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New Record of Dragonfly Ictinogomphus angulosus (Selys, 1854) from State Maharashtra, India



Ashish D. Tiple, Ganesh B. Gathalkar, S. S. Talmale

Abstract

Dragonflies are very conspicuous and brightly colored insects have long, slender abdomen, commonly known as aerial predators, hunting by sight. These are mostly found around the vicinity of freshwater habitats like rivers, streams, marshes, lakes and even small pools and rice fields. As predators it plays an important role in wetland and terrestrial food chains.Dragonflies are reliable indicators of overall ecosystem health, and also good Bio control agents.


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    • DOI:10.21276/ambi.2014.01.2.nn01

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