Macrogomphus montanus

Family Gomphidae

Macrogomphus montanus

Selys 1869

Elevation 80- 1000m

Abdomen Length 50mm

Newly emerged found clinging to the grass next to the Rapti River in the buffer zone of Chitwan National Park (CNP). This is another listed as data deficient by IUCN, but it should be found in similar locations in India and Bangladesh. It is probably under-reported. This was photographed in early July and other records show specimens from June. Distribution is in NW India; NE India, Nepal, and Bangladesh. There are two other species of Macrogomphus found in Nepal, M. seductus and M. robustus.

Female