OdonatologicalAbstracts
1973 in the stomachs and intestines of the trout
in specimens collected summer.
of (2244) BANTA. J„ 1973. Profile a neighbor.
Close look at nature. Waco Times-Herald, (2246) FADEEVA. G.V. & T.M. GALUSHINA,
Waco. Texas 81 (40): I. 3 (issue of Febr. 23, 1974. Pitanie ryb ozera Lacha (po materia- — 1973). ( Editorial Office, Waco Times- lem 1966, 1967, 1970-1972 gg.). [The fish
the Lake Herald. Waco. Texas. USA). food of Lacha (based on the 1966,
the 9 This is an extensive daily’s article on 1967, 1970-1972 evidence)]. Tez. Dokl.
work of the well-known Texan odonatolo- Sess. uchen. Sov. biol. Resour. Belogo
and Curtis E. gist dragonfly photographer. Morya vnutr. Vodoem. evrop. Severa,
Williams of Marlin. A portrait and 2 of his Karelian Sect., USSR Acad. Sei.. Petroza-
— also 86-88. — dragonfly photographs are provided. vodsk. pp, (Russian). ("Senryh-
other and ( For references to publicationson vod". 34 Pomorskaya Sir., USSR-163061
by C.H. Williams and for his brief biography Arkhangelsk).
cf. OA No. 2144. — Cf. also OA No. This is abstract of the 2248). an a paper presented at
9th Session of the (USSR) Academic 1974 Council on the Biological Resources of the
White Sea and the inland waterbodies ofthe
(2245) ARENDARENKO, G.A. & G.V. YUSH- European North(Oct.28-31, 1974). Dragon-
KOVA, 1974. Pitanie reduzhnoi the food of the segoletkov flies are one of items perch in
foreli v Lacha of the lakes prudah Syamozerskogo opytno- the Lake, one largest in
promyshlennogo rybozavoda. [Food of the the western part of Arkhangelsk Prov.,
Rainbow Trout hatched in 1974 in the USSR.
Syamozero Experimental and Industrial
Fish Rearing Farm ponds], Tez. Dokl. 9 (2247) NACHTIGALL, W„ 1974. Biological mech-
biol. Sess. uchen. Sov. Resour. Belogo anisms of attachment. Springer, Berlin-
vnutr. Vodoem. York. 194 Morya evrop. Severa, Heidelberg-New VIII -F pp. (62
Acad. Karelian Sect.. USSR Sei., Petroza- pis. inch). — Price: DM 75.—. — (Zook
vodsk, pp. 218-220. (Russian). — (Nonhern Insl., Univ. Saarlnd. D-66. Saarbrücken,
Res. Insi. Lake & River Fishery. 63 Kirov GFR). Sir., USSR-185650 Petrozavodsk). The book provides a comprehensive compil-
This is of a an abstract paper presented at the ation and detailed description of the
9th Session of the (USSR) Academic biological mechanisms of linkage, suction
Council on the Biological Resources of the and adhesion, applying the vocabulary of
the White Sea and the inland waterbodies of engineering to biological phenomena. De-
European North (Oct. 28-31, 1974). tailed reference Odon. is 33- Among to made on pp, other larval Odon. food items, were recorded 34, where, under the caption ’’Plug and 72 Odonatological Abstracts
socket”, the copulation is described with Bukirev Sir., USSR-614022 Perm).
regard to the coupling function of the Remains of adult Odon. were found in 7.5%
the bleak primary and secondary genitalia.The stress of (A. alburnus) intestines
is layed on the lock-and-key function ofthe 6 examined.
appendages, matching specific indentations
the head and thus 1976 on 9 or prothorax, — impeding interspecific copulation. (Ab-
MANTILACCL M. MEARELLI O. stracter’s note: On p. 59 the ôappendagesare (2251) L„ &
said to consist of 4 elements. This should, of TIBER!, 1976. Odonati alofili dei laghetlidi
be to while the Portonovo Riv. Idrobiol. course, restricted Zygoptera, (Marche-ltalia). — appendages of i Anisoptera consist of 3 15 (1): 169-172. (With Engl. s.). (1st.
elements). Idrobiol. & Pescicoh., Univ. Perugia. Via
Ek e di Sotto. 1-06100 Perugia).
1975 Ischnura elegans. Sympetrum fonscolombei,
Ceriagrion tenellum and Erythromma viri-
(2248) (Anonymous), 1975. Marlinite visited by dulum are reported from 2 brackish-water
insect Marlin Democrat 1975 expert. Daily lakes S of Ancona, Marche prov., Italy. The
(237): 1 (issue of Dec. 6). latter 2 spp. are said to be recorded for the
A the local daily’s article on occasion ofthe first time from a brackish-water environ-
visit of the well-known American odonato- ment.
logist, Mrs. Leonora K. Gloyd (Mus. Zool.,
Univ. Michigan. Ann Arbor) to Mr. Curtis (2252) MOHAN, P C. & R.K. RAO, 1976. Epizoic
and E. Williams, a dragonfly student rotifers observed on Odonata nymphs from
photographer in Marlin, Texas. It contains Visakhapatnam. Sei. Cult. 42 (10): 527-528.
several — biographic notes on the 2 odonato- (Dept. Zool.. Andhra Univ.. Wahair, — logists. (Cf. also AO Nos. 2144, 2244). India).
the In course of limnological investigations
(2249) BLYTH, R.H., 1975. Haiku. Vol. 4. during June-July, 1974, in India, the
Autumn-Winter. XLI 11 + 396 numer- rotifers found attached pp., following were to
Brachionus Rotaria ous unnumbered pis excl., Hokuseido Press, Odon. larvae: rubens. — Tokyo, Price: Y 2000.— (Publishers’ rotaria, Sepadella similis and Brachionus
address: 12, 3-chome. Nishikicho. Kanda, caudatus. Compared to Zygoptera, the
Tokyo, JA). Anisoptera larvae lodged greater number
of of About 2 dozens of dragonfly haiku appear and spp. epizoic rotifers because their
robust the the onpp. 71 -78, 2 of these are given in facsimile bodies, presence of bristles on
(2 pis.). The original Japanese text is legs, and their slow sluggish movements.
accompanied by Latin transcription and
English translation. Brief comments are (2253) RUDOLPH, E. & F. LEHMANN, 1976.
provided for each haiku. — (Abstracter's Die Siisswassergarnale Atyaephyra desma-
note: In Japan the dragonfly is a symbol of resti (Millet) im Dortmund-Ems-Kanal.
the For other & Münster autumn. — dragonflyhaiku cf. Natur Heimat, 36 (4): 98-102. —
OA No. 1836). (First author deceased; address second
author: Lehrgeb. Biol.. Pädagog. Hochsch.,
(2250) KOSTAREV, G.W.. 1975. Morfobiologi- Fliednerslr. 21, D-44 Münster. GFR).
cheskie osobennosti podusta i uklei basseina Calopteryx splendens and not further
features of larvae from Chusovoi. [Morpho-biological identified lestid are recorded the
Dortmund-Ems canal Chondrostoma nasus and Alburnus albur- slightly brackish nr.
nus in the Chusovaya River Basin], Uchen. Münster, German Federal Republic.
338: 35-44. in Zap. perm. gos. Univ. (Russian). (Abstracter’snote. Thoughnot mentioned
— Verlebr. Perm Univ.. 15 the the lestid larvae identified (Dept. Zook, paper, were as Odonatological Abstracts 73
Lestes but adults there number of is conditioned the sponsa, no were seen high spp. by
in July, 1976). ecologicaldiversity ofthe biotopes available.
Of particular interest are Nehalennia specio- 1977 sa (occurring in vast numbers), Aeshna
subarctica, Epitheca bimaculata and Soma-
(2254) ANDR1ÈS, J.-C., 1977. Dégénérescence, tochlora arctica. The need for protection of
phagocytose et rejet cellulaire au niveau du the area is emphasized. — (Abslracler'snole:
Odo- mésentérion d’Aeshna cyanea (Insecte, The sp. illustrated in Fig. 37 is Ischnura
cellul. 29 nate). Biol. (2-3): 203-208. (With elegans rather than Coenagrion puella, as
Engl. s.). — (Lab. Biol, anim., Univ. Sei. & stated erroneously in the caption).
Techn.. B.P.36. F-59650 Villeneuved’Ascq).
sections the larva A. BREAUD, J.E. FARLOW, CD. Midgut of of cyanea (2256) T.P.,
show intracellular spherical formations STEELMAN & P.E. SCHILLING, 1977.
which contain Feulgen positive bodies. Effects of the insect growth regulator
These formations, sparse outside the period methoprene on natural populations of
of the in Louisiana intermediate metamorphosisare more numerousat aquatic organisms
moment of the constitution of the imaginai marsh habitats. Mosq. News 37 (4): 704-712.
