding author)
Editor: Ashish D.
Tiple, Vidyabharati College, Wardha, India. Date
of publication: 26 February 2022 (online & print)
Citation: Gopalan, S.V., M. Sherif &
A.V. Chandran (2022). A
checklist of dragonflies & damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of Kerala, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 14(2): 20654–20665. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.7504.14.2.20654-20665
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Acknowledgements: The authors are thankful to
Jeevan Jose, Balachandran V., David V. Raju, Rison K.J., Muhammed Haneef,
Muneer P.K., Thomson Saburaj, Reji Chandran, Hari Krishnan S., and Gopal
Krishnan for contributing information and photographs that helped in finalizing
this checklist.
Abstract: A checklist of odonates of Kerala
State is presented in this paper. Scientific binomen, vernacular names in
Malayalam, IUCN Red List status, and endemism are also given. A total of 174
species of odonates have been recorded from Kerala till date, 65 of which are
endemic to the Western Ghats, and 10 to India. Five species fall under various
threatened categories of IUCN. None of the odonates occurring in Kerala is
listed in the schedules of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act or the
appendices of CITES.
Keywords: Biodiversity, endemism, odonates,
Western Ghats, IUCN Red List.
A total of 6,324 species of
odonates from 45 families have been described from around the globe till date
(Paulson & Schorr 2021). In India, 493 species from 18 families are known.
The Western Ghats, which forms part of a global biodiversity hotspot has 196
species of odonates (Subramanian & Babu 2020). High endemism and diversity
is seen in the southern Western Ghats (Subramanian & Sivaramakrishnan
2002), of which Kerala is a part. Odonatology in India can be traced back to
Carl Linnaeus and Selys-Longchamps who described some of the first species from
India. During the British Raj, Laidlaw started the systematic documentation of
odonates which was taken to its pinnacle by F.C. Fraser. In his three volume
treatise (Fraser 1933, 1934, 1936) on the odonates of the Indian subcontinent,
Fraser gave a detailed account of the odonates of Kerala also. After
independence, the documentation of odonate fauna in India was taken up mostly
by the scientists of Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) and some regional
universities, with many papers being published on new species descriptions,
life histories and distribution of Odonata. Prasad & Varshney (1995)
published a checklist of Odonata of India which was a major landmark in Indian
Odonatology.
After Fraser, there was a
significant gap in the study of Odonata in Kerala which was gradually filled by
the works of Peters (1981), Rao & Lahiri (1982), Prasad (1987), Mathavan
& Miller (1989), Radhakrishnan (1997), Emiliyamma & Radhakrishnan
(2000, 2002), Palot et al. (2002), Radhakrishnan & Emiliyamma (2003),
Emiliyamma (2005), and Subramanian & Sivaramakrishnan (2005). Odonata
watching was popularized with the publication of field guides by Emiliyamma et
al. (2005), Subramanian (2005, 2009), and Kiran & Raju (2013). The
conservation of odonates of the Western Ghats was highlighted in the works of
Subramanian (2007) and Subramanian et al. (2011). ZSI has been publishing
updated checklists of Odonata of India periodically and the latest version has
listed 488 species (Subramanian & Babu 2017). A systematic study of Odonata
of the southern Western Ghats was done by Emiliyamma (2014) in which 169
species were listed from the region. The first checklist of Odonata of Kerala
was compiled by Kiran & Raju (2011) in which 148 species were included.
Subramanian et al. (2018) gave a detailed account of the distribution of
odonates in the Western Ghats. However, there has been no bona fide attempt to
update the checklist of Odonata of Kerala with species that were newly
described (Subramanian et al. 2013; Kiran et al. 2015; Emiliyamma & Palot
2016b; Joshi & Sawant 2019; Rangnekar et al. 2019; Joshi & Sawant 2020;
Emiliyamma et al. 2020; Joshi et al. 2020) and whose range extensions were
published (Das et al. 2013; Emiliyamma et al. 2013; Emiliyamma & Palot
2016a; Rison & Jose 2019; Varghese 2019; Rison & Chandran 2020; Muneer
& Chandran 2020; Chandran et al. 2021; Haneef et al. 2021). Besides,
citizen science portals have helped to document the occurrence of some rare
odonates in Kerala (Anonymous 2021; Ueda 2021a,b,c). Nair et al. (2021)
reported 181 species of Odonata from Kerala, but many of these records lack
taxonomic, or even photographic evidence (Chandran & Sherif in press).
