Rediscovery of Martin’s Duskhawker Anaciaeschna martini (Selys, 1897) (Odonata: Aeshnidae) from Western Ghats, peninsular India, with notes on its current distribution and oviposition behavior

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S. Jeevith
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1003-8016
Manoj Sethumadhavan
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4600-7895
Kalesh Sadasivan
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6151-8020
Baiju Kochunarayanan

Abstract

Rediscovery and recent distribution records of Anaciaeschna martini (Selys, 1897) (Odonata: Aeshnidae) from Western Ghats of peninsular India is discussed with notes on oviposition behavior.  Although mentioned in odonate checklists of the region, there are no recent records or photographic evidence of the species from Western Ghats since its last report and collection by F.C. Fraser from Annamalai Hills in 1933.

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Author Biography

Kalesh Sadasivan, TNHS Odonate Research Group (TORG), Travancore Nature History Society (TNHS), MBRRA, Mathrubhumi Road, Vanchiyoor, Trivandrum, Kerala 695024, India.

Assistant Professor

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