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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: Merogomphus martini is known from India, Bangladesh and Myanmar (Fraser 1934). Records from India are from the Khasi and Jaintia Hills in Meghalya (Fraser 1922, 1934; Lahiri 1987) and West Bengal (e.g. Laidlaw 1930, Fraser 1934).
Countries occurrence:
Native:
India (Meghalaya, West Bengal); Myanmar
Additional data:
? Number of Locations: 1-5
? Upper elevation limit (metres): 1500
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Population [top]
Population: There appears to be no really recent records of this species, but Fraser (1934) states that “the species is also moderately common at Shillong, Assam and Maymyo, Burma” and Lahiri (1987) reports 16 specimens collected at locations in the Khasi and Jaintia Hills in the 1960s and 1970s, suggesting that the species was quite common at these locations at the time.
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
? Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: Lahiri (1987) records the species from deep forest near streams, and also from a lake. Presumably the species breeds in forest streams in hilly and mountainous country.
Systems: Freshwater
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): The species is experiencing habitat loss through clear-cutting of forests.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: There is a need for fresh data from the known range of this species, and it should be searched for in regions of India adjacent to Meghalaya. Conservation measures (if needed) will centre around the protection of suitable habitat.
Citation: Dow, R.A. 2009. Merogomphus martini. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T163673A5633832. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163673A5633832.en. Downloaded on 19 August 2016.
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