Damselflies (Zygoptera: Odonata) of Pakistan: Part 1
1National Insect Museum, National Agriculture Research Centre, Islamabad – Pakistan
2Department of Entomology, PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi – Pakistan
3Department of Zoology, University of Gujrat – Pakistan
Abstract
The present study is an effort to document bio-geographical distribution for Zygoptera of Pakistan. Damselflies were collected throughout the country and territory of Azad Jammu and Kashmir during 2004-2009. A total of 2692 specimens were collected yielding 9 families, 21 genera, and 48 species and subspecies. Three of these species, Libellago lineata lineata (Burmeister), Elattoneura atkinsoni (Selys), and Elattoneura souteri (Fraser), are recorded for the first time from Pakistan. Distribution, habitats, previous records, and zoogeographic affiliation for all collected taxa are discussed. Help was also taken from published literature on Zygoptera of Pakistan, and specimens housed at National Insect Museum were also studied. In total, 53 species are accounted for providing an updated record for all modern taxa of damselfly fauna of Pakistan.
Keywords: Elattoneura atkinson, Elattoneura souteri, faunistics, Libellago lineata lineata, new records
Correspondence:
a* saiyedahmed@yahoo.com, *Corresponding author
Received: 21 July 2010 | Accepted: 5 November 2010 | Published: 16 August 2011
Copyright: This is an open access paper. We use the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license that permits unrestricted use, provided that the paper is properly attributed.
ISSN: 1536-2442 | Volume 11, Number 102
Zia A, Naeem M, Rafi MA, Naz F, Afsheen S, Ilyas M. 2011. Damselflies (Zygoptera: Odonata) of Pakistan: Part 1. Journal of Insect Science 11:102 available online: insectscience.org/11.102