Idionyx gomantakensis

Idionyx gomantakensis
male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Superfamily: Libelluloidea
Family: Synthemistidae
Genus: Idionyx
Species:
I. gomantakensis
Binomial name
Idionyx gomantakensis
Subramanian, Rangnekar & Naik, 2013

Idionyx gomantakensis,[1] commonly known as Goan shadow dancer,[2] is a species of dragonfly in the family Synthemistidae. It is known only from the Western Ghats of India.[3]

This species was first sighted at Collem, Goa by Parag Rangnekar and Rohan Naik during a survey of dragonflies conducted by them under the banner of the Mineral Foundation of Goa, and supported by the Department of Science and Technology.[4]

  • male
    male
  • female
    female

This new species can be differentiated from other species of Idionyx by long and slender cerci and epiproct, absence of teeth in the basal half of the cerci, and a tuft of golden hairs at the end of the lateral lobes of the epiproct.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  2. ^ Das, Arti (2018-11-03). "Did you know Goa has its own shadow dancer?". DownToEarth. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  3. ^ K.A., Subramanian; K.G., Emiliyamma; R., Babu; C., Radhakrishnan; S.S., Talmale (2018). Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India. Zoological Survey of India. pp. 264–265. ISBN 9788181714954.
  4. ^ "New dragonfly species found". The Hindu. 2013-05-17. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  5. ^ KA, Subramanian; P, Rangnekar; R, Naik (2013). "Idionyx (Odonata: Corduliidae) of the Western Ghats with a description of a new species". Zootaxa. 3652 (2): 277–88. PMID 26269830.


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