Journal of Animal Diversity

Journal of Animal Diversity

Seasonal variation of odonatan diversity in Mahamaya Reserve Forest, Kokrajhar District, Assam, India

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Golphina Ahmed 1
Arup Nama Das 1
Sudipta Nag 1
Rezina Ahmed 2
1 Department of Zoology, University of Science and Technology Meghalaya, Baridua, Ri-Bhoi-793101, India
2 Department of Zoology, Rabindranath Tagore University, Hojai-782435, Assam, India
10.22034/JAD.2025.7.1.6
Abstract
The present study on the diversity of Odonata (Insecta) of Mahamaya Reserve Forest, Kokrajhar, Assam, India, documents 53 species from meadows, ponds, and forest ecosystems and agricultural fields nearby the reserve forest from April 2021 to August 2022. Of this biodiversity 33 species belong to the suborder Anisoptera, including 3 families and 24 genera, and 20 species belong to the suborder Zygoptera, which includes 4 families and 12 genera. The family Libellulidae was the most diverse in the Anisoptera with the 25 species and the family Coenagrionidae, in the Zygoptera was richest with 15 species. Five species of Odonata including Gynacantha dravida, Gynacantha subinterrupta, Anax guttatus, Hemianax ephippiger, and Lestes praemorsus were recorded for the first time from this area.
Keywords
Anisoptera
damselfly
dragonfly
insect biodiversity
Odonata
Zygoptera

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