Here, we list Odonata species whose occurrence in Kerala have been confirmed
either from earlier published records or by presenting new evidence.
Studies on the geographical
distribution of Odonata are a prerequisite for their conservation (Moore 1997).
This paper attempts to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date list of odonates
known from Kerala. We have omitted three species, Asiagomphus nilgiricus (Laidlaw,
1922), Heliogomphus kalarensis Fraser, 1934, and Idionix nadganiensis
Fraser, 1924 from the previous list for want of evidence of their
occurrence in Kerala. Moreover, Subramanian et al. (2018) have not shown
records of these species from Kerala. We have desisted from using English
common names in this list because multiple names are prevalent for many
species. Malayalam names widely used in the state and listed in the website of
Society for Odonate Studies (2021) have been added. The taxonomy and systematic
arrangement follows Kalkman et al. (2020). A total of 174 species from 14
families belonging to two suborders are listed with their Malayalam names,
references, IUCN Red List status and endemicity. Of the species listed, 65 are
endemic to the Western Ghats and 10 to India. None of the species are protected
under the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act or come under the appendices of
CITES. The sole Endangered species, Idionyx galeata Fraser, 1924 is a
rare forest insect endemic to the Western Ghats. All the four species
classified as Vulnerable are also endemic to the Western Ghats (IUCN 2021). It
must be noted that out of the 174 species of Odonata recorded from Kerala till
date, 27 are Data Deficient and 21 remain Not Evaluated in the IUCN Red List of
Threatened Species.
Table 1.
Checklist of dragonflies & damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of Kerala, India.
|
Scientific Name |
Malayalam Name |
References |
IUCN |
END |
|
|
Order:
Odonata |
|||||
|
I. Suborder:
Zygoptera |
സൂചിത്തുമ്പികൾ |
|
|||
|
1.
Family: Lestidae |
ചേരാച്ചിറകൻ തുമ്പികൾ |
|
|||
|
1 |
Indolestes gracilis
(Hagen
in Selys, 1862) |
കാട്ടു വിരിച്ചിറകൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
2 |
Indolestes
pulcherrimus (Fraser,
1924) |
ചതുപ്പ് വിരിച്ചിറകൻ |
Muneer
& Chandran (2020) |
DD |
EN WG |
|
3 |
Lestes
concinnus Hagen
in Selys, 1862 |
തവിടൻ ചേരാച്ചിറകൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
4 |
Lestes
dorothea Fraser,
1924 |
കാട്ടു ചേരാച്ചിറകൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
5 |
Lestes
elatus Hagen
in Selys, 1862 |
പച്ച ചേരാച്ചിറകൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
6 |
Lestes
malabaricus Fraser,
1929 |
മലബാർ ചേരാച്ചിറകൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
NE |
|
|
7 |
Lestes
nodalis Selys,
1891 |
പുള്ളി വിരിച്ചിറകൻ |
Emiliyamma
& Palot (2016a); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
8 |
Lestes
patricia Fraser,
1924 |
കരിവരയൻ ചേരാച്ചിറകൻ |
Subramanian
et al. (2018) |
NE |
EN WG |
|
9 |
Lestes
praemorsus Hagen
in Selys, 1862 |
നീലക്കണ്ണി ചേരാച്ചിറകൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
10 |
Platylestes
kirani Emiliyamma,
Palot & Charesh, 2020 |
കിരണി ചേരാച്ചിറകൻ |
Emiliyamma
et al. (2020) |
NE |
EN WG |
|
11 |
Platylestes
platystylus (Rambur,
1842) |
പച്ചക്കണ്ണൻ ചേരാച്ചിറകൻ |
Rison
& Chandran (2020); Emiliyamma et al. (2020); Chandran et al. (2021) |
LC |
|
|
2.