— Med. Res. epithelium. In this case, although observable I /Voi'. Inst., Bethesda, Md.
in the imaginai epithelium, they occur more 20014. USA).
the A conducted in frequently in reticulated tissue bordering study was a Louisiana (USA)
the imaginai epithelium. A cytochemical, coastal marsh to determine the effects of
autoradiographic and ultrastructural study methoprene on aquatic organism popula-
led to the inference that they result from tions, 6 aerial applications of methoprene
whose 18-mo. caused pycnotic cells massive chromatin or (28 g AI/ ha) duringan period
perhaps nucleolar clumps are released or statistically significant differences in certain
’’blebbed” in the cytoplasm. Such a aquatic populations, when treated and
breakdown affects embryonic cells, general- untreated populations were compared. In
ly the regeneration cells which are engulfed Odon. (larval Enallagma, Anax and Belo-
by neighbour cells. These are then rejected nia) methoprene caused highly significant
during metamorphosis, at the boundary ( P < 0.01 ) reductions in natural populations.
between the imaginai epithelium and the
EL 1977. reticulated tissue. (Author). (2257) SHAMY, F.M., Standing crop of
benthic invertebrates of Lake Wingra and
1977. Lake Wisconsin. Trans. Wise. (2255) BAUER, S., Untersuchungen zur Mendota,
Tierwelt des Moorkomplexes Fetzach- Acad. Sci. Arts Lett. 65: 217-224. — (415
Taufachmoos-Urseen in Oberschwaben Rle. 303. Tappan. N. Y. 10983. USA).
(Kreis Ravensburg). Veröff. Naturschutz Significant differences exist in the number
Landschaftspflege Bad.-Württ. 44/45[1976] and biomass ofbenthic invertebrates in the 2
— USA. 166-295. ( Rossilienslr. 8. D-7761 lakes, Bottom organisms are highly
and abundant Lake Möggingen, GFR). diversified more in
This is a regional monograph on Lepido- Mendota than in Lake Wingra. Maximum
Odonata differences in ptera, (pp. 213-242), amphibians, occur early summer and least
in The reptiles and birds of the Fetzach-Taufach- differences Aug. Odon. are also
moos,a moorland area of 300 ha (Sphagnum briefly discussed.
bogs, dystrophic and eutrophic lakes and
Research the ponds), nr. Leutkirch, Baden-Württemberg, (2258) FEIJEN, H R, 1977. on
German Federal Republic. An outline ofthe ecology and natural enemies of the rice stem
genesis, climate and vegetation ofthe area is borer Diopsis thoracica in Malawi. Int. Rice
also furnished. Within a single season 36 Res. Newsl. 2 (5): 17-18. — (Univ. Eduardo
recorded. odon. spp. were This relatively Mondalane. Maputo, Mozambique). 74 Odonatological Abstracts
Observations in Malawi adults unknown). Microfilm showed that or xerox copy
D. the available of thoracica spend dry seasonin shady (refer to Order No. 7813002) at
places along the banks of streams and move University Microfilms International. Disser-
R O B. back into the rice fields at the beginning of tation Copies. 1764. Ann Arbor.
USA. the rainy season (December). Odon. are Mich. 48106. Price depends on the
recorded asimportant predatorsduringtheir country of the customer: US $7.50-11.50
stay along the streams. and 15.00-23.00 resp.. library binding of the
latter $3.00 extra).
HARRIS, T.L. & W.P. McCAFFERTY. of the odon. (2259) [Verbatim text part of the
1977. Assessing aquatic insect flight be- abstract published in Diss. Abstr. 39. 2
havior with sticky traps. Great Lakes Ent. 10 (1978): 543-B]; This thesis deals with the — (4): 233-239. (Dept. Ent.. Purdue Univ.. ecology of the high tidal marshes with
West Lafayette. Ind. 47907, USA). emphasis on certain aquatic insects, and
constitutes holistic, A suspended sticky trap was designed to a yet autecological
analyze flight behaviour of aquatic insects, approach to understanding the natural
both of inch direction and vertical distribution history a corixid. T. verticalis var. sellaris,
marsh of flight. Specifications of trap construction and an odon.. E. berenice. The high
are detailed. Possible applications were panne ecosystem has been described in
from explored and preliminary results the relation to temperature and salinity factors,
study of a small Indiana (USA) stream and laboratoryexperiments were correlated
demonstrated primary upstream migration with observations of seasonal occurrence
of Ephemeroptera, Odon., Trichoptera and and abundance of the 2 insects. In addition,
Plecoptera females, and indicated vertical behavioural and life history observations
of partitioning flight activity at the sp. level. were made of other important organisms
in the found the pannes. Within upper
(2260) JULIN, A M. & H O. SANDERS, 1977, intertidal marsh at Adam’s Point, New
and accumulation of the insecticide Toxicity Hampshire. USA, pannes were monitored
Imidan in freshwater invertebrates and for salinity and temperature between 1972-
Am. Soc. 106 386- 1975. The marsh fishes. Trans. Fish. (4): high was dominated by
392. — (Fish-Peslic. Res. Lah., US Fish. physical and chemical factors associated
Wild!. Columbia. Serv.. No. 65201. USA). with highly variable salinities and tempera-
Toxicity tests showed that aquatic inverte- tures caused by irregular tidal flooding.
brates and fish have broad of a range Neaptidal dry periods produced exposure
sensitivities to Imidan [N-(mercaptomethyl) gradients from the highest regions of the
phthalimide-S-(0-0-dimethyl phosphoro- marsh to the lowest high marsh region which
dithionate],an organophosphate insecticide was subjected to more regular and prolonged
and applied agriculturally possibly to tidal coverage. — E. berenice was the only
forests. 7 of incl. found its life in spp. aquatic invertebrates, dragonfly completing cycle
l4 Ischnura verticalis, exposed to C-lmidan in the salt marsh. 2 adult population peaks
accumulated radio- and recorded slightly alkaline water (June Aug.) were at Adam’s
active residues in 48 hrs that from I- and tandem ranged Point, oviposition by pairs was
10 times (based on wet weight of whole observed. Larvae found in the were pannes
organism) the water concentration of 1.2 ± throughout the year. - In the laboratory,
larvae and held in 0.2 Mg/1. were fed Artemia culture
salinities between 0 and 90%„. Feeding
(2261) KELTS, L.J., 1977. Ecology of two tidal activity ceased and mortality occurred at 91
marsh insects. Trichocorixa verticalis (He- and 92%„. Emergence took place from
and miptera) Erythrodiplax berenice (Odo- culture salinities between 0 and 48.5%,, at
nata), in New Hampshire. Thesis, Univ. New uncontrolled variable temperatures. The
Hampshire. 153 — (Author’s address pp. data in this thesis indicate a highly successful Odonatological Abstracts 75
adaptation to the intertidal marsh by these 2 Needh., was synonymized.
food insects, and suggest that and salinity/
temperature tolerances would not be limit- (2263) LALIBERTE, F. & C. CHANTAT, 1977.
ing factors for the successful invasion and Survol de quelques méthodes pour préserver
habitation of open coastal and oceanic les couleurs des libellules. Fabreries 3 (7);
environments. Since these insects are 125-127. (With Engl. s.). — (2400 Chemin
dependent on surface contact for air and Ste-Foy. Quebec, CA).
would A review of methods for the adult emergence, it seem probable preserving
surface colours of odon. is that an unavoidable substratum, specimens presented as
unstable surface conditions and depthcould follows: ( I ) drying specimens by heat, (2)
likely be important limiting factors. taxidermy, (3) exposing the specimens to
acetone, and (4) cold drying method.
(2262) KNOPF, K.W., 1977. Protein variation in
Gomphus (Odonata: Gomphidae). Thesis, (2264) MARL1ER, G., 1977. Insectes aquatiques. — Univ. Florida, Gainesville. 114 — Naturalistes belg. 58 (6/7): 166-178. pp. {6007
N. 27ih Terr., Gainesville. Fla 32601, ( Author’s address unknown).
the listed in USA) — Microfilm or xerox copy available This is the continuation of paper
(refer to Order No. 7810965) at University OA No. 2078. Morphology, development,
9 Microfilms International, Dissertation Co- habitat and nutrition are discussed of
pies, P.O.B. 1764, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48106, orders of aquatic insects, inch the Odon. —
— the the the continuation of the series cf. OA USA. Price depends on country of (For
customer: US $7.50-11.50 and 15.00-23.00 Nos. 2265, 2266).
resp., library binding of the latter $3.00
extra). (2265) MARLIER, G., 1977. Insectes aquatiques. — [Verbatim abstract from Diss. Abstr. 39, 1 Naturalistes belg. 58 (8/9): 226-235.
Protein variation in the address (1978): 63-B]; genus (Author’s unknown).
starch 3 insects of Gomphus was studied using gel morphological keys to aquatic
and electrophoresis. A phylogeny was proposed Belgium in adult, larval pupal stages are
for 23 distance estimates and the spp. using genetic presented figured according to
derived from analysis of 22 genetic loci. classification system of H. Bertrand. The
odon. hemimeta- Additional 23 spp. from a wide variety first key separates hetero- and
bolous of families were analyzed for comparison insects from holometabolous insects,
with Gomphus. — Average heterozygosities the second separates Hemiptera, Odon.,
for from and (H) 23 Gomphus spp. ranged Ephemeroptera,Coleoptera Plecoptera,
with O. a grand mean of0.0221. while the third key is divided into
6 had and Gomphus spp. noapparent variability. Cryptocerata Gymnocerata (Heteropte-
9 libellulide had H of 0.0491. — other of this cf. OA spp. a mean ra). (For parts paper
These H values are much lower than most Nos. 2078, 2264, 2266).
