Odonata from the Dehra Dun Valley (Uttar Pradesh, India) with notes on synonymy of some West Himalayan species

32 spp. are recorded from 5 localities near Dehra Dun. Calicnemia miniata doonensis Sangal & Tyagi, 1984 is raised to specific rank, C. carminea pyrrhosoma Lieftinck, 1984 is considered a junior synonym of C. doonensis and C. c. carminea Lieftinck, 1984 is downgraded to subspecies of C. doonensis. — The following synonymies are established: Prodasineura a. autumnalis (Fraser, 1922) (for Caconeura a. gaudawricus Sahni, 1964); — Ischnura a. aurora Brauer. 1865 (for I. bhimtalensis Sahni, 1965); — Ischnura forcipata Morton, 1907 (for Agriocnemis nainitalensis Sahni, 1964); — Coeliccia renifera (Selys, 1886) (for Calicnemia maheshi Sahni, 1964, and for Coeliccia kumaonensis Singh & Baijal. 1954); — Copera marginipes (Rambur, 1842) (for Disparoneura bhatnagri Sahni. 1965); — Indolestes cyaneus (Selys, 1862) (for Archibasis sushmae Baijal, 1955); — Anisopleura lestoides Selys, 1853 (for A. kusumi Sahni, 1965); — Onychogomphus bistrigatus (Hagen in Selys, 1854) (for O. garhwalicus Singh & Baijal. 1954); Orthetrum taeniolatum (Schneider, 1845) (for O. garhwalicum Singh & Baijal. 1954); — Tholymis tillarga (Fabricius, 1798) (for T. paratillarga Singh & Prasad. 1980). — The status of some other Indian taxa is also discussed.