Exploring the Dragonfly Fauna of Tehsil Tangi District Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Abstract

Present study were carried out in Tehsil Tangi, District Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. A total of 188 specimens of dragonfly were reported, these specimens belong to 2 (Libellulidae and Gomphidae) families, 7 generas and 11 species. Most numbers of species belonging to family Libellulidae 177 (94.15%) and the least numbers of species are belonging to family Gomphidae 11 (5.85%). Greatest plentiful genera is Orthetrum (87n) (46.28%), Tremea (23n) (12.23%), Pantala (19n) (10.11%), Trithemis (17n) (9.04%), Acisoma (16n) (8.51%) and the least number of dragonfly genera is Ictinogomphus (11n) (5.85%), followed by Crocothemis (15n) (7.98%). The supreme size of dragonfly is Ictinogomphus ferox (26.5±0.5 B.L) (17.5±0.4 Fore W.S) (16±2.0 Hind W.S) and the smallest size dragonfly is Acisoma panrpoid panrpoid (10.5±1 B.L) (8.5±0.7 Fore W.S) (7.5±0.5 Hind W.S). The aim of the present study to fully evaluate the predatory dragonfly fauna of District Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.