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{{Taxobox
| name = ''Macrogomphus wynaadicus''
| image = Macrogomphus wynaadicus by Bala Chandran.jpg
| image_caption = Male
| status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn | authors =Subramanian, K.A. | title = ''Macrogomphus wynaadicus'' | journal = [[IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] | volume= 2011| page =e.T175174A7117358 | year = 2011| doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T175174A7117358.en }}</ref>
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Odonata]]
| familia = [[Gomphidae]]
| genus = ''[[Macrogomphus]]''
| species = '''''M. wynaadicus'''''
| binomial = ''Macrogomphus wynaadicus''
| binomial_authority = [[Frederic Charles Fraser|Fraser]], 1924
| synonyms =
}}
'''''Macrogomphus wynaadicus'''''<ref name=wol>{{World Odonata List}}</ref> is a species of [[dragonfly]] in the family [[Gomphidae]]. It is [[endemic]] to the [[Western Ghats]] of [[India]].<ref name=atlas>{{cite book |last1=K.A. |first1=Subramanian |last2=K.G. |first2=Emiliyamma |last3=R. |first3=Babu |last4=C. |first4=Radhakrishnan |last5=S.S. |first5=Talmale |title=Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India |date=2018 |publisher=Zoological Survey of India |isbn=9788181714954|pages=230–231}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/227649|title=Macrogomphus wynaadicus Fraser, 1924|publisher=India Biodiversity Portal|access-date=2017-02-11}}</ref>

==Description and habitat==
It is a medium-sized dragonfly with its thorax black, having two thick yellow ante-humeral stripes. Abdomen is black, marked with citron-yellow paired spots. Segment 2 has a dorsal stripe broken at its centre. Segment 3 has a large base-lateral dorsal spot. Segments 4 to 6 have similar, but smaller spots. Segment 7 has the basal half marked with yellow. Segments 8 and 9 have baso-lateral triangular spots. Segment 8 is very broad, segment 9 is tapering from base to apex, and nearly as long as segments 7 and 8 together as peculiar in genus ''[[Macrogomphus]]''.<ref name=Fraser/>

It looks very similar to ''[[Macrogomphus annulatus]]''; but can be distinguished by the paired spots on abdominal segments 3 to 6 instead of complete rings.<ref name=Fraser/>

The species is found in forested streams where it breeds.<ref name=Fraser>{{cite book|author=C FC Lt. Fraser|author-link=Frederic Charles Fraser|title=The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. II|publisher=Taylor and Francis|location=Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London|year=1934|pages=[https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata2/page/n367 344]–345|url=https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata2}}</ref><ref name=Fraser-WG>{{cite book|author=C FC Lt. Fraser|author-link=Frederic Charles Fraser|title=A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species|year=1924|pages=471–472|url=http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/026/05/0423-0522.pdf}}</ref>

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File:Wayanad Bowtail (Macrogomphus wynaadicus)male. വയനാടൻ കടുവ.jpg|male
File:Wayanad Bowtail (Macrogomphus wynaadicus)female. വയനാടൻ കടുവ.jpg|female
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==See also==
* [[List of odonates of India]]
* [[List of odonata of Kerala]]
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==References==
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[[Category:Gomphidae]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Frederic Charles Fraser]]
[[Category:Insects described in 1924]]

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->Extraordinary Writ: Adding short description: "Species of dragonfly" (Shortdesc helper)