The species of Odonata are highly predacious on invertebrates, especially the immature stages, which generalist predators. Odonate diversity protected areas Gujarat state, India was studied from August, 2014 to July, 2017. Fifteen were surveyed. A total 60 (41 Anisoptera and 19 Zygoptera) belonging 40 genera under 8 families two suborders recorded. Maximum (54) recorded Purna Wildlife Sanctuary...

Dragonflies of the genus Orthetrum are members of the suborder Anisoptera, family Libellulidae. There are species pairs whose members are not easily separated from each other by morphological characters. In the present study, the DNA nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial and nuclear genes were employed to elucidate the phylogeny and systematics of Orthetrum dragonflies. Phylogenetic analyses co...

The species of Epiophlebia are unique among the recent Odonata in showing a mixture of morphological characters of dragonflies (Anisoptera) and damselflies (Zygoptera). The status of the four described extant species of Epiophlebia is disputable from a genetic as well as from a morphological point of view. Here we present an analysis of the thoracic musculature of different nymphal instars of E...

This study determined the first complete mitochondrial genome of a demoiselle, Vestalis melania (Odonata, Zygoptera, Calopterygidae) using long-range PCR and a primer walking approach. This mitogenome is 16,685 bp long and contains the entire set of 37 genes and an A + T-rich control region typically found in insects. Presently, this mitogenome is the largest mitogenome of all available odonate...

The dragonfly fauna of four reserves located in Campos y Malezales ecoregion, Misiones Province, was studied between 2014 and 2018. Thirty-six species eight morphotypes, belonging to six families Anisoptera Zygoptera were identified, representing together 22% the known Province. Libellulidae family with highest number recorded (22 species) followed by Coenagrionidae (15 species). Two new record...

A phylogeny of Anisoptera employing 510 representatives of 184 genera (of ca. 380) in 11 families is presented based on an analysis of over 10,000 nucleotides from portions of the large and small subunit nuclear and mitochondrial ribosomal RNA’s, the mitochondrial protein coding genes COI and COII, and portions of the nuclear protein coding genes EF-1α and Histone H3. Ribosomal sequences were s...

ABSTRACT: Cytological review of 59 aeshnid species and cytogenetic investigations on Anax ephippiger, immaculifrons, indicus, nigrofasciatus nigrolineatus, parthenope, Gynacantha subinterrupta the family Aeshnidae by carbol fuchsin staining C - banding have been under taken. All posses 2n = 27m with X0 XX sex determination except ephippiger 14 + neo XY, resulted 13 simultaneous fusions among au...

the current status and distribution of the dragonflies (anisoptera) of pakistan were studied during 2005-2009. two dragonfly species were identified for the first time from pakistan. among these, rhodothemis rufa is a red, medium-sized dragonfly. lamelligomphus biforceps is also reported for the first time from pakistan and re-described owing to having minor taxonomic differences from that of f...