Agriocnemis clauseni Fraser, 1992

Sharma, Manoj, Oli, Buddhi Ram & Gautam, Ishan, 2024, Dragonflies and Damselflies (Insecta, Odonata) from the western region of Nepal with new records of four species, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (3), pp. 535-546 : 541

Agriocnemis clauseni Fraser, 1992 (Fig. 26)

Material Examined. 2♂♂, Karnali province, Surkhet district, Hurke (28°40'5.66"N, 81°30'49.54"E, 783 m a.s.l.), 6-viii-2022. Coll. M. Sharma.

Field diagnosis (♂). Thorax back with narrow greenish-blue antehumeral stripes, pale blue below. Abdomen azure blue with black markings, on the back of segment 2 a cobra-hood marking present, segment 7 with a quadrate black spot, segments 8–10 black. Cerci slightly longer than segment 10, paraproct shorter with a robust spine pointing backwards.

Distribution. Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand ( Zhang, 2017; Kalkman et al., 2020; Current study).