Monitoring of dragonfly fauna in Tehsil Takht-E-Nasrati district Karak KP, Pakistan

Abstract

This paper communicates the exploring of the dragonfly fauna collected from Tehsil Takhti Nusrati District Karak Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. A survey was conducted over a period of one year. A total 733 specimens of dragonfly were collected from various sampling sites of Tehsil Takhti Nusrati. These sampling sites were Takhti Nusrati, Zarki Nasrati, Ganderi Khattak, Bogara and Khada respectively. The Specimens collected and identified belonged to 1 Order, 3 Families, 6 Genera and 7 Species. Family Libellulidae was the largest family consisting 5 Species while Family Aeshnidae, and Gomphidae comprising only one species each. From the Present study, it is concluded that Takht-e-Nusrati Tehsil have a diverse dragon fly fauna. Similar survey on large scales is recommended to fully evaluate the dragon fly fauna in the Warana region of District Karak.