— other insects that have been investigated.
levels for 1977. The range of the genetic distance (2266) MARLIER, G., Insectes aquatiques.
Naturalistes - local populations was 0.0000-0.0191, for belg. 58 (10/11); 266-280.
and sibling spp. 0.0438-0.0868, for genera (Author’s address unknown).
A is 40 ofadult 0.5023-1.783. In general the proposed key presented to cover spp.
phylogeny agreed rather well with the aquatic Coleoptera and larvae of Plecoptera
existing classification of Odonata as estab- and Odon. of the Belgian fauna. —
The lished from conventional morphological (Abstracter’s note: key is continued in a
studies. On the basis of distance section of this which genetic further, final, paper,
Arigomphus was raised from subgeneric to has appeared in the same periodical, Vol. 58,
12 generic rank. Gomphus brimleyi Muttk., No. [1977], pp. 295-309, but does not
identical at all 22 loci with G. cavillaris include any Odon. For the odon. parts cf. 76 Odonatological Abstracts
the OA Nos. 2078, 2264, 2265). innervation of major flight muscles are
described. All muscles flight investigated are
(2267) MATHIS, B.J., T.F. CUMMINGS, M. innervated by at least 3 motor neurons, and I
GOWER, M. TAYLOR & C. KING, 1977. 15. Cell bodies of by as many as motor
of Dynamics manganese, cadmium, and lead neurons that innervate the same muscle are
in Res. clustered experimental power plant ponds. together, and have similar, wide-
Water Resour. Cent. Univ. III.Urbana- dendritic Rep. spread branching patterns. Motor
1-62. Biol. of muscles Champaign 1977(125): —( Dept. neurons leg have greater variety
Chem.. Bradley Univ.. Preoria. III. 61625, in cell body size and position than the major
USA). flight motor neurons. The similarities
The effect of heated between power plant cooling the organisation of motor neurons
the of water on compartmentalization Mn, in dragonflies and other insects are discus-
Pb and Cd in experimental ponds was sed. Intracellular recordings have been made
determined. Concentrations of the 3 metals from identified motor neurons, singly and in
in water sediments the and and of ponds were pairs, in tethered flying non-flying
unaffected by heat inasmuch as concentra- dragonflies. During flight large rhythmical
tion differences between ponds were not fluctuations in membrane potential, usually
the 0.5 level. several action significant at Aquatic orga- accompanied by potentials,
nisms such as snails, fingernail clams, occur in flight motor neurons.The frequency
tubificid larval the leeches, annelids and dragon- of these fluctuations varies in same
flies exhibited concentrations of and Cd higher motor neuronat different times, can be
than sediments, while snails and duckweed different in different motor neurons simul-
of Mn more closely reflected concentrations taneously. Phase relations between fluctua-
in sediments. Tubificid worms and leeches tions in different motor neuronscan change.
more closely reflected Pb concentrations in Several interneurons have inputs onto flight
while snails sediments, fingernail clams and motor neurons, and each motor neuron
concentrations. exhibited higher receives inputs from a separate set of
interneurons. Motor neurons have inputs to
(2268) NICHOLSON, P.A., 1977. Some observa- central neurons, forming feedback loops.
tions Dixella autumnalis on Meigen(Dipt., Many receptors provide information about
Ent. 113 movements to the Dixidae). mon. Mag. (1352-1355): wing central nervous
62. — Heath Rd.. Acton. As in (31 field London, system. the locust, populationsofnon-
W3. UK). spiking and spiking interneurons drive the
D. In The collection of autumnalis from flight motor neurons. the hard cuticle of
in in the basal of emergent vegetation a pond Hertford- region one wing vein there are
of shire, United Kingdom, and their subse- groups small, elongate innervated inden-
quent rearing is described. The flora and tations called crevice organs. They differ in
fauna of the pond are noted. Ischnura structure from any previously described
elegans. along with the beatle Dytiscus insect mechanoreceptorand probably moni-
marginalis, is mentioned as predator of the torcuticular strains duringwing movements.
fly. — (Cf. also AO Nos, 2011, 2012).
(2269) SIMMONS, P.J., 1977. The neuronal (2270) STOCK, A., 1977, Dragonfly wedding.
control of dragonfly flight. PhD thesis, Organorama, Oss, Netherlands 14(2): 9, 11-
Austral Natn. Canberra. 80 — 13. — address; Univ., pp. (Author’s Golfbaan 38-40.
(Dept. Zoo!., Univ. Cambridge. Downing Noordwijk aan Zee. NL\ — Publishers’
Sir.. Cambridge. CB2 3EJ. UK). address: Organon-Nederland. P.O.B. 20.
The study is mainly based on Hemianax Oss. NL).
and the papuensis (d,9) partly on Aeshna This is a general article on life of
and brevistyla (d). The mechanical action dragonflies, with special reference to sexual Odonatological Abstracts 77
of E l. & ,N.N. behaviour. An account some crepuscular (2272) VALENTYUK, KOVALYUH,
and few role of 1977. lichi- spp. a notes on the Vyyavlenie estestvennyh vragov
the cultural also nok komarov metodom dragonflies in tradition are krovososushchih
provided. With reference to the latter, the radiomarkirovki. (Detection of natural
work of the Russian Czar’s artist Fabergè is enemies of the larvae of blood-sucking
mentioned, and it is stated that in the mosquitoes using radiolabelling). Vestn.
1977 75-77. Germanic mythology dragonflieswere asso- Zool. (5): (Russian, with Engl,
— ciated with the goddess Freia. The text is s.). (Inst. Zool.. Acad. Sei. Ukrain. SSR.
illustrated with 10 good quality colour field VI. Lenina 15. USSR-252000 Kiev-30). — photographs. (Abstracter's notes'. The Laboratory tests were performed using the
of author is a well-known writer popular 2nd, 3rd and 4th instars ofAedes cantans, A.
in biology texts. Allphotographs were taken flavescens and A. annulipes to determine the
Tuscany, Italy. Some identification errors, optimum degree of radioactive labellingfor
however, slipped into the captions; the field studies ofCulicidae-predator interrela-
i4 Calopteryx photographs represent C. hae- tionships. C, in concentrations of 0.05,0.1,
morrhoidalis rather than C. virgo as 0.5 and I 0qCi/ml was added tothe water in
erroneously stated. The abstracter wonders which they lived, and radioactivity was
the whether any relation exists between measured at 24, 48 and 72 hrs. In the forest
present day negative overtone detectable in ponds of the Kiev Woods, specimens of the
folk in Germanic 3rd instar of A. A. Culex many dragonfly names vexans, cantans,
languagesand the superstition regarding the pipiens and C. territans, exposed for 36 hrs
of the l4 used inauspiciousness Goddess Freia's day, to0.5MCi/ml C were to determine the
— The in Friday. journal appears Dutch, effect of predators on the natural mosquito
French. English, German and Spanish population. Libellula quadrimaculata is
No editions. reprints are available from the listed among the hydrobiontpredators of the
the larvae. Its data author; for copies of the issue apply to mosquito radioactivity are
Publishers). stated.
(2271) THAKARH. V.K. & D.B. TEMBHARE, (2273) WOJTUSIAK. A., 1977. Zarys fauny
1977. and Light microscopic structure Gronikowego Stawku na Wzniesieniu Go-
steroid of the in bafowki Podhalu. the fauna of the histochemistry ovary na (To
relation to steroidogenesis in the dragonfly. Gronikowy Stawek (the Gronikowy Pond)
Orthetrum chrysis (Selys) (Libellulidae: in the Gubafowka Elevation in the Tatra
Odonata). Zool. Polon. 26 (3/4); 557-572. Highlands). Acta Hydrobiol. 19(2): 169-177. — (With Polish and Russian s’s). — ( P.-G. (Polish, with Engl. s.). (Na Blonie9a/196.
Dept. Zool.. Nagpur Unis.. Unis. Campus. PO-30-147 Krakow).
Nagpur-440010. India). The pond lies at an altitude of 1085 m, on the
An ovary of the adult dragonflyiscomposed northern slope of Mt. Palenica, Tatra
of number of ovarioles. Poland a large panoistic Highlands, (surface: 250 sq. m,
Each ovariole bears 4 distinct divisions: the depth: 2 m). The bottom is muddy and the
the the terminal filament, germarium, chemism is typical of small, slowly over-
vitellarium and the The 44 animal pedicel. oocytes are growing ponds. spp. were
recorded these arranged in a single row in the vitellaria and in 1967-1968, 80% of are
show various of The orders and they stages development insects. richest are Odon.
from the anteriorly placed primary oocytes Diptera, each represented by 10 spp. The
the to posterior most fully matured ova.The following Odon. are listed: Coenagrion
reaction cholesterol and positive to enzymes puella, Lestes sponsa, Aeshna cyanea, A.
