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Arthropods, 2024, 13(2): 87-93
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Aeshna mixta (Latreille, 1805), a new record for the Odonata (Anisoptera: Aeshnidae) fauna of Pakistan

Ahmed Zia¹, Bibi Shabnem², Sardar Azhar Mehmood², Muhammad Ishaq Mastoi³, Anjum Shehzad¹, Shabir Ahmed²
¹National Insect Museum, NARC Islamabad, Pakistan
²Department of Zoology, Hazara University Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
³Planning and Research Monitoring Cell, NARC Islamabad, Pakistan

Received 9 February 2024;Accepted 15 March 2024;Published online 23 March 2024;Published 1 June 2024
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Abstract
Aeshna mixta (Latreille 1805) is added to the Anisoptera fauna of Pakistan by reporting it from district Neelum of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. Geopolitically the study area lies in an area facing uncertain ground conditions since inception of Pakistan. It is a hard to reach valley between India and Pakistan, very close to the line of control. Out of twenty sampling sites, specimens of Aeshna mixta were found from fifteen localities of the district. With the addition of this taxon, Anisoptera fauna of Pakistan now count 74 species. The area under district Neelum represents many lush green valleys with lots of natural water bodies that support a broad complex of Odonata. More surveys in the area are suggested to unveil more important records from the area.

Keywords Odonata;Anisoptera;Aeshnidae;Aeshna;Pakistan.

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