Idionyx gomantakensis
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| Idionyx gomantakensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Superfamily: | Libelluloidea |
| Family: | Synthemistidae |
| Genus: | Idionyx |
| Species: | I. gomantakensis |
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| Idionyx gomantakensis Subramanian, Rangnekar & Naik, 2013 | |
Idionyx gomantakensis,[2] commonly known as Goan shadow dancer,[3] is a species of dragonfly in the family Synthemistidae. It is known only from the Western Ghats of India.[1][4]
This species was first sighted at Collem, Goa by Parag Rangnekar and Rohan Naik during a survey of dragonflies conducted by them under the banner of the Mineral Foundation of Goa, and supported by the Department of Science and Technology.[5]
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This species can be differentiated from other species of Idionyx by long and slender cerci and epiproct, absence of teeth in the basal half of the cerci, and a tuft of golden hairs at the end of the lateral lobes of the epiproct.[6]