A 5 and NAD- Somatochlora al- like , 30-HSD, G-6-PD juncea, Cordulia aenea,
diaphorase clearly indicate steroidogenesis pestris, Leucorrhinia dubia, Libellula de-
in the ovary. (Authors). pressa, L. quadrimaculata. Sympetrum 78 Odonatological Abstracts
flaveolum. The fauna is compared to that of the well-known Swiss odonatologists, J. de
2 montane Tatra ponds of similar ecology. Marmels (ln den Seewiesen 23, CH-8132
Egg) and H. Schiess (Am Bach, CH-8336
1977. (2274) YOUDEOWEI, A., A laboratory Oberhittnau), and sponsored by the Pro
manual of entomology. XVII + 208 pp., Natura Helvetica foundation. The”lnvento-
- Oxford Univ. Press Nigeria, Ibadan. ry” is deposited in the Cantonal Museum of
address: (Publishers’ Oxford House. Iddo Natural History, Lugano, and contains data
Gale. P.M.B. 5095, Ibadan, Nigeria). close to 660 on wetland biotopes, situated The is written for (African) book students between the elevations 193 m (Lago studying entomology as a part of their first Maggiore) and 2300 m. It is stated that outof
and for teachers of basic odon. degree course, 77 spp. known to occur in Switzer-
entomology, to guide them in out in setting land, 51 were recorded Tessin. Among the
their classes. It is practical prepared as a most interesting areas is the Tresa Valley
practical guide for laboratory work on insect (Fornasette region), harbouring the only
collecting, structure, classification and be- known Swiss habitats of 2 mediterranean
haviour, and is based on African tropical spp. (names not stated). Close to 100
material throughout. Odon. are dealt with localities are considered of regional or
on pp. 90-93. As examples of the 2 major cantonal importance and their protection is
orders are given Pseudagrion kersteni and desirable. In all, 25% of the explored
Urothemis assignata. in other biotopes are oneor way endangered
other by anthropogenic pressure. (For 1978 articles on the subject cf. OA Nos. 2278,
2279, 2281). — (.Abstracter's note'. The field
(2275) (Anonymous), 1978. Basil E. Montgomery. work has been carried out mostly in 1977. A
Newsl. ent. Soc. Am. 1 odon. (8): 3. (Engl.). monograph on the fauna of Tessin,
The distinguished United States odonatolo- based on this survey, is in the press).
gist, Dr. B. Elwood Montgomery received
the Doctor of Science Honorary Degree (2277) (Anonymous), Dutch dragon fly expert
from his alma mater, Oakland City College, visits Marlin. Marlin Weekly Democrat,
at Oakland City, Indiana, on May 27, 1978. Marlin, Texas 87 (22): 3.
The StaffofPurdue U Entomology niversity, Text the same as that of the article listed in
also held for Lafayette, Indiana, a reception OA No. 2199.
"Monty” and his wife, Esther on May 24, in
West A is added and Lafayette. portrait a (2278) (Anonymous), 1978. leri a Lugano la
few of of recent al dell’ (out many) Montgomery’s ceremonia di consegna Cantone
research projects are briefly stated. One of ’Tnventario delle libellule”. La protezione
the these is the compilation of data on life delle bellezze natural! dipende dalla sensibi-
and work of Thomas Say (1787-1834) of lita di ciascuno. Gazzetta Ticinese 1978 (Sept.
Philadelphia. 12): 4.
the and A daily’s article on same subject of
di (2276) (Anonymous), 1978. Donato al Museo similar contents as that listed in OA No.
storia naturale 1’inventario sulle umide zone 2276.
ticinesi. Da uno studio sulle libellule un
invito a proteggere la natura. Coriere del (2279) (Anonymous), 1978, Libellen und Tessiner
1978 9. Ticino (Sept. 12): Feuchtgebiete. Ein wissenschaftliches Inven-
A the of the daily’s article on occasion tar. Neue Zurcher Ztg 1978 (220): 34 (issue of
official handing over (Sept. 11, 1978) to the Sept. 22).
cantonal Government of Tessin (= Ticino), A daily’s article on the same subject as that
the Switzerland, of "Inventoryof dragonflies listed in OA No. 2276. It does not contain
and wetland habitats localities. ofTessin”, prepared by any names of spp. or Odonatological Abstracts 79
(2280) (Anonymous), 1978. Libellen-Fotoausstel- Republic. Special attention is paid to the
lung. Unwirkliche Welt. Brückenbauer, conservation aspects of the local odon.
Gossau 1978 (25): 16, fauna.
Text similar to that ofthe article listed in OA
No. 2202, but without the photograph. For (2284) BEAUFOY, S., 1978. The Emperor Dragon-
the details on this exhibition of dragonfly fly, Anax imperator. Trans. Suffolk Natur-
photographs in Bern, Switzerland (by O.R. alists’ Soc. 17 (4): 377-378. — (98 Tudden-
Strub and l.E. Siegenthaler) and for ham Rd.. Ipswich, UK).
A bibliographic references cf. there. brief generalnote on this sp., mentioninga
locality nr. Ipswich, Suffolk, southern
1978. Un delle (2281) (Anonymous), inventario England, and relating some field observa-
the libellule per meglio conoscere I'ambiente. tions on emergence in a pond nr. Reading
Libera 1978 2. 80 20 4-5 where Stampa, Lugano (Sept. 13): (size X yrd, depth up to ft),
the and 4000 A daily’s article on same subject of over a period of a few weeks over
contents that similar as listed in OA No. specimens may emerge (close to 1000 on a
2276. The only sp. mentioned (from canton single night at the beginning of the
is Somatochlora arcti- Tessin, Switzerland) emergence season).
marshes. ca, inhabiting oligotrophic It is
stated that dragonflieswere found in 252 out (2285) BELYSHEV, B.F., E.P. BESSOL1CYNA,
of 658 localities examined. N.S. KOSTIIA & P.E. POLYAKOVA, 1978.
odonatofaune Novye dannye po (Insecta,
(2282) ASAHINA. S., 1978. Notes on Chinese Odonata) severo-vostchnoy Azii. [Additions
Odonata. the the odonate VII. Further studies on to fauna (Insecta, Odonata) of
Graham collection preserved in the U.S. northeastern Asia], Fauna Sibiri 34:39-46,
National Museum of Natural History, 299 (abstract). (Russian). — ( Inst. Biol.,
Suborder Anisoptera. Kontyû 46 (2): 234- Siberian Sect., USSR Acad. Sei., Ul. Frunse
252. — (Takadanohaba 4-4-24, Shinjuku- II. USSR-630091 Novosibirsk).
ku. Tokyo, 160, JA). An isolated (relict) population ofOrthetrum
2 the 39 spp. are recorded, of which are albistylum is reported from Arbakalir
and the described illustrated as new,viz. Boyeria lake, Chara R. Valley. From surround-
sinensis of sp. n. ( i holotype: Chengtu, ings the Verhniy Seymchan village on the
Szechwan, 1700 ft; 9 unknown), and Kolyma River (northern deciduous taiga,
Periaeschna flinti sp. n. (recorded by J.G. annual temperature amplitude 80° C, winter
Needham Zool. sinn. 11: duration 8 [1930, 81-82, pi. 8] up to months) Coenagrion c.
and E.B. Klots[l947, Am. Mus, Novit. 1341: concinnum, C. hylas, C. lanceolatum, C.
Aeshna 10] as Cephalaeschna lugubris Martin). lunulatum (’’vernale”).Lestes dryas,
notes Taxonomic on Polycanthagyna, the junceaangustyla, Somatochlora s.sahlbergi,
of taiyal-group Aeshna, the continental spp. Sympetrum d. danae ("scoticum”), S. f.
and the of Anotogaster, on Macromia flaveolum and Leucorrhinia intermedia are
also other the number moorei-group are provided. (For brought on record. This brings
of known in northeastern Asia pts of the series cf. OA No. 2053). spp, to occur
(E ofthe Lena River and inch Kamchatka)up
(2283) BAUER, S., 1978. Libellenbeobachtungen to 26. A list of these is also given. Finally,
im westlichem Allgäu. Mitt. ArbGem. Coenagrion concinnum bartenevi, C. hylas
Naturschutz Wangen 1978 (1): 23-33, 77-78 and Somatochlora g. graeseri are recorded
— from the Kamchatka the (List and map of localities). (Rossitten- River, bringing
weg 8, D-7761 Möggingen, GFR). number of spp. known frpm the Kamchatka
A 41 Peninsula to of list is given of spp. known from 84 up 18, though the record
Pantala A localities in the western Allgäu region, flavescens is questionable. list of
Württemberg, southern German Federal these ispresented and structural peculiarities 80 Odonatological Abstracts
of the Kamchatkan Coenagrion armatum exuvia ofOxyagrion microstigma Selys. 1876
and Sympetrum f. flaveolum are stated. (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)]. Resumes 3
Congr.latinoam. Ent.&5Congr. brasil. Ent..
BELYSHEV. B.F. & A, Yu. HARITONOV. volume (2286) I p. (original not paginated).(Portu-
1978. Oshirotnyh idolgotnyhdiz’yunkciyah guese). (Mus. Nuc.. Unix. Fed. Rio de
arealov evraziatskih strekoz (Odonata. Janeiro. Quinta da Boa Vista. Guanabara-
Insecta) i ih proishozhdenii. (On latitude and 7.O-0H. Rio de Janeiro. Brazil).
longitude disjunctions in the Eurasian A brief characterization is given of the <5
dragonflies (Odonata, Insecta) and their exuvia from Parana. Brazil, and the hitherto
known larvae origin). Izv. sib. Otdel. Akad. Nauk SSSR Oxyagrion are listed.
