1Warblers and Waders, Prakriti, SNRA-20, Souhruda Nagar, Indira Nagar, Peroorkada P. O, Thiruvananthapuram695005, Kerala, India
Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture, Kerala Agricultural University, Padannakkad, Kasaragod671314, Kerala, India
*Email: anooj227@gmail.com (corresponding author)
Online Published on 16 May, 2022.
Ruby dartlet Ishnura rufostigma rufostigma(Selys 1876) (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae) occurs in Central and East India and Nepal. The earlier records of this species are from Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Bihar, Meghalaya, Nagaland and West Bengal. This study documents it from Bhimtal, Nainital district, Uttarakhand and it is a recent record for the species from the region after forty years.
Ruby dartlet, Ishnura rufostigma rufostigma, Western Himalaya, Coenagrionidae, Bhimtal, Uttarakhand, Species diagnosis
