Redescription of male and first description of female Macromia miniata Fraser, 1924 from the Western Ghats, India (Anisoptera: Macromiidae)

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The female of the dragonfly species Macromia miniata possesses specific morphological characteristics described for the first time, and the species' geographic range extends to Pune, Maharashtra, marking its northernmost record in the Western Ghats. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Arajush Payra; JOEL GEORGE PHILIP; A. Vivek Chandran; Dattaprasad Sawant; K. A. Subramanian; Pankaj Koparde

doi:10.1080/00305316.2026.2719748

September 3, 2026Oriental Insects

Redescription of male and first description of female Macromia miniata Fraser, 1924 from the Western Ghats, India (Anisoptera: Macromiidae)

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To redescribe the male and provide the first comprehensive morphological description of the female dragonfly Macromia miniata, while updating its known geographic range.
Examined freshly collected adult dragonfly specimens from Pune, Maharashtra, and Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
Conducted comparative anatomical evaluations to record diagnostic morphological characters and document regional presence.
Provides the first scientific description of the female Macromia miniata alongside a comprehensive redescription of the male.
Identifies the northernmost occurrence record for Macromia miniata within the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot.

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Morphological study reveals the female morphology and redescribes the male of Macromia miniata, indicating an expanded northern distribution in the Western Ghats.

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In the present paper we redescribe the male and describe the female of Macromia miniata Fraser, 1924 for the first time based on the recently collected specimens from Pune, Maharashtra; and Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. The paper also reports northernmost distributional record of Macromia miniata in the Western Ghats of India.

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