1978 (5): 114-118 (Russian, with Engl. s.). —
( /nsI. Biol.. Siberian Seel.. USSR Acad. (2290) CRAIG. D.A., 1978. Merritt. R.W. and
Sei.. VI. Frame II. USSR-63009! Novo- K.W. Cummins, [Eds], An introduction to
sibirsk). the aquatic insects of North America. Quest,
Most of the longitudinal and all of the ent. 14 (2): 89-90. (Dept. Ent.. Unix.
latitudinal disjunctions in the ranges of the Alberta. Edmonton. Alberta. CA).
eurasian odon. have their in the spp. origin A book review of the volume the odon. part
and caused and Neogene, were by glaciations of which is listed in OA No. 2243.
by the increasing aridity. Wide longitudinal
disjunctions, on the generic level (i.e. the (2291) CRUMPTON. W..L. 1978. The biology of
occurrence of different, but closely allied six South Island ponds. J1 R. Soc. N.Z. 8 (2):
in their spp. different regions), have origin in 179-206. (Dein. Zook. Unix. Canterbury.
the Paleogene, and are due to the transgres- Christchurch-1. NZ).
sions of sea and orogenesis, causing climatic General descriptions are given of 6 ponds,
The between changes. ranges of a considerable latitudes 42°and 44° S. South
of in New from seasonal visits number taxa are analysed detail. Island, Zealand,
between 1969-1971. All the ponds were
which (2287) BLAKELY. J„ 1978. The beast permanent with rooted macrophytes. They
dramatic transforma- becomes a beauty. A had a wide range of physical and chemical
tion changes a dull-brown, ugly underwater conditions, and associated variations of
insect into a winged beauty. Look and flora and fauna. Special attention is given to
1978 4-5. the fauna in of Learn. London (868): — (Author's theareas aquaticmacrophytes.
6 odon. mentioned with their address unknown', the journal issue obtain- spp. are along
able from 1PC Magazines Ltd., King's maximum abundance in the ponds.
Reach Tower. Stamford Str., London, SEI
9LS, UK). (2292) DOMMANGET. J.-L., 1978. La prépara-
A well illustrated tion des odonates Bull. Soc. Sei. brief, article on dragonfly (libellules).
1978 11-12. life, for the general reader. Nat., Compiègne (19): (7 rue
Lamartine. F-7H390 Bois d'Arcy).
A method described for the and (2288) CLASSEY, E.W., 1978. A compendium of is setting up
the deceased of adults for the biographical literature on labelling pinned dragonfly
cabinet. entomologists, by Pamela Gilbert. Ent.Gaz.
29 (3); 135. — (Park Rd.. Faringdon. Oxon.
DREYER, W., 1978. Mit Libellen auf du. SN7 7DR. UK). (2293)
Canon Journal 1978 4-5. A book review of the volume listed in OA (Sonderausgabe):
- TierökoL. Unix. Am No. 2172. (LS Bayreuth.
Birkengul. D-8580 Bayreuth. G FR).
The listed in OA No. 2036. (2289) COSTA, J.M., 1978. Descriçàodaexùviade same paper as
Oxyagrion microstigma Selys, 1876 (Odo-
nata: Coenagrionidae) [Description of the (2294) DRONEN. N O.. Jr., 1978. Host-parasite Odonatological Abstracts 81
population dynamics of Haematoloechus St. Unix.. Ul. Kirova 136. USSR-251000
coloradensis Cort. 1915 (Digenea: Plagior- Alma-Ata).
Am. Nat. — chiidae). Midi. 99(2): 330-349. Odon. larvae were found in the food of the
( Lah. Microbiol. & ParasitoL, De/>i. Bio/., snakehead ofthe Syr-Darya River, Kazakh-
Texas A & M Unix., College Station. Texas stan. USSR.
77843. USA).
A naturally occurring population of this (2296) DUMONT, H.J., 1978. Odonates d’Algérie,
trematode in all du du sud. digenetic was monitored principalement Hoggaret d’oasis
hosts for 2 yrs. The snail host (Physa Bull. Ann. Soc. r. belge Ent. 114 (4/6); 99-
4 odon 106. — Inst Zool.. Unix. virgata), genera (Enallagma [2 spp.]. (With Engl, s.), ( .
Anax, Libellula, Tramea) and the frog host Ghent. Ledeganckslr. 35. B-9000 Ghent).
Rana collected II 16 odon. the berlandieri were from spp. are reported from Hoggar
ponds in Sierra Co.. New Mexico. USA. and and some oases N of these mountains,
examined for this parasite. The incidence of Algeria. The geographical distribution of
infection and number of parasites per host some of these is discussed. In particular,
varied seasonally in all hosts. Incidence of problems around the chronochorology of
infection increased significantly during the Ischnura senegalensis (Ramb.) and Trithe-
each all hosts. The early summer yr in mis kirbyi Sei. are considered. (Author).
intensity also increased during this time in
ÉTIENNE. 1978. time frogs and dragonflies. The mean parasite (2297) A.S., Energy versus
incidence of infection in odonates (1972 = dependent parameters in the determination
1973 = times of a behavioural in the Aeschna 14.7%, 17.9%) was approx. 3 sequence
in larva, J. 127 89-96. that snails, while in frogs it was approx. 4 comp. Physiol. (I): —
Unix. times that in dragonflies. Although some ( FPSE, Genève. CH-I2II Geneve-4).
environmental factors apparently affect this In the A. cyanea larva, target tracking leads
of helminth population directly, the major to a stereotyped pattern locomotion,
influence of these factors was on the density consisting of series of backing and turning
2 tested of hosts and their seasonal availability to the movements, series of experiments
parasite life cycle. In dragonflies the whether backing-turning is related to the
and of insect’s time the made incidence intensity metacercariae tracking or to effort
showed a significant positive correlation during tracking. They showed that both
with larvae and larvae which had odon. body length. The estimated mean weighted to pull
reduced number of eggs, cercariae, metacercariae a floating parachute slightly their
and adults m' of the time if new per pond during tracking presented with a moving
trematode yearly activity period of this life prey stimulus over a constant time interval.
cycle, along with the estimated host popula- Thereafter, these subjects initiated backing-
m' tion densities per of pond, were used to turning morefrequently, more promptlyand
number establish flow diagrams to examine with a greater intensity than unhampered
the efficiency of this life cycle at each host control subjects. The data suggest that
level. — (Cf. also OA Nos. 1369, 1974). backing-turning is primarily correlated with
the effort made by the insect duringtracking
G.M. & A I. and with (2295) DUKRAVETS, MACHUL1N, thus the energy expenditurerelated
1978. Morfologiya i ekologiya amurskogo to it, rather than with the animal’s total
zmeegolova Ophiocephalus argus warpa- tracking time (Author).
chowskii Berg, akklimatizirovannogo v
basseine Syrdar’i. [Morphology and ecology (2298) FRANTSEVICH, L.I., P.A. MOKRU-
of the Amur Snakehead, Ophiocephalus SHOV & V.A, DUB, 1978. Reakcija
argus warpachowskii Berg, acclimatized in direkcionno-chuvstvitel’nyh opticheskih
the Ihtiol. (2): Syr-Darya basin], Vopr. 18 interneyronov nasekomyh na dvizhenie
222-228. — Biol.. Kazakh (Russian). (Fat. dvumernyh uzorov. (Response of direction- 82 Odonatological Abstracts
ally-sensitive optic interneurons in insects to hours) from various sites in the 2 branches of
movement of two-dimensional patterns). the Saskatchewan R. with the aid ofseveral
Zh. evol. Biohim. Fiziol. 14 (3): 251-258. kinds of artificial substrates. Population
— Insect and (Russian, with Engl. s.). (Lab. densities per sample are tabulated, it is
Physio!., Inst. Zoo!., Acad. Sei. Ukrainian apparent that odon. larvae (Hemiptera and
SSR. Sir. 15. USSR-252000 certain ofother but attach Lenin Kiev-30). spp. orders) rarely
The reactions to movement of 2-dimensional themselves to artificial substrates.
the patterns with same average spatialperiod
were in FUJITA. K„ K. HIRANO. M. KAWANI- compared electrophysiological expe- (2301)
riments. Directionally-sensitive neurons in SHI. N. OHSAKI. M. OHTAISHI, E,
of connectives 8 odon. spp. (genera YANG & M. YASUDA, 1978. Ecological
Cordulia, Leucorrhinia, studies Sympetrum) were on a dragonfly. Nannophya pygmaea
1.5-2 times more sensitive to movement of Rambur (Odonata: Libellulidae)I. Seasonal
dissected patterns (checkerboards, lattice of changes of adult population and its
than habitat. Res. circles, stochastic pattern) to vertical distribution in a Popul. Ecol. — stripes. The power of optic signals in the 19 (2): 209-221. (With Japanese s.). ( Lab.
domain in dissected Kenia to!.. high-frequency patterns Appl. Ent. & Fac. Agric.. Nagoya
in is 1.4-1.8 times higher, than a striped Unir.. Nagoya 464. JA).
The from pattern. It is assumed that high-frequency observations were carried out May
spatial filteringin dragonfliesis provided by to Aug., 1975, at Togo, Aichi pref.. Japan
lateral the 768 2 and the strong inhibition in retinotopic (surface of study area: m ).
projection. Dissected and striped patterns mark-recapture method was used. The
elicited identical reactions in occurred late directionally- emergence between May and
sensitive neurons of the dronefly Eristalis mid Aug., with a peak in early June. Mature
<3<3 abundant From tenax; the same was stated for the were most in early July.
locomotory optokinetic reaction of the recapture data the estimate of the daily
earth-boring dung beetle Geotrupes ster- survival rate was 0.82, and that of the
duration of 5 corosus (Authors). the teneral stage approx. days.
