Heliogomphus promelas[2] is a species of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats of India.[1][3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Gomphidae |
| Genus: | Heliogomphus |
| Species: | H. promelas
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| Heliogomphus promelas (Selys, 1873)
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Gomphus promelas Selys, 1873 | |
Description and habitat
editIt is a medium-sized dragonfly with bottle-green eyes. Its thorax is black on dorsum, and greenish-yellow on sides. There is a complete yellow meso-thoracic collar and short yellow ante-humeral stripes parallel to the mid-dorsal carina. Abdomen is black, marked with pale greenish-yellow. There is a narrow mid-dorsal stripe extending from segment 1 to 5. There is a large lateral spot on segment 1 and 2 and small baso-lateral spots on 3 to 6. Segment 7 has a ring on its basal third and a dorsal spot on segment 8. Remaining segments are entirely black. Superior anal appendages are black at base, pale green to yellow at the apices. Inferiors are black. Female is similar to the male.[5]
It is commonly found as small colonies on small mountain streams, tiny brooks and seepage on hillsides.[5][6][7]
See also
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- ^ a b Kakkasery, F. (2011). "Heliogomphus promelas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T175158A7115019. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T175158A7115019.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
- ^ K.A., Subramanian; K.G., Emiliyamma; R., Babu; C., Radhakrishnan; S.S., Talmale (2018). Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India. Zoological Survey of India. pp. 224–225. ISBN 9788181714954.
- ^ Adarsh, C. K.; Aneesh, K. S.; Nameer, P. O. (2014). "A preliminary checklist of odonates in Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) campus, Thrissur District, Kerala, southern India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 6 (8): 6127–6137. doi:10.11609/JoTT.o3491.6127-37.
- ^ a b C FC Lt. Fraser (1934). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. II. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 327–329.
- ^ Fraser, F. C. (1925). "Indian Dragonflies". The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 30: 848–849.
- ^ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 473.