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| image = Microgomphus torquatus-Deccan Scissortail.jpg<br />
| image_caption = Male<br />
| status = DD<br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Dow, R.A. |year=2009 |title=''Microgomphus torquatus'' |volume=2009 |article-number=e.T163584A5619149 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163584A5619149.en |access-date=17 October 2024}}</ref><br />
| genus = Microgomphus<br />
| species = torquatus<br />
| authority = ([[Edmond de Sélys Longchamps|Selys]], 1854)<br />
| synonyms = {{Species list | ''Cyclogomphus torquatus'' | Selys, 1854}}<br />
| synonyms_ref = <ref>{{Catalogue of Life|id=42X32|title=''Microgomphus torquatus''|access-date=10 November 2024}}</ref><br />
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'''''Microgomphus torquatus''''', the '''Deccan scissortail''' or '''collared pygmy clubtail''', is a [[dragonfly]] [[species]] in the ''[[Microgomphus]]'' genus of the [[Gomphidae]] family.<ref name="inaturalist">{{inaturalist taxon|105782|''Microgomphus torquatus''}}</ref> It has been found in [[Maharashtra]].<ref name=iucn/> It is also found to occur in the [[Deccan]] part of [[India]].<ref name="inaturalist"/><br />
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==Description==<br />
It is a small dragonfly with greenish blue eyes or brownish green eyes. Thorax is black, marked with yellow. Abdomen is black, marked with greenish white. Segments three to seven have greenish white narrow basal rings. It can be distinguished by the shape of anal appendages from other gomphids. A similar species to ''Microgomphus torquatus'' is ''[[Microgomphus souteri]]'', both of which are small in size. However, ''M. torquatus'' can be distinguished by the shape of cerci from '' M. souteri''.<ref name="auto">{{cite journal |first1=Dattaprasad |last1=Sawant |first2=Rakesh M. |last2=Deulkar |first3=Srujan |last3=Ogale |first4=Hemant |last4=Ogale |title=Four new records of dragonflies (Insecta, Odonata) from Amboli region of Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India |journal=Entomon |volume=48 |issue=1 |pages=99–106 |year=2023 |url=https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/pdf/10.5555/20230156881 |doi=10.33307/entomon.v48i1.850|url-access=subscription |doi-access=free }}</ref><br />
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==Range==<br />
This species is native to India. It has its distribution from [[Gujarat]] to [[Karnataka]] and yet can be found in more southern parts of [[India]].<ref name="auto" /> And it is found to occur in [[West Bengal]] as well.<ref>{{Cite journal |first1=Subhajit |last1=Roy |first2=Aniruddha |last2=Singhamahapatra |first3=Amar Kumar |last3=Nayak |year=2022 |journal=Journal of Animal Diversity |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=121–151 |doi=10.52547/JAD.2022.4.2.8 |title=Observations of Odonata (Insecta) from heterogeneous patches of Bankura district with first report of Microgomphus torquatus (Selys, 1854) from West Bengal state of India |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362519467|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name="inaturalist"/><br />
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==Habitat==<br />
This dragonfly is found in rocks or boulders of rivers, streams, canals of Deccan Plateau.<ref name="inaturalist"/><br />
[[File:Microgomphus torquatus-male.jpg|thumb|Microgomphus torquatus, Pygmy collared clubtail from river bhadra.]]<br />
[[File:Microgomphus torquatus, male.jpg|thumb|Microgomphus torquatus, Pygmy collared clubtail from river bhadra.]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Gomphidae]]<br />
[[Category:Insects of India]]<br />
[[Category:Endemic fauna of India]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by Edmond de Sélys Longchamps]]<br />
[[Category:Insects described in 1854]]<br />
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