Indian Journal of Entomology
Open Access
SCOPUSWeb of Science
  • Year: 2023
  • Volume: 85
  • Issue: 4

Diversity of Odonata of District Pulwama of Kashmir

  • Author:
  • Aijaz Ahmad Qureshi*, Nisar Ahmad Paray, Rizwan Muthadir Khandi, Sobiya Syeed1, Rais Ahmad Ganai2
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Published Online: Jan 4, 2024
  • Page Number: 1073 to 1076

1Himalayan Environmental Sustainability Society (HESS), Kashmir190012, India

2Watson-Crick Centre for Molecular Medicine, Islamic University of Science & Technology, Awantipora192122, Kashmir, India

Biodiversity, Biosystematics & Climate Change (B2C2) Research Laboratory, Mantaqi Centre for Science & Society, Islamic University of Science & Technology, Awantipora192122, Kashmir, India

*Email: draijazphd@gmail.com (corresponding author)

Online Published on 04 January, 2024.

Abstract

This baseline field study carried out from April 2019 to September 2020, in the Pulwama district of Kashmir Himalayan Region reported a total of 11 species of Odonata- under two suborders namely Anisoptera (Dragonflies: 7 genera and 9 species) and Zygoptera (Damselflies: 2 genera and species each). Family Libellulidae, suborder Anisoptera (Dragonflies) with seven species distributed in five genera was the most dominant family. Pantala flavescens was the most common species.

Keywords

Odonata, Dragonflies, Damselflies, Pulwama, Kashmir Himalayan Region, Biodiversity, Distribution, Status, Pantala flavescens