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Odonate Fauna of Rajasthan, India with Links to Arabia and Himalaya

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The present paper deals with the update on odonate fauna of Rajasthan, based on earlier records. All together, there are 53 species belonging 34 genera, 8 families under 2 suborders with 15 species common to Arabia and 51 to Himalaya which confirms the linkage of Rajasthan and Thar Desert to Sahara Desert and Palaearctic Region. A list of 20 more species, recently recorded from southern part of the state, has also been added.

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The author is grateful to the Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, for encouragement and the Officer-in-Charge, Northern Regional Centre, ZSI for library facility. Thanks are also due to the scientists/colleagues at Zoological Survey of India or else for their help in various ways.

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  1. Water & Health Program, Ecology and Rural Development Society, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

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    Sumit Dookia

  3. A & N Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andaman and Nico.In., India

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Husain, A. (2015). Odonate Fauna of Rajasthan, India with Links to Arabia and Himalaya. In: Rawat, M., Dookia, S., Sivaperuman, C. (eds) Aquatic Ecosystem: Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2178-4_9

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