The total number ofmature <5<5 amounted to
(2299) FRÄNZEL, U.. 1978. Die Libellenfauna des about 9000 individuals. The mean-crowding
Bonn, Ent. Kottenforsles bei Z., Stuttgart 88 mean-density regression method was used
(17): 194-196. — ( Rüdesheimer Sir. 6. D- for the analysis of the distribution pattern of
5300 Bonn-Bad Godesberg, GFR). the adults. Mature <5<5 showed a spaced-out
The Kottenforst is of while a part the Nature distribution, IheÇÇand teneraldöwere
Reserve, Kottenforst-Ville, W of Bad distributed rather aggregatively. It isargued
Godesberg, German Federal Republic. In that the spaced-out distributional pattern is
all, 19 odon. recorded from this conditioned the territorial behaviour. spp. are by <3
area, representing 24% of the fauna of the The latter is considered responsible for the
GFR area extension, particularly so in July, when
mature t5d are most abundant. Based on
(2300) FREDEEN, F.J.H. & D.T. SPURR, 1978. these observations, the meaning of the
semi-quantitative of Collecting samples territoriality in this sp. is discussed. black fly larvae (Diptera: Simuliidae) and
other aquatic insects from large rivers with (2302) GONCHARENKO. A.E., N.F. KOVAL’ &
the aid ofartificial substrates. Quest., ent. 14 A.K. TKACHENKO, 1978. Materialy po — (3): 411-431. ( Res. Sin, Res. Branch. ekologii zherlyanki krasnobruhoi (Bombina
Agric. Canada. 107 Science Crescent. bombina L.) v usloviyah srednei chasti
basseina Saskatoon. Sask.. S7N0X2. CA). r. Yuzhnyi Bug. [Materials on the
Quantitative samples of aquatic insect larvae ecology of the toad, Bombina bombina L..
under conditions of the section of were obtained efficiently (in terms of man the central Odonatological Abstracts 83
the southern Bug river basin]. Vest. Zool., and E. najas (through a difference in the
Kiev — 1978 (2): 46-50, (Russian). ( Uman ultimate instar size), and may have been
St. Pedagog. Inst.. USSR-147511 Uman). important in assisting the spatial separation
Sympetrum vulgatumaccounts for 1.05% of of H. cyathigerum (through displacementof
the food of B. bombina from the southern life cycles). This arrangement appears to
Its Bug Basin. Ukraine. USSR. remains were differ from that of other aquatic insects for
found in the toad's stomachs both in spring whom temporalseparation throughlife cycle
and in summer; the it feeds during summer displacement is a very importantcomponent
also on Lestes which for of dryas, sp. accounts community structure.
0.90% of the food consumed during that
season. (2305) KALAVATI, C. & C.C. NARASIMHA-
A MURT1. 1978. new microsporidian
(2303) HARITONOV. A.Yu., 1978. Zoogeogra- from parasite, Toxoglugea tillargi sp. n. an
ficheskoe rayonovanie vostochnogo Priuraf odonate, Tholymis tillarga. Acta protozool. — ya na osnovanii rasprostraneniya strekoz 17 (2): 279-283. (With Fr. s.). (Dept.
(Insecta, Odonata). [Zoogeographical zona- Zool.. Andhra Univ.. Wahair-530003, An-
the tion of eastern Priural'ye on the basis of dhra Pradesh. India).
dragonfly distribution (Insecta. T. Odonata)]. tillargi sp. n. (Protozoa, Sporozoa,
Fauna Sibiri 34: 47-54. 299 (abstract). Cnidosporidia) is described from thesurface — (Russian). Siberian Seel.. of the larval of libellulide (Inst. Biol., gut the T. tillarga,
Fnmse USSR- USSR Acad. Sei.. Ul. II. collected during the monsoon from a stream
630091 Novosibirsk). at Viskhapatnam. Andhra Pradesh. India.
The odon. fauna of the region (58 is The of infected spp.) percentage larvae was low
of 7 faunal The various composed groups. (1%). Heavily infected individuals have a
faunal elements follows: are represented as yellowish-brown colour and an enlarged
circumboreal (8 spp.) 13.8%, transnorthasi- abdomen; the haemocoel is filled with
atic (21) 36.2%, European (18) 31.0%, numerous (octosporous) pansporoblasts. In
mediterranean (3) 5.2%. Siberian (5) 8.6%, light infections the parasites are found
unknown provenience (2) 3.5%, endemic ( I) within the oenocytes. The parasite is host
The fauna is in detail Its and 1.7%. analyzed and 5 specific. morphology life history are
Zoogeographieregions are suggested. described and illustrated. This is the 9th
of representative the genus reported from (2304) JOHANNSSON, O.E., 1978. Co-existence insects (4 spp. from Diptera, 3 from
of larval Zygoptera (Odonata) common to Hemiptera, I from Plecoptera), and the first
the Norfolk Broads I. and of which all life (U K.). Temporal spp. history stages are
spatial separation. Oecologia 32 303- known. 3 other the order (3): spp. pertainingto
321. — Great Lakes Biolinwol. Lab.. 867 ( Microsporidia have been so far described
Lakeshore Bird. Burlington. Ontario, CA). from Odon. (all from the fat body), viz.
The temporal and spatial components of Nosema aeschnae Fantham, Porter &
resourcepartitioningwere investigatedin an Richardson, 1941,and Gurleyaaeschnae,the
of in Aeshna assemblage zygopterans. Spatial separa- same authors thesame paper, from
be tion appeared to relatively more impor- grandis (Parasitology 33: 186-208), and
tant to their co-existence than temporal Stempellia calopterygiaeWeiser, 1951, from separation. Calopteryx Spatial differences separated virgo and C. sp. (£esk. Parazitol,
Coenagrion pulchellumfrom the other spp., 3: 193-202). A briefdescription ofall ofthese
Enallagma cyathigerum from both Ischnura is given in a table.
and elegans Erythromma najas, and to a
small extent I. elegans from E. najas. (2306) KALMEIJER, C.A., 1978. Nehalennia
Difference in size (temporalseparation) was speciosa, Charp. (en Alchemilla vulgaris L.). co-existence — important to the of I. elegans Westerheem 27 (3); 141-145. (Dutch). 84 Odonatological Abstracts
( Spui 254. 's-Gravenhage. NL ). Vol. I. Nepal Research Center. Kathmandu
Nehalennia was in the Early Iron Age the & Netherlands Centre for Alpine Biological
of — fertility goddess a peri-Indogermanic or Research, Utrecht. XII + 82 pp. Price:
that an early Indogermanic people, inhabit- Hfl. 20.—. (Author’s address: Dept.
ed Lower Germania between the lower Anitn. Cytogenet. & Cylolaxon.. Univ.
Rhine R. and the Flamish-French present Utrecht. Padualaan 8. Utrecht. NL;
languageborder, and called"the Belgians” in Publishers’ address: Nepal Res. Cent..
Julius Ceasar’s 'De bello gallico'. Like other P.O.B. 180, 6/288 Gana Bahai. Kathmandu.
the mother goddesses, she is a symbol of Nepal, or, Neth. Cent. Alpine Biol. Res.,
combined with Mother Earth cult, a Padualaan 8. Utrecht. NL).
matriarchal and family structure with a Unrevised reprint edition of the volume
materialistic society pattern. Her attributes listed in OA No. 705.
the are dog and the fruit basket, and one of
functions is of her the protection the (2309) KLINGMAN, A. & R.L. CHAPPELL,
In the 1978. in seagoing ships. present paper, Feedback synaptic interaction the
in well-known ocellar J. 71 published a Dutch archeo- dragonfly retina. gen. Physiol. - logical journal, the association of the (2): 157-175. (Dept. Biot. Sci.. Hunter
the Selysian generic dragonfly name with Coll.. City Univ.. New York. NY 10021.
goddess is examined, and the "Father of USA).
