Dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of the northeastern region of Bangladesh with five new additions to the Odonata fauna of Bangladesh

<p>Odonata were surveyed in one reserve forest, two national parks, one Eco Park, one lake and one University campus in the northeastern region of Bangladesh from March 2014 to March 2015.  A total of 64 species of Anisoptera and Zygoptera belonging to 41 genera under seven families were recor...

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Main Author: M. Kawsar Khan
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Language:English
Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2015-09-01
Series:Journal of Threatened Taxa
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Online Access:http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2324
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description <p>Odonata were surveyed in one reserve forest, two national parks, one Eco Park, one lake and one University campus in the northeastern region of Bangladesh from March 2014 to March 2015.  A total of 64 species of Anisoptera and Zygoptera belonging to 41 genera under seven families were recorded.  Among them 45 species and 19 genera were new records for the study area.  Two species of Anisoptera, i.e., <em>Anax indicus</em> Lieftinck, 1942 and <em>Gynacantha khasiaca</em> MacLachlan, 1896, and three species of Zygoptera i.e., <em>Matrona nigripectus</em> Selys, 1879, <em>Agriocnemis kalinga</em> Nair &amp; Subramanian, 2014, and<em> Prodasineura laidlawii </em>Forster, 1907 were recorded for the first time from Bangladesh. </p><div> </div>
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spelling doaj.art-a6259f66f0e0498e9e8dd1bdaf05e12b2022-12-22T02:22:53ZengWildlife Information Liaison Development SocietyJournal of Threatened Taxa0974-78930974-79072015-09-017117795780410.11609/JoTT.o4314.7795-8041780Dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of the northeastern region of Bangladesh with five new additions to the Odonata fauna of BangladeshM. Kawsar Khan0Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh<p>Odonata were surveyed in one reserve forest, two national parks, one Eco Park, one lake and one University campus in the northeastern region of Bangladesh from March 2014 to March 2015.  A total of 64 species of Anisoptera and Zygoptera belonging to 41 genera under seven families were recorded.  Among them 45 species and 19 genera were new records for the study area.  Two species of Anisoptera, i.e., <em>Anax indicus</em> Lieftinck, 1942 and <em>Gynacantha khasiaca</em> MacLachlan, 1896, and three species of Zygoptera i.e., <em>Matrona nigripectus</em> Selys, 1879, <em>Agriocnemis kalinga</em> Nair &amp; Subramanian, 2014, and<em> Prodasineura laidlawii </em>Forster, 1907 were recorded for the first time from Bangladesh. </p><div> </div>http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2324Agriocnemis kalingaAnax indicusAnisopteraBangladeshGynacantha khasiacaMatrona nigripectusOdonata diversityProdasineura laidlawiiZygoptera.
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Dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of the northeastern region of Bangladesh with five new additions to the Odonata fauna of Bangladesh
Journal of Threatened Taxa
Agriocnemis kalinga
Anax indicus
Anisoptera
Bangladesh
Gynacantha khasiaca
Matrona nigripectus
Odonata diversity
Prodasineura laidlawii
Zygoptera.
title Dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of the northeastern region of Bangladesh with five new additions to the Odonata fauna of Bangladesh
title_full Dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of the northeastern region of Bangladesh with five new additions to the Odonata fauna of Bangladesh
title_fullStr Dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of the northeastern region of Bangladesh with five new additions to the Odonata fauna of Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of the northeastern region of Bangladesh with five new additions to the Odonata fauna of Bangladesh
title_short Dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of the northeastern region of Bangladesh with five new additions to the Odonata fauna of Bangladesh
title_sort dragonflies and damselflies insecta odonata of the northeastern region of bangladesh with five new additions to the odonata fauna of bangladesh
topic Agriocnemis kalinga
Anax indicus
Anisoptera
Bangladesh
Gynacantha khasiaca
Matrona nigripectus
Odonata diversity
Prodasineura laidlawii
Zygoptera.
url http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2324
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