Alpha Diversity And Species Assemblage of Odonata from Different Habitats in Pune-Chindchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) Area, Pune, Maharashtra

Authors

  • P. D. Saha  Department of Zoology, Modern College of ACS, Shivajinagar, Pune, Maharashtra, India
  • Sweta Rahane   Department of Zoology, Shivaji University Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
  • S. M. Gaikwad  Department of Zoology, Shivaji University Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India

Keywords:

Alpha Diversity, Species Assemblage, Bio-Indicators, Habitat Diversity

Abstract

The present work is aimed to study diversity and abundance of dragonflies and damselflies of Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipality in Pune city of Maharashtra in Northern western Ghats. This study has been carried out for one year from June 2016 to March 2017. A total number of 32 species under 6 families was observed. The most abundant family was Libellulidae comprising 20 species followed by Coenagrionidae comprising 6 species, Chlorocyphidae comprising 2 species, Lestidae with 2 species, Aeshnidae and Platycnemidae comprising of 1species. Assemblage of different species in relation to their habitat diversity and diversity indices were also reported.

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2018-01-20

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P. D. Saha, Sweta Rahane , S. M. Gaikwad, " Alpha Diversity And Species Assemblage of Odonata from Different Habitats in Pune-Chindchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) Area, Pune, Maharashtra, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 5, Issue 1, pp.184-191 , January-February-2018.