Family: Platystictidae |
നിഴൽത്തുമ്പികൾ |
|
|||
|
12 |
Indosticta
deccanensis (Laidlaw,
1915) |
കുങ്കുമ നിഴൽത്തുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
VU |
EN WG |
|
13 |
Protosticta
antelopoides Fraser,
1931 |
കൊമ്പൻ നിഴൽത്തുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
NE |
EN WG |
|
14 |
Protosticta
cyanofemora Joshi,
Subramanian, Babu & Kunte 2020 |
നീലക്കാലി നിഴൽത്തുമ്പി |
Joshi et
al. (2020) |
NE |
EN WG |
|
15 |
Protosticta
davenporti Fraser,
1931 |
ആനമല നിഴൽത്തുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
EN WG |
|
16 |
Protosticta
gravelyi Laidlaw,
1915 |
പുള്ളി നിഴൽത്തുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
EN WG |
|
17 |
Protosticta
hearseyi
Fraser, 1922 |
ചെറു നിഴൽത്തുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
DD |
EN WG |
|
18 |
Protosticta
monticola Emiliyamma
& Palot, 2016 |
മാമല നിഴൽത്തുമ്പി |
Emiliyamma
& Palot (2016b) |
NE |
EN WG |
|
19 |
Protosticta
mortoni Fraser,
1924 |
നീലക്കഴുത്തൻ നിഴൽത്തുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Joshi et al. (2020) |
NE |
EN WG |
|
20 |
Protosticta
ponmudiensis Kiran,
Sadasivan & Kunte, 2015 |
പൊന്മുടി നിഴൽത്തുമ്പി |
Kiran et
al. (2015); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
NE |
EN WG |
|
21 |
Protosticta
rufostigma Kimmins,
1958 |
അഗസ്ത്യമല നിഴൽത്തുമ്പി |
Joshi et
al. (2020) |
DD |
EN WG |
|
22 |
Protosticta
sanguinostigma Fraser,
1922 |
ചെമ്പൻ നിഴൽത്തുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
VU |
EN WG |
|
23 |
Protosticta
sholai Subramanian
& Babu, 2020 |
ചോല നിഴൽത്തുമ്പി |
Joshi et
al. (2020) |
NE |
EN WG |
|
3.
Family: Calopterygidae |
മരതകത്തുമ്പികൾ
|
|
|
|
|
|
24 |
Neurobasis
chinensis (Linnaeus,
1758) |
പീലിത്തുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
25 |
Vestalis
apicalis Selys,
1873 |
ചുട്ടിച്ചിറകൻ തണൽത്തുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
26 |
Vestalis
gracilis (Rambur,
1842) |
ചെറിയ തണൽതുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
27 |
Vestalis
submontana Fraser,
1934 |
കാട്ടു തണൽതുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
NE |
EN IND |
|
4. Family:
Chlorocyphidae |
നീർരത്നങ്ങൾ |
|
|||
|
28 |
Calocypha
laidlawi (Fraser,
1924) |
മേഘവർണ്ണൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
DD |
EN WG |
|
29 |
Heliocypha
bisignata (Hagen
in Selys, 1853) |
നീർമാണിക്യൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
EN IND |
|
30 |
Libellago
indica (Fraser,
1928) |
തവളക്കണ്ണൻതുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
NE |
EN IND |
|
5.
Family: Euphaeidae |
അരുവിയന്മാർ |
|
|||
|
31 |
Dysphaea
ethela Fraser,
1924 |
കരിമ്പൻ അരുവിയൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
EN IND |
|
32 |
Euphaea
cardinalis (Fraser,
1924) |
തെക്കൻ അരുവിയൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
EN WG |
|
33 |
Euphaea
dispar Rambur,
1842 |
വടക്കൻ അരുവിയൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
EN WG |
|
34 |
Euphaea
fraseri (Laidlaw,
1920) |
ചെങ്കറുപ്പൻ അരുവിയൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
EN WG |
|
6.