The of ocellar Odonatology”'s interest in archeology is intracellular response the
demonstrated the basis of of on the records nerve dendrite, the second order neuron in
the Académie des Sciences et Belles- royale the retina of the dragonfly ocellus, was
Lettres of Brussels. A portrait of M E. de modified by application ofvariousdrugsand
features Selys Longchamps and a reproduction ofT. a model developed to explaincertain
de N. illus- of Curare Charpentier’s original speciosa that response. blocked the
trations also — Both and (1840) are provided. (For response completely. picrotoxin
further information.on the goddess Nehalen- bicuculline eliminated the ”off' overshoot.
nia cf. C. Kannegieter, 1971. Zeeuws Bicuculline also decreased the size of
21: Tijdschr. 73-76). response and the sensitivity. 7-aminobutyric
acid (GABA), however, increased the size of
the the (2307) KAUFFELD, N.M., T. HERNANDEZ, J. response. The evidence indicates
WRIGHT & S. MISARACA, 1978. Insects possibility that the receptor transmitter is
collected from cucumber plants during a acetylcholine and is inhibitoryto the ocellar
J. Ga Soc. 13 67- whereas the pollination study. ent. (I): nerve dendrite, feedback
71. — (Bee Res. Lab., USAgric. Res. Serv., transmitter from the ocellar nerve dendrite
Tucson, Ariz., be GABA and is USA). may facilitory to receptor
the During a study of pollination of transmitter release. The model of synaptic
cucumbers, sweeps were made of beneficial feedback interaction developed to be consis-
(pollinating), predacious, and destructive tent with these results and has certain
features. It that the insects on cucumber plants in Louisiana, important suggests
USA. A total of 25 referable 8 feedback transmitter is released in the dark spp., to
from orders, were represented, inch Odon, to increase input sensitivity receptors in
(Erythemis sp.). Observations of their response to dim light. This implies that the
activities warrant further study to determine dark potential of the ocellar nerve dendrite
their economic to cucumber be determined importance may by a dynamic equili-
production. brium established by synaptic interaction
between and the terminals. it receptor Such a
Introduction (2308) K1AUTA. B., 1978. (reprint). system is also well suited to signalling phasic
to insect cytotaxonomy. Lectures delivered information about changes in level of
the at Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu. illumination over a wide range ofintensities. Odonatological Abstracts 85
be a characteristic, which appears to a Gomphidae]). Em. Ber., Amst. 38 (10; 145-
significant feature of the dragonfly median ISO); (11): 163 (erratum). (Dutch, with Engl, — ocellar response. The spp. studied are s.). ("Kallisie", Nwe Veenendaaheweg
Aeshna tuberculifera, Anax junius, Ery- 224. 3911 MS Rhenen. NL).
Libellula and themis simplicicollis, pulchella The article narrates the impetuous develop-
robust Plathemis lydia. ment of a Malaysian gomphid,
Ictinogomphus decoratus melaenops (Sel.),
(2310) LAUGHLIN. S. & S. McGlNNESS, 1978, the earliest stages ofwhich (most likely eggs), The of and ventral structure dorsal regions rootlets concealed among or leaf-axils of of Res. 188 a dragonflyretina. Cell & Tissue some aquatic plants, were accidentally — (3): 427-447. {De/ii. Neurohioi. Res. Sch. introduced into the Netherlands. Early in
Biol. Sei.. Ausl. Nam. Unir.. F O B. 475. the Nov., 1977, owner of a large indoor
Canberra. A.C.T.. 2601. AU). aquarium in Amsterdam, while renovating
of corduliid The apposition eyes the his collection, replenished the hatchery with
Hemicordulia tau are each divided by some fresh waterplants obtained from an
colour, facet size and facet A number of live of pigment aquarium shop. eggs
into 3 regions: dorsal, ventral, the arrangement Ictinogomphus. were hidden among new
and a posterior larval Each ommati- The left strip. vegetation. aquarium was undis- dium has 2 cells, 25 primary pigment turbed atan average temperature of25°C. On secondary pigment cells, and 8 cells, receptor March 3 a mature larva had emerged inside
all surrounded tracheae which the by probably (caged) aquariumand transformed into a
between ommatidia, male It prevent light passing perfect Ictinogomphus. was caught
the and reduce the weight of eye. Electron and brought alive to the museum. Between
microscopy reveals that the cells are receptor March 21-May 8. 1978,4 more dragonfliesof
of 2 types: small vestigial cells the and making same sp. successfully developed
virtually no contribution to the rhabdom, emerged. Even these specimens had remained
and full-size typical cells. The ventral undetected during their larval life probably
have cell nocturnal The ommatidia a distal typical (oriented due to their habits. distribu-
either horizontally or vertically), 4 medial tion ofthe Lindeniinae. particularly the Old
cells, 2 typical proximal typical cells and I World genus Ictinogomphus is discussed
The dorsal the of I. full-length vestigial cell. ommati- with notes on biology decoratus
have 4 cells and based the In- dia only full-lengthtypical I on writer’s own experiences in
distal and 3 vestigial full-length cells. The donesia. Illustrations are givenofboth imago
cross-section of dorsal rhabdoms is small and full-grown larva ofthe 2 sspp. found in
and circular distally, but expands to a large Malaya and Java. Special attention ispaid to
3-pointed star mediallyand proximally. The egg structure. Pictures are included of tume-
fied of tiered receptor arrangement in the ventral eggs a closely allied Ictinogomphus sp.
New ommatidia is typical of other Odon. but the from Guinea still attached to the vulvar
dorsal structure has not been fully described lamina of a dried ovipositing female. These
in other spp. Specialised dorsal eye regions eggs are provided with long, tightly coiled
filaments. into with are typical of insects that detect others Upon coming contact
and the the against the sky (Authors). water sinking to bottom, egg un-
coils its spring, the ribbon-like threads ad-
LIEFTINCK, M.A., 1978. Over hering means of (2311) een onop- to vegetable matter by a
sticky substance. zettelijke kweek van een tropisch-Aziatische
libel uit een verwarmd aquarium in
Nederland Der (Odonata, Gomphidae). (On an (2312) RUDOLPH, E., 1978. Vormagen von
involuntary breeding experiment of a Käfern. Mikrokosmos 67 (6): 192-195. —
tropical Asiatic dragonfly in a heated ( Author deceased. ; — reprints obtainable
aquarium in the Netherlands [Odonata, from Dr. R. Rudolph, Lehrgeb. Biol.. 86 Odonatological Abstracts
Pddagog. Hochsch., Fliednerstr. 21. D-44 (3): 251-255. — (Dept. Zoo!.. Univ.
Munster, GFR). Cambridge. Downing Sir.. Cambridge. CB2
The hairs and scales covering the inner 3EJ. UK).
of various epithelium of the gizzard Crevice organs are small, elongate, inner-
Coleopteraareillustrated. In discussingtheir vated indentations in the hard cuticle of the
function, reference is made to the chitinous of 4 wing vein aeshnid dragonflies.There are
teeth in the of larval Odon. gizzard groups on each wing. The structure and
orientation of crevice organs suggest that
(2313) SANTOS, N.D. dos, 1978. Descriçâo de they detect strains in the cuticle during wing
Leptagrion bocainensis sp. n, novo cena- movements.
grionideo bromeliaco (Odonata: Coena-
of bo- 1978. Insects grionidae) [Description Leptagrion (2316) SMIT, F.G.A.M., on stamps.
cainensis sp. n., a new bromelia-breeding A cross-referenced checklist. Tring, Hert-
(Odonata; fordshire. + 78 — and coenagrionide Coenagrionidae)]. II pp. (Author’s
Resumos 3 Congr. latinoam. Ent. & 5 Publisher’s address unknown).
brasil. Ent., I volume This is Congr. p. (original not a complete (unillustrated) catalogue — Nac.. paginated). (Portuguese). (Mus. of postage stamps showing entomological
Univ. Fed. Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa designs and issued prior to 1978. Omitted are
Guanahara-ZC-08, Rio de Vista. Janeiro, those that have had no actual or but very
Brazil). dubious postal service (e.g. Trucial States),
L. bocainensis exuvia sp. n. (adult <5,ç, ç bogus and local stamps, and printed versions
collected Febr. from from a larva on 27, 1977 of insect In stamps on aerogrammes. all, epiphytic Vriesia, Serra da Bocaina National over 2300 stamps are catalogued according
Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, alt. 1650 is the taxonomie m) to system (order, families).
and it is stated that its Where mentioned, possible, the depicted spp. are
is similar to that of L. pterostigma identified; if the name is different from that
andromache Sei. and L. Santos, while the the garbei printed on stamp, printed "synonym”
of different. the app. sup. the new sp. are is also stated. 39 items of odonatological
Neither a proper description nor any figures contents are listed. Not included is the
are provided. Trucial State, Umm-AI-Qiwain, stamp
the in OA No. mentioned in paper listed
(2314) SCHMIDT. E., 1978. Zur Libellenfauna des 1980. The following 9 should be added to
Lebrader Moores bei Plön (Holstein). those listed in the latter publication:
Faun.-ökol. Mitt. 5 [1977]: 119-124. —(Biol. Lebanon 32.50 — (1965), p (unidentifiable);
Didaktik. Pädagogische Hochschule. Rö- Mali (1977), 5 Fr (Aeshnidae sp.); — New
nierstr. 164. D-5300 Bonn. G Zealand 7.5 - FR). (1969) c (undentifiable);
fauna autochtonous of The odon. (26 spp.) North Korea (1977), 15 ch (Anax partheno-
the Lebrader Moor nr. Plön, Schleswig- 25 ch pe Julius), (Sympetrum pedemon-
German Federal is - Holstein, Republic, tanum datum); Poland (1973), 1.50 z
and It has — reviewed analyzed. a strong (unidentifiable); Romania (1964), 40 b
atlantic for 2 continental — character, save (unidentifiable); Singapore (1962), 6 c
elements, Somatochlora flavomaculata and (unidentifiable);and - Taiwan! 1974).$2.50
Leucorrhinia pectoralis. The distribution of (unidentifiable). On the available evidence,
the latter 2 within is that 40 spp. Schleswig-Holstein thus, it seems postage stamps
mapped, and some nature conservation showing recognizable, though not always
aspects of the area are briefly considered. taxonomically identifiable dragonfly designs
far have so appeared. In those cases where
1978. (2315) SIMMONS, P.J.. Crevice organs: the dragonfly cannot be further identified, it
the of sensory structures on wings dragon- usually does not represent the main object of
flies ( Insecta, Odonata). Zoomorphologie89 the design. — (Cf. also OA No. 1980). Odonatological Abstracts 87
(2317) STARK, W„ 1978. Libellenkundliche Beur- Larvenhaut) von CordulegasterpictusSelys.
teilung der Forster Lehmgrube. Steier. In: G. Theischinger, Biologie der Insekten.
