Alpha Diversity And Species Assemblage of Odonata from Different Habitats in Pune-Chindchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) Area, Pune, Maharashtra
Keywords:
Alpha Diversity, Species Assemblage, Bio-Indicators, Habitat DiversityAbstract
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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