First Record of Epophthalmia frontalis from Central India (Insecta: Odonata: Macromiidae)

By

Tiple, Ashish
Payra, Arajush

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020-12-31

Original Publication

Travaux du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle "Grigore Antipa"

Volume

63

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

127--130

Subjects

Epophthalmia , Madhya Pradesh , new record

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

București, România Muzeul Național de Istorie Naturală "Grigore Antipa" -2009

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/travaux.63.e52897

 

Abstract

Epophthalmia frontalis, a new Macromiidae dragonfly for Central India, is recorded from Seoni of Madhya Pradesh based on a collection of a single male. In India, earlier, this species was only known from a few places of Western Ghats and Eastern India. Diagnostic characters with closely resemble species and field photographs are given.