Rhodothemis rufa (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 : 538

Rhodothemis rufa (Rambur, 1842) (Fig. 8)

Material Examined. 3♀♀, Karnali province, Surkhet district, Bulbule lake (28°34'56.17"N, 81°37'10.38"E, 646 m a.s.l.), 6-vi-2023. Coll. M. Sharma.

Field diagnosis (♀). Thorax reddish-brown on the sides and more blackish-brown on the dorsum, with citron-yellow stripe markings extending to the first abdominal segment. Rusty brown with a mid-dorsal yellow stripe extending from the base of the head to the segment 4 of the abdomen.

Distribution. Austria, Bangladesh, China, India, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, and Sri Lanka ( Kalkman & Orr, 2014; Zhang, 2017; Kalkman et al., 2020; Current study).