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{{short description|Species of dragonfly}}
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{{Taxobox
| name = Paragomphus lineatus
| image = Lined Hooktail Paragomphus lineatus Male.jpg
| image_caption = Male
| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author1=Clausnitzer, V.| title = ''Paragomphus lineatus'' | volume= 2009| page = e.T158710A5271177 | year = 2009}}</ref>
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Odonata]]
| familia = [[Gomphidae]]
| genus = ''[[Paragomphus]]''
| species = '''''P. lineatus'''''
| binomial = ''Paragomphus lineatus''
| binomial_authority = (Selys, 1850)
| synonyms =
}}
'''''Paragomphus lineatus''''',<ref name=wol>{{World Odonata List}}</ref> Lined hooktail, is a species of [[dragonfly]] in the family [[Gomphidae]]. It is a widespread species; recorded from [[India]] to [[Turkey]].<ref name=iucn/><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=250-251}}</ref>

==Description and habitat==
It is a black and yellow dragonfly with bluish grey eyes. Its thorax is yellow, marked with blackish-brown stripes. There is a black dorsal line bordering the mesothoraoic collar on either side of the mid-dorsal carina and an oblique antehumeral line to join this line in its upper part, thus enclosing a thin stripe of the yellow colour. There is a line on the humeral suture and two lateral lines close together on the postero-lateral suture. Abdomen is black marked with yellow basal rings. Segment 1 has the sides broadly yellow and a large dorsal apical spot. Segment 2 has a sub-dorsal black line on each side enclosing a dorsal yellow spot. Segments 3 to 7 have broad black apical rings. There is a lateral black line runs from the apical ring on each
side and extends to the yellow base. Segments 8 and 9 have wide dilatations at their sides. They are black on the dorsum except for a fine basal rings. Segment 10 is yellow, with black on the basal half of the dorsum. Anal appendages are yellow and hood-shaped. Female is similar to the male; but lacks the dilatations on the last abdominal segments.<ref name=Fraser/>
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File:Paragomphus lineatus at Kadavoor.jpg|Male
File:Paragomphus lineatus (female - TIES2) (2).jpg|Female
</gallery>
It is commonly found near streams, rivers, ponds and lakes where it breeds.<ref name=ibp>{{cite web
|url=http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/227979|title=Paragomphus lineatus Selys, 1850|publisher=India Biodiversity Portal|access-date=2017-02-12}}</ref><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/n253 230]-234|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=477|url=http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/026/05/0423-0522.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.entomoljournal.com/vol1Issue4/Issue_aug_2013/16.1.pdf|last1= Paul|first1=Shaun |last2= K. Kakkassery|first2=Francy|year=2013|title=Taxonomic and Diversity Studies on Odonate Nymphs by Using Their Exuviae|volume=1|issue=4|pages= 47–53}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/526/Paragomphus-lineatus|title=Paragomphus lineatus Selys, 1850|publisher=Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies|access-date=2017-02-12}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of odonates of India]]
* [[List of odonata of Kerala]]
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==References==
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[[Category:Gomphidae]]
[[Category:Insects described in 1850]]

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