Family: Platycnemididae |
പാൽത്തുമ്പികൾ |
|
|
|
|
|
35 |
Caconeura
gomphoides (Rambur,
1842) |
കാട്ടുമുളവാലൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
NE |
EN WG |
|
36 |
Caconeura
ramburi (Fraser,
1922) |
മലബാർ മുളവാലൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
DD |
EN IND |
|
37 |
Caconeura
risi (Fraser,
1931) |
വയനാടൻ മുളവാലൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
DD |
EN WG |
|
38 |
Copera
marginipes (Rambur,
1842) |
മഞ്ഞക്കാലി പാൽത്തുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
39 |
Copera
vittata (Selys,
1863) |
ചെങ്കാലി പാൽത്തുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
40 |
Disparoneura
apicalis (Fraser,
1924) |
ചുട്ടിച്ചിറകൻ മുളവാലൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
VU |
EN WG |
|
41 |
Disparoneura
quadrimaculata (Rambur,
1842) |
കരിഞ്ചിറകൻ മുളവാലൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
EN IND |
|
42 |
Elattoneura
souteri (Fraser,
1924) |
ചെങ്കറുപ്പൻ മുളവാലൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
DD |
EN WG |
|
43 |
Elattoneura
tetrica (Laidlaw,
1917) |
മഞ്ഞക്കറുപ്പൻ മുളവാലൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
EN WG |
|
44 |
Esme
cyaneovittata Fraser,
1922 |
പഴനി മുളവാലൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
DD |
EN WG |
|
45 |
Esme longistyla Fraser, 1931 |
നീലഗിരി മുളവാലൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
EN WG |
|
46 |
Esme
mudiensis Fraser,
1931 |
തെക്കൻ മുളവാലൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
DD |
EN WG |
|
47 |
Melanoneura
bilineata Fraser,
1922 |
വടക്കൻ മുളവാലൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
NT |
EN WG |
|
48 |
Onychargia
atrocyana Selys,
1865 |
എണ്ണക്കറുപ്പൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
49 |
Phylloneura
westermanni (Hagen
in Selys, 1860) |
ചതുപ്പു മുളവാലൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
NT |
EN WG |
|
50 |
Prodasineura
verticalis (Selys,
1860) |
കരിഞ്ചെമ്പൻ മുളവാലൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
7.
Family: Coenagrionidae |
നിലത്തന്മാർ |
|
|
|
|
|
51 |
Aciagrion
approximans (Selys,
1876) |
നീലച്ചിന്നൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
52 |
Aciagrion
occidentale Laidlaw,
1919 |
നീലച്ചുട്ടി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
53 |
Agriocnemis
keralensis Peters,
1981 |
പത്തി പുൽച്ചിന്നൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
EN WG |
|
54 |
Agriocnemis
pieris Laidlaw,
1919 |
വെള്ളപ്പുൽച്ചിന്നൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
55 |
Agriocnemis
pygmaea (Rambur,
1842) |
നാട്ടുപുൽച്ചിന്നൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
56 |
Agriocnemis
splendidissima Laidlaw,
1919 |
കാട്ടുപുൽച്ചിന്നൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
57 |
Amphiallagma
parvum (Selys,
1876) |
ചെറുനീലിത്തുമ്പി |
Muneer
& Chandran (2020); Anonymous (2021) |
LC |
|
|
58 |
Archibasis
oscillans (Selys,
1877) |
അരുവിത്തുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
59 |
Ceriagrion
cerinorubellum (Brauer,
1865) |
കനൽവാലൻ ചതുപ്പൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
60 |
Ceriagrion
chromothorax Joshi
& Sawant 2019 |
സിന്ധുദുർഗ് ചതുപ്പൻ |
Varghese
(2019) |
NE |
EN WG |
|
61 |
Ceriagrion
coromandelianum (Fabricius,
1798) |
നാട്ടുചതുപ്പൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
62 |
Ceriagrion
olivaceum Laidlaw,
1914 |
കരിമ്പച്ചചതുപ്പൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
63 |
Ceriagrion
rubiae Laidlaw,
1916 |
തീച്ചതുപ്പൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
NE |
|
|
64 |
Ischnura
rubilio Selys,
1876 |
മഞ്ഞപ്പുൽമാണിക്യൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
NE |
|
|
65 |
Ischnura
senegalensis (Rambur,
1842) |
നീല പുൽമാണിക്യൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
66 |
Mortonagrion
varralli Fraser,
1920 |
കരിയിലത്തുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
DD |
EN IND |
|
67 |
Paracercion
calamorum (Ris,
1916) |
ചുട്ടിവാലൻ താമരത്തുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
68 |
Paracercion
malayanum (Selys,
1876) |
മലയൻ താമരത്തുമ്പി |
Ueda, K.
