Author/Authors :
rehman, abdur university of agriculture - faculty of crop protection sciences - department of entomology, Peshawar, Pakistan , ahmad, sajjad university of agriculture - faculty of crop protection sciences - department of entomology, Peshawar, Pakistan , zia, ahmed national agriculture research centre - national insect museum - department of plant and environmental protection, Islamabad, Pakistan , ali, asad abdul wali khan university - department of agriculture, Mardan, Pakistan , shahjeer, kiran abdul wali khan university - department of zoology, Mardan, Pakistan , latif, abdul university of agriculture - faculty of crop protection sciences - department of entomology, Peshawar, Pakistan , khan, taimur university of agriculture - faculty of crop protection sciences - department of entomology, Peshawar, Pakistan
Abstract :
Odonata is one of the most important and potential predatory order and is an excellent indicator of ecosystem health. Current study was conducted in order to explore the dragonflies fauna in District Swabi of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. A comprehensive field survey was conducted to collect dragonfly adults using aerial nets. 19 sites of District Swabi were surveyed during summer seasons of 2015 and 2016. The study revealed 23 species from 15 genera under 3 families. The abundant family was recorded as Libellulidae that was comprised of 19 species belonging to 11 genera, family Gomphidae included 3 species belonging to 3 genera and family Aeshnidae included one species belonged to one genus. Detailed description of each species, valid scientific names, their habitat, ecological observation, collection date and distributional range for all recorded species are provided.
Keywords :
Aeshnidae , Dragonflies , Gomphidae , Libellulidae , Odonata
