Occurrence and relative abundance of dragonflies in Mysuru city, Karnataka, India

Abstract

A field study was conducted to find out the status, occurrence and relative abundance of dragonflies in Mysuru city, Karnataka during April 2020 to May 2021. Sampling was done by line transect method, collected data from 4 study areas were subjected to estimate relative abundance of species. A total of 28 species under 3 families were recorded. Family Libellulidae was found to be most dominated with 26 species followed by Aeshnidae and Gomphidae with 1 species respectively. Based on the relative abundance 18% of species were very common while, 36% were common and 46% were uncommon. The study revealed occurrence of 5 very common species of dragonflies in all the study areas. The results of this study provide baseline data of dragonfly diversity of Mysuru city for research on their biology and conservation.