NaturschutzBr. 18(3): 16-17. — ( Goelheslr. Katalog des Oberoesterreichischen Landes-
No. 28. A-80W Graz). museums. 99, frontispiece. — (Abt. II.
16 odon. recorded at the Forster Oberoeslerreichisches Landesmus.. Mu- spp. were
artificial of Lehmgrube, an pond 20 km S seumstr. 14. A-4010 Linz).
Graz, Austria, duringa visit on July 3, 1978. A large photograph is given ofthe exuvia of
these and Among are Coenagrion scitulum C. pictus. (Abstracter's note:This is the first
Orthetrum albistylum which both in Styria illustration ever published of the hitherto
and in Austria local and It is unknown larval ofthis No reference are very scarce. stage sp.
argued, therefore, that the pond should be is made to it in the text, but theabstracter has
conserved as an aquatic biotope. understood that a technical descriptionwill
appear elsewhere. The provenience of the
(2318) STATZNER. B. & D.-H. STECHMANN, material is not stated. According to a
1978. Der Einfluss einer mechanischen personal communication from the author, it
Entkrautungsmassnahme auf die Driftraten originates from the Pelion Mts. Greece).
der Makro-Invertebraten im Unteren Sehie-
renseebach. Faun.-ökol. Mitt. 5 [1977]: 93- (2321) UTZERI, C„ 1978. Erythromma najas
— 109. (With Engl. s.). (Zoo!. Inst.. Univ. (Hans.) ai laghi di Monticchio (Odonata,
Ass. Ent. Kiel, Hegewischstr. 3. D-2300 Kiel. G FR). Coenagriidae). Boll. romana 33:9-
The influence of mechanical weeding on II. (With Engl. s.). — (1st. Zook, Univ.
macro-invertebrate drift has been studied Roma. Viole dell’Universilà 32. 1-00100
the in lower Schierenseebrook nr. Kiel, (Roma).
German Federal Republic. Among the 65 E. najas is recorded from the Monticchio
spp. recorded, there are also 3 Odon. lakes. Basilicata, southern Italy. This is the
this in (Platycnemis pennipes, Ischnura elegans, southernmost locality known for sp.
Calopteryx splendens), but nofurtherdetails Italy. The4d<5 measured are on average smal-
in ler than from other A on these are given the text. specimens populations.
list of 12 collected the is spp. at same locality
is (2319) STECHMAN, D.-H., 1978. Eiablage. Para- also given. Among these, Libellula fulva
sitismus und postparasitische Entwicklung new for the Basilicata region.
Aca- von Arrenurus-Arten (Hydrachnellae,
ri). Z. Parasitenkd. 57; 169-188. (With Engl, (2322) VALVASSORI, R., M. DE EGUILEOR &
s.). — ( Lehrstuhl Tieroekol. I. Univ. G. LANZAVECCHIA, 1978. Flight muscle
Bayreuth, Am Birkengul. D-8580, GFR). differentiation in nymphs of a dragonfly
Complete life cycles of 5 sympatric Arrenu- Anax imperator. Tissue & Cell 10 (I): 167-
under rus spp. were investigated laboratory 178. — (1st. Zook, Univ. Stud.. Via Celoria
conditions. The Odon. serve as hosts of A. 10. 1-20133 Milano).
crassicaudatus (larval Coenagrion. Lestes, Flight muscle fibres of A. imperatorlarvae,
Aeshna and Calopteryx. Libellulaspp.Jand in different developmental stages areanalys-
A. cuspidator (larval Coenagrion puella. ed for several morphological features, such
Lestes, and and numerical ratio of Calopteryx anisopteran spp., as the arrangement
the imaginai C. puella). There were no differen- actin and myosin filaments, pattern of
between the host in the ces potential range theT system and sarcoplasmic reticulum, the
laboratory and the effective host range in the number of microtubules and the fractional
field. The minimum duration ofthe parasitic volume of mitochondria in each fiber. TheT
in is 10 however, the phase Zygoptera days; system is initially represented by longitudi-
the parasites stayed on host for 18-20 days. nal the cell with grooves on surface, joined
vesicles of the sarcoplasmic reticulum; this
THEISCH1NGER, G„ 1978. Exuvie (letzte and the (2320) pattern rapidly changes grooves start 88 Odonatological Abstracts
1979 to break up into longitudinalsegments. The
thin to thick filament ratio is at first quite
high (4.0-4.5:1.0)but rapidly fallsto the final (2325) ALLBROOK, P., 1979. Tasmanian Odo-
Fauna (3:1) when the myofibrils are well developed nata. of Tasmania Handbook I.
at the fiber periphery. Statistical analyses Fauna of Tasmania Committee, Univ. Tas-
show that the mania. Hobart. 84 Price: Aust. $ 2.50. measured values are signifi- pp.
— Univ. Tasmania. Box252 C. cantly different in the various stages of (Dept. Zool., — G.P.O.. Hobart, Tasmania. 7001. AU: development, also indicating a progressive
reduction of the ratio variability. The Orders should be placed with the Fauna of
thin filament ratio Tasmania Box 252 reduction of to thick and Office. Univ. Tasmania.
the variance decrease fit quite well with the C. G.P.O.. Hobart. Tasmania 7001. A U).
The volume hypothesis that the synthesis of actin and purpose of this slim is to collate
the information now available on the Tas- myosin depends on independentlyregulated
molecules. manian dragonflies and to stimulate further messenger research in the order. Although Tasmania
small number of odon. (2323) WATSON, J.A.L.& A H. ARTHINGTON, possesses only a spp.
out of the total of 269 known to in 1978. A new species of Orthetrum Newman (27 occur
is from dune lakes in eastern Australia Australia), the island characterized by
having endemic and interes- (Odonata; Libellulidae).J, Aust. ent.Soc. 17 several utmost
archaic forms. the intri- (2); 151-157. -(Div. Em.. CSIRO, Canberra. ting Among most
A.C.T. 2601. AU). guing are Synthemiopsis gomphomacro-
boumiera is described mioides, a monospecific endemic and O. sp. n. and genus
the most archaic in the Synthemidae, an illustrated (d holotype, 9 allotype, in copula: sp. endemic Australian and, North Strandbroke Island, Brown Lake, family, secondly,
also Archipetalia auriculata, an endemic Queensland; 3/6-1-1976; numerous para-
monospecific genus and the most archaic types from 3 lakes on Fraser Island, I on
member of the Petaliidae, a family restricted Moreton Island, 2 on North Stranbroke
to Australia and South America. The book is Island and 2 all nr. Wooli, Queensland: divided into the "Intro- Aust. Natn. Ins. Coll., CSIRO, Canberra. following chapters: duction", "Collection and preservation”, Type No. 9867). This is the ’’Orthetrum sp, "Checklist of Tasmanian Odonata”. "Exa- the in OA ’b"’, as given in paper listed No.
mination of material and use of the key", 2100. It is associated with acid dune lakes. A Odonata” with "Structure of (= figures cap- key to the 6 Orthetrum spp. hitherto known tions), "Key to the nymphsof the Tasmanian from Australia is provided, and the ecology Odonata”, "Key to the adults of the Tas- of these is briefly discussed. manian Odonata", "Distribution maps",
and "References" "Index”. Notes are provi- (2324) WENGER. O.P.. 1978. Zum Gedenken an
ded on the structural characters ofthe adults Dr. h.c. Paul-André Robert. Mitt. Schweiz, of the and the each of Tasmanian spp. on ent. Ges. 51 (2/3): 295-296 . — (Schloss-Slr. them. The show larval stage most of maps all 102. CH-3008 Bern). available data, published and unpublished, Obituary for P.-A. Robert (1901-1977), Tasmanian on the distribution of dragonflies painter, entomologist and illustrator of
(plotted according to Australian 10.000 m natural history books, noted by his National and for each small inset- the Odon. Grid), sp. a publications on The text and in map is provided giving its generalrange the portrait are the same as those published in — mainland of Australia. (Abstracter's note: Odonatologica 7 (1978): 89-90. Theappend- Although the booklet is primarilydirected at ed bibliography is incomplete. Tasmanian entomologists,to whom it will be
a most useful aid in the identification ofthe
local fauna and an authoritative guidetothe Odonatological Abstracts 89
this rounded-off this beautiful standard work will have be distribution ofthe local spp.. to
be and Insucha account will certainly highly appreciated reprinted re-issued inthefuture.
the also by anyone interested in fauna of this case it would be perhaps useful to consider
in whether it would be in- part ofthe world and thegeographicdistri- or not opportune to
the clude also and bution ofdragonflies in general, more so some information on biology
of the character of the small in view unique ecology, a more comprehensivebibliography
but utmost interesting Tasmanian dragonfly and an index ofthe locality names, which are
world. This being so. it is almost certain that not mentioned in the present text).