Orthetrum pruinosum (Burmeister, 1839)

Babu, R., 2017, Diversity of Odonates (Insecta: Odonata) in Fish farm, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSKHPKV, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (4), pp. 367-375 : 371

17. Orthetrum pruinosum (Burmeister, 1839)

1839. Libellula pruinosa Burmeister, Handb. Ent. , 2: 853.

1842. Libellula neglecta Rambur , Ins . Neurop., p. 86.

1909. Orthetrum pruinosum neglectum, Ris, Cat. Coll. Selys fasc. 9: 181.

1936. Orthetrum pruinosum neglectum, Fraser, Fauna Brit. India, Odonata , 3: 311-313.

2017. Orthetrum pruinosum, Subramanian and Babu , A Checklist of Odonata (Insecta) of India, Version 3.0. p. 33. www.zsi.gov.in

Material examined: 4♂, 14-iv-2006; 3♂ 2♀ (1 pair in copula), 16-iv-2006; 4♂ 1♀ (1 pair on copulation), 29- ix-2007.

Distribution: India: Himachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Pondicherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan (Province of China), Thailand, Vietnam.