Copera marginipes (Rambur, 1842)

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 : 540

Copera marginipes (Rambur, 1842) (Figs 17–19)

Material Examined. 3♂♂, 2♀♀, Karnali province, Surkhet district, Bulbule lake (28°34'56.14"N, 81°37'10.38"E, 646 m a.s.l.), 3-viii-2022 . 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 bronze black with fine yellow lines on the sides. The stripe on the sides narrow and pale greenish-yellow. Legs bright yellowish-orange. Abdomen bronzed black above, segments 3–6 have a pale stripe along the side and a narrow pale greenish-white ring at the end of each segment. Cerci half of segment 10 and tip strongly pointed curled ventral; paraproct half four times longer than cerci, broad at the base, and tapers to a round tip. Female, with brown abdomen above and broad rings towards the end. Half of the segment 8 and the entire segments 9–10 pale brownish white. Anal appendages shorter than segment 10, vulvar scales brown.

Distribution. Bangladesh, China, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India, and Nepal ( Zhang, 2017; Kalkman et al., 2020).