(2021b) |
LC |
|
|
69 |
Pseudagrion
australasiae Selys,
1876 |
കുറുവാലൻ പൂത്താലി |
Chandran
et al. (2021) |
LC |
|
|
70 |
Pseudagrion
decorum (Rambur,
1842) |
ഇളനീലി പൂത്താലി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
71 |
Pseudagrion
indicum Fraser,
1924 |
മഞ്ഞവരയൻ പൂത്താലി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
EN WG |
|
72 |
Pseudagrion
malabaricum Fraser,
1924 |
കാട്ടുപൂത്താലി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
73 |
Pseudagrion
microcephalum (Rambur,
1842) |
നാട്ടുപൂത്താലി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
74 |
Pseudagrion
rubriceps Selys,
1876 |
ചെമ്മുഖപ്പൂത്താലി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
II. Suborder:
Anisoptera |
കല്ലൻത്തുമ്പികൾ |
|
|||
|
8. Family: Aeshnidae
|
സൂചിവാലൻ കല്ലൻത്തുമ്പികൾ |
|
|||
|
75 |
Anaciaeschna
jaspidea (Burmeister,
1839) |
തുരുമ്പൻ രാജൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
76 |
Anaciaeschna
martini (Selys,
1897) |
ചോലരാജൻതുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
77 |
Anax
ephippiger (Burmeister,
1839) |
തുരുമ്പൻ ചാത്തൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
78 |
Anax
guttatus (Burmeister,
1839) |
മരതകരാജൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
79 |
Anax
immaculifrons Rambur,
1842 |
നീലരാജൻതുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
80 |
Anax
indicus Lieftinck,
1942 |
പീതാംബരൻതുമ്പി |
Ueda, K.
(2021c) |
LC |
|
|
81 |
Anax
parthenope (Selys,
1839) |
തവിട്ട് രാജൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
82 |
Gynacantha
dravida Lieftinck,
1960 |
സൂചിവാലൻ രാക്കൊതിച്ചി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
DD |
|
|
83 |
Gynacantha millardi Fraser, 1920* |
തത്തമ്മത്തുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
NE |
|
|
9. Family: Gomphidae
|
കടുവാത്തുമ്പികൾ |
|
|
|
|
|
84 |
Acrogomphus
fraseri Laidlaw,
1925 |
പൊക്കൻ കടുവ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
DD |
EN WG |
|
85 |
Burmagomphus
laidlawi Fraser,
1924 |
ചതുരവാലൻ കടുവ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
DD |
EN WG |
|
86 |
Burmagomphus
pyramidalis Laidlaw,
1922 |
പുള്ളി ചതുരവാലൻ കടുവ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
87 |
Cyclogomphus
flavoannulatus Rangnekar,
Dharwadkar, Sadasivan & Subramanian, 2019 |
മഞ്ഞ വിശറിവാലൻ കടുവ |
Rangnekar
et al. (2019) |
NE |
EN WG |
|
88 |
Cyclogomphus
heterostylus Selys,
1854 |
വിശറിവാലൻ കടുവ |
Subramanian
et al. (2018) |
DD |
EN WG |
|
89 |
Davidioides
martini Fraser,
1924 |
സൈരന്ധ്രിക്കടുവ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
DD |
EN WG |
|
90 |
Gomphidia
kodaguensis Fraser,
1923 |
പുഴക്കടുവ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
DD |
EN WG |
|
91 |
Heliogomphus
promelas (Selys,
1873) |
കൊമ്പൻ കടുവ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
NT |
EN WG |
|
92 |
Ictinogomphus
rapax (Rambur,
1842) |
നാട്ടുകടുവ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
93 |
Lamelligomphus
nilgiriensis (Fraser,
1922) |
നീലഗിരി നഖവാലൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
EN WG |
|
94 |
Macrogomphus
wynaadicus Fraser,
1924 |
വയനാടൻ കടുവ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
DD |
EN WG |
|
95 |
Megalogomphus
hannyngtoni (Fraser,
1923) |
പെരുവാലൻ കടുവ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
NT |
EN WG |
|
96 |
Megalogomphus
superbus Fraser,
1931 |
ചോര പെരുവാലൻ കടുവ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
DD |
EN WG |
|
97 |
Melligomphus
acinaces (Laidlaw,
1922) |
കുറു നഖവാലൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
DD |
EN WG |
|
98 |
Merogomphus
longistigma (Fraser,
1922) |
പുള്ളിവാലൻ ചോലക്കടുവ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
DD |
EN WG |
|
99 |
Merogomphus
tamaracherriensis Fraser,
1931 |
മലബാർ പുള്ളിവാലൻ ചോലക്കടുവ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
NE |
EN WG |
|
100 |
Microgomphus
souteri Fraser,
1924 |
കടുവാച്ചിന്നൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
EN WG |
|
101 |
Nychogomphus
striatus (Fraser,
1924) |
വരയൻ നഖവാലൻ |
Subramanian
et al. (2018) |
DD |
EN WG |
|
102 |
Onychogomphus
malabarensis (Fraser,
1924)** |
വടക്കൻ നഖവാലൻ |
Subramanian
et al. (2018) |
DD |
EN WG |
|
103 |
Paragomphus
lineatus (Selys,
1850) |
ചൂണ്ടവാലൻ കടുവ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
10.
Family: Chlorogomphidae |
മലമുത്തന്മാർ |
|
|||
|
104 |
Chlorogomphus
campioni (Fraser,
1924) |
നീലഗിരി മലമുത്തൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
EN WG |
|
105 |
Chlorogomphus
xanthoptera (Fraser,
1919) |
ആനമല മലമുത്തൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
VU |
EN WG |
|
11. Family:
Macromiidae |
നീർക്കാവലൻമാർ |
|
|
|
|
|
106 |
Epophthalmia
frontalis Selys,
1871 |
പുള്ളി നീർക്കാവലൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
107 |
Epophthalmia
vittata Burmeister,
1839 |
നാട്ടു നീർക്കാവലൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
108 |
Macromia
annaimallaiensis Fraser,
1931 |
കാട്ടു പെരുങ്കണ്ണൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
EN WG |
|
109 |
Macromia
bellicosa Fraser,
1924 |
വഴക്കാളിപ്പെരുങ്കണ്ണൻ |
Subramanian
et al. (2018) |
LC |
EN WG |
|
110 |
Macromia
cingulata Rambur,
1842 |
ആറ്റു പെരുങ്കണ്ണൻ |
Subramanian
et al. (2018) |
LC |
EN IND |
|
111 |
Macromia
ellisoni Fraser,
1924 |
നാട്ടു പെരുങ്കണ്ണൻ |
Subramanian
et al. (2018) |
LC |
EN WG |
|
112 |
Macromia
flavocolorata Fraser,
1922 |
മഞ്ഞപ്പെരുങ്കണ്ണൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
113 |
Macromia
ida Fraser,
1924 |
മാമലപ്പെരുങ്കണ്ണൻ |
Subramanian
et al. (2018) |
LC |
EN WG |
|
114 |
Macromia
indica Fraser,
1924 |
ഇന്ത്യൻ പെരുങ്കണ്ണൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
EN WG |
|
115 |
Macromia
irata Fraser,
1924 |
ചൂടൻ പെരുങ്കണ്ണൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
EN WG |
|
12. Family:
Corduliidae |
മരതകക്കണ്ണന്മാർ |
|
|
|
|
|
116 |
Hemicordulia
asiatica Selys,
1878 |
കാട്ടു മരതകൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
13. Family:
Libellulidae |
നീർമുത്തന്മാർ |
|
|
|
|
|
117 |
Acisoma
panorpoides Rambur,
1842 |
മകുടിവാലൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
118 |
Aethriamanta
brevipennis (Rambur,
1842) |
ചോപ്പൻ കുറുവാലൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
119 |
Brachydiplax
chalybea Brauer,
1868 |
തവിട്ടുവെണ്ണിറൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
120 |
Brachydiplax
sobrina (Rambur,
1842) |
ചെറുവെണ്ണീറൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
121 |
Brachythemis
contaminata (Fabricius,
1793) |
ചങ്ങാതിത്തുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
122 |
Bradinopyga
geminata (Rambur,
1842) |
മതിൽത്തുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
123 |
Bradinopyga
konkanensis Joshi
& Sawant, 2020 |
ചെങ്കൽത്തുമ്പി |
Haneef
et al. (2021) |
NE |
EN WG |
|
124 |
Cratilla
lineata (Brauer,
1878) |
കാട്ടുപതുങ്ങൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
