New Record of Dragonfly (Selys, 1854) fromState Maharashtra, India Ictinogomphus angulosus Published by: National Cave Research and Protection Organization, India Vol. 1(2):56-58 Year 2014 Introduction: Areaof Occurrence: Dragonflies are very conspicuous and brightly colored insects have long, slenderabdomen, commonly known as aerial predators, hunting by sight. These are mostly found around the vicinity of freshwater habitats like rivers, streams, marshes, lakes and even small pools and rice f ields. As predators it plays an important role in wetland and terrestrial food chains.Dragonflies are reliable indicators of overall ecosystem health, and alsogood Biocontrol agents (Andrew , 2008; Tiple , 2013). The order Odonata includes both the dragonflies and damselflies, about 5,952 species and subspecies of Odonata belonging to 652 generaare documented world-wide (Schorr & Paulson, 2014). The taxonomy of Indian Odonata is well worked out and described for almost all the reported species (Fraser, 1924; 1933; 1934; 1936; Davis & Tobin, 1984; 1985; Prasad & Varshney, 1995). India harbors 474 speciesand 50 subspecies belonging to 142 genera in 18 families (Subramanian, 2014). After Fraser (1924, 1933, 1934, 1936) determining work on odonates of India, number of workers studied odonate fauna of Maharashtra and efforts to added the species list to reach about 130 where from Nagpur city alone 72 species (Mitra 1986; Prasad 1996; Tiple , 2008; Babu ., 2009; Kulkarni , 2012; Tiple 2012a, 2012b; Kulkarni & Subramanian 2013; Talmale & Tiple 2013; Tiple , 2013; Koparde , 2014). This paper adds an additional record of from Nagpur city, Maharashtraalongwith morphometricdetails. During asurvey, conducted on 06 October2013 in the Futala Lake, of Nagpurcity, Maharashtra, India, we found a female specimen of (Selys, 1854). The green city Nagpur lies on the Deccan plateau of the Indian Peninsula, mean altitude of 310.5 meters above sea level. It has tropical wet and dry climate with dry conditions, an annual rainfall of about 1,205 mm (June to September), temperature raise up to 48.9°C during summers (March-June) and falls up to 10°C to 6.9°C inwinter (November-January). Annual relative humidityvaries in between 22% to 80%. Thearea et al. et al. et al. et al et al. et al. et al. I. angulosus Ictinogomphus angulosus th Notes on Natural History *Corresponding Author: ashishdtiple@yahoo.co.in Ashish D. Tiple *, Ganesh B. Gathalkar , S. S. Talmale 1 2 3 1 2 3 Department of Zoology, Vidyabharti College, Seloo, Wardha 442104, Maharashtra, India Department of Zoology, RTM Nagpur University Campus, Nagpur 440033, Maharashtra, India Zoological Survey of India, Central Zone Regional Centre, Jabalpur 482002, M.P., India Study Area: Nagpur, India Coordinates: 21.15 45’75”N, 79.04 25’76”E ° ° Key words: , New record, Odonata. Ictinogomphus angulosus ISSN- 2348 5191 (Print) & 2348 8980 (Electronic) Ambient Science, 2014: Vol. 01(2); 56-58 DOI:10.21276/ambi.2014.01.2.nn01