Range extension of Lestes nodalis Selys, 1891 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Lestidae) in southern India

Authors

  • K. G. Emiliyamma Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Jafer Khan Colony, Kozhikode, Kerala 673006, India http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9789-6549
  • Muhamed Jafer Palot Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Jafer Khan Colony, Kozhikode, Kerala 673006, India http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1050-6286

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.2573.8.2.8528-8530

Keywords:

Kerala, Lestes nodalis, range extension, southern India.

Abstract

Here we report the range extension of Lestes nodalis Selys , a northeastern and eastern Indian species to Kerala, southern India for the first time. Additional taxonomic and natural history notes are also given for the species.

 

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Published

26-02-2016

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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2016)

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