125 |
Crocothemis
servilia (Drury,
1773) |
വയൽത്തുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
126 |
Diplacodes
lefebvrii (Rambur,
1842) |
കരിനിലത്തൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
127 |
Diplacodes
nebulosa (Fabricius,
1793) |
ചുട്ടിനിലത്തൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
128 |
Diplacodes
trivialis (Rambur,
1842) |
നാട്ടുനിലത്തൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
129 |
Epithemis
mariae (Laidlaw,
1915) |
തീക്കറുപ്പൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
EN WG |
|
130 |
Hydrobasileus
croceus (Brauer,
1867) |
പാണ്ടൻ പരുന്തൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
131 |
Hylaeothemis
apicalis Fraser,
1924 |
നീലനീർത്തോഴൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
DD |
EN IND |
|
132 |
Indothemis
carnatica (Fabricius,
1798) |
കരിമ്പൻ ചരൽമുത്തി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
133 |
Indothemis
limbata (Selys,
1891) |
പാണ്ടൻ കരിമുത്തൻ |
Muneer
& Chandran (2020); Ueda, K. (2021a) |
LC |
|
|
134 |
Lathrecista
asiatica (Fabricius,
1798) |
ചോരവാലൻതുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
135 |
Lyriothemis
acigastra (Selys,
1878) |
കുള്ളൻ വർണ്ണത്തുമ്പി |
Emiliyamma
et al. (2013); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
DD |
|
|
136 |
Lyriothemis
tricolor Ris,
1919 |
മഞ്ഞവരയൻ വർണ്ണത്തുമ്പി |
Das et
al. (2013); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
137 |
Macrodiplax
cora (Kaup
in Brauer, 1867) |
പൊഴിത്തുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
138 |
Neurothemis
fulvia (Drury,
1773) |
തുരുമ്പൻതുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
139 |
Neurothemis
intermedia (Rambur,
1842) |
പുൽത്തുരുമ്പൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
140 |
Neurothemis
tullia (Drury,
1773) |
സ്വാമിത്തുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
141 |
Onychothemis
testacea Laidlaw,
1902 |
കാട്ടുപുള്ളൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
142 |
Orthetrum
chrysis (Selys,
1891) |
ചെന്തവിടൻ വ്യാളി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
143 |
Orthetrum
glaucum (Brauer,
1865) |
നീലവ്യാളി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
144 |
Orthetrum
luzonicum (Brauer,
1868) |
ത്രിവർണ്ണൻ വ്യാളി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
145 |
Orthetrum
pruinosum (Burmeister,
1839) |
പവിഴവാലൻ വ്യാളി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
146 |
Orthetrum
sabina (Drury,
1770) |
പച്ചവ്യാളി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
147 |
Orthetrum
taeniolatum (Schneider,
1845) |
ചെറുവ്യാളി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
148 |
Orthetrum
triangulare (Selys,
1878) |
നീലക്കറുപ്പൻ വ്യാളി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
149 |
Palpopleura
sexmaculata (Fabricius,
1787) |
നീലക്കുറുവാലൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
150 |
Pantala
flavescens (Fabricius,
1798) |
തുലാത്തുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
151 |
Potamarcha
congener (Rambur,
1842) |
പുള്ളിവാലൻതുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
152 |
Rhodothemis
rufa (Rambur,
1842) |
ചെമ്പൻതുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
153 |
Rhyothemis
triangularis Kirby,
1889 |
കരിനീലച്ചിറകൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
154 |
Rhyothemis
variegata (Linnaeus,
1763) |
ഓണത്തുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
155 |
Sympetrum
