Rediscovery of Martin’s Duskhawker Anaciaeschna martini (Selys, 1897) (Odonata: Aeshnidae) from Western Ghats, peninsular India, with notes on its current distribution and oviposition behavior

Authors

  • Kalesh Sadasivan TNHS Odonate Research Group (TORG), Travancore Nature History Society (TNHS), MBRRA, Mathrubhumi Road, Vanchiyoor, Trivandrum, Kerala 695024, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6151-8020
  • Manoj Sethumadhavan TNHS Odonate Research Group (TORG), Travancore Nature History Society (TNHS), MBRRA, Mathrubhumi Road, Vanchiyoor, Trivandrum, Kerala 695024, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4600-7895
  • S. Jeevith TNHS Odonate Research Group (TORG), Travancore Nature History Society (TNHS), MBRRA, Mathrubhumi Road, Vanchiyoor, Trivandrum, Kerala 695024, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1003-8016
  • Baiju Kochunarayanan TNHS Odonate Research Group (TORG), Travancore Nature History Society (TNHS), MBRRA, Mathrubhumi Road, Vanchiyoor, Trivandrum, Kerala 695024, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.6301.13.1.17543-17547%20

Keywords:

Rediscovery, Munnar, Pampadum Shola National Park, Annamalais, Kerala, Coonoor, Nilgiris, Checklist, Check-Dam

Abstract

Rediscovery and recent distribution records of Anaciaeschna martini (Selys, 1897) (Odonata: Aeshnidae) from Western Ghats of peninsular India is discussed with notes on oviposition behavior.  Although mentioned in odonate checklists of the region, there are no recent records or photographic evidence of the species from Western Ghats since its last report and collection by F.C. Fraser from Annamalai Hills in 1933.

Author Biography

Kalesh Sadasivan, TNHS Odonate Research Group (TORG), Travancore Nature History Society (TNHS), MBRRA, Mathrubhumi Road, Vanchiyoor, Trivandrum, Kerala 695024, India.

Assistant Professor

References

Conniff, K., A. Sasamoto, R. Futahashi & L.M. Singh (2019). Revision of the status of Anaciaeschna donaldi and A. martini, with allied species, and distributional notes (Odonata: Aeshnidae). Odonatologica 48(3/4): 265–284. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3539740

Fraser, F.C. (1936). The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Odonata Vol. 3. Taylor & Francis Ltd., London, XII+461pp.

Subramanian, K.A. & R. Babu (2017). Checklist of Odonata (Insecta) of India. Version 3.0 54pp. Accessed June 1 2020.

Subramanian, K.A., K.G. Emiliyamma, R. Babu, C. Radhakrishnan & S.S. Talmale (2018). Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 417pp.

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26-01-2021 — Updated on 29-01-2021

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Vol. 13 No. 1 (2021)

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