fonscolombii (Selys,
1840) |
കുങ്കുമച്ചിറകൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
156 |
Tetrathemis
platyptera Selys,
1878 |
കുള്ളൻതുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
157 |
Tholymis
tillarga (Fabricius,
1798) |
പവിഴവാലൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
158 |
Tramea
basilaris (Palisot
de Beauvois, 1817) |
ചെമ്പൻ പരുന്തൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
159 |
Tramea
limbata (Desjardins,
1832) |
കരിമ്പൻ പരുന്തൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
160 |
Trithemis
aurora (Burmeister,
1839) |
സിന്ദൂരത്തുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
161 |
Trithemis
festiva (Rambur,
1842) |
കാർത്തുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
162 |
Trithemis
kirbyi Selys,
1891 |
ചോപ്പൻ പാറമുത്തി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
163 |
Trithemis
pallidinervis (Kirby,
1889) |
കാറ്റാടിത്തുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
164 |
Urothemis
signata (Rambur,
1842) |
പാണ്ടൻ വയൽതെയ്യൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
165 |
Zygonyx
iris Selys,
1869 |
നീരോട്ടക്കാരൻ |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
166 |
Zyxomma
petiolatum Rambur,
1842 |
സൂചിവാലൻ സന്ധ്യാത്തുമ്പി |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
|
14. Genera Incertae
sedis |
കോമരത്തുമ്പികൾ |
|
|
||
|
167 |
Idionyx
corona Fraser,
1921 |
നീലഗിരിക്കോമരം |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
DD |
EN WG |
|
168 |
Idionyx
galeata Fraser,
1924 |
മിനാരക്കോമരം |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
EN |
EN WG |
|
169 |
Idionyx
gomantakensis Subramanian,
Rangnekar & Naik, 2013 |
ഗോവൻ കോമരം |
Subramanian
et al. (2013); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
NE |
EN WG |
|
170 |
Idionyx
minima Fraser,
1931 |
ചിന്നൻ കോമരം |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
NE |
EN WG |
|
171 |
Idionyx rhinoceroides Fraser, 1934*** |
കൊമ്പൻ കോമരം |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
EN WG |
|
172 |
Idionyx
saffronata Fraser,
1924 |
കാവിക്കോമരം |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
DD |
EN WG |
|
173 |
Idionyx
travancorensis Fraser,
1931 |
തെക്കൻ കോമരം |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
DD |
EN WG |
|
174 |
Macromidia
donaldi (Fraser,
1924) |
നിഴൽക്കോമരം |
Kiran
& Raju (2011); Subramanian et al. (2018) |
LC |
|
Checklist of Odonata of Kerala. IUCN Red List Status:
NE—Not Evaluated | DD—Data Deficient | LC—Least Concern | NT—Near Threatened |
VU—Vulnerable | EN—Endangered | Endemicity: EN WG—Endemic to the Western Ghats
| EN IND—Endemic to India.
*According to Kalkman et al. (2020), Gynacantha
bayadera is known from the northeast of Indian subcontinent and it is
unclear if its distribution overlaps with that of G. millardi. We did a
thorough study of citizen science portals and found numerous photographs of G.
millardi from Kerala, but none of G. bayadera.
** Onychogomphus malabarensis (Fraser,
1924) is known only from a female holotype collected at Palakkad, Kerala in the
Western Ghats (Fraser 1934). It has been suggested by Kalkman et al. (2020)
that it could belong to a different genus and its present taxonomic status is
temporary.
*** Idionyx rhinoceroides Fraser, 1934 is
known only from a female holotype collected at Palakkad, Kerala in the Western
Ghats (